Caring for Your Older Dog (Old Dogs, Old Friends Book 2)
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Old Dogs, Old Friends book 2, an illustrated e-book from Puppy Care Education.
We all one day notice that our dog is getting older. Often suddenly realizing that they are no longer able to do all the things they used to, that their eyes are looking cloudy or seeing that gray hair is getting very noticeable on their face. Old dogs slow down and may take it easy but they still love a bit of excitement and they have become wonderful companions. It can suddenly be very disturbing to think of what the future holds.
In Old Dogs, Old Friends Chris Walkowicz and Bonnie Wilcox have created a set of books about loving, living with, and caring for our old dogs, our old friends. The authors have collected wonderful personal stories from literally hundreds of owners of old dogs to illustrate what sharing their lives with our old friends can be like.
If you have a four legged family member who has reached or is approaching old age the two books in the Old Dogs, Old Friends series—Enjoying Your Older Dog and Caring for Your Older Dog—makes not only inspirational and moving, but also practical reading, about the specific health care needs of the older dog.
Caring for Your Older Dog looks at many of the illnesses and problems that can occur as old age advances, and helps to show what can be done to alleviate them, also providing information that may help you to live with them.
Enjoying Your Older Dog is about making the most of your companions later years and savoring them.
Chris Walkowicz
Chris Walkowicz began showing and breeding German Shepherds in 1965, adding Bearded Collies in 1977. More than 50 Walkoway Beardies and Shepherds have finished their Championships and Register of Merits, and nearly 60 dogs have performance titles. Chris judges nationally and internationally and is an award-winning author of numerous books including Successful Dog Breeding and The Atlas of Dog Breeds of the World. She lives in Sherrard, Illinois with her husband, Ed, and her Beardies.
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Caring for Your Older Dog (Old Dogs, Old Friends Book 2) - Chris Walkowicz
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This book is copyright ©2011 Chris Walkowicz and Bonnie Wilcox DVM
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Books by C Walkowicz & B Wilcox D.V.M.
The Complete Q&A Book on Dogs
Enjoying Your Older Dog - Old Dogs, Old Friends Book 1
Caring for Your Older Dog - Old Dogs, Old Friends Book 2
Books by Amy Fernandez
Operations Manual for the Chinese Crested
Operations Manual for the Xoloitzcuintli
Origins of the Modern Bulldog
History of Veterinary Care
A Short History of Dog Grooming
Books by Puppy Care Education Staff
Pure Breed Pets
The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
The Chihuahua
The Australian Silky Terrier
Dog Grooming
Dog Grooming - Long Coats
Dog Grooming - Clipping your Dog
Other Books
Rehoming Ferri
Caring for Your Older Dog
Old Dogs, Old Friends
Book 2
by
BONNIE WILCOX, D.V.M. & CHRIS WALKOWICZ
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Dedicated to old dogs and the people who love them.
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Blessed is the person who has earned the love of an old dog.
SIDNEY JEANNE SEWARD
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CONTENTS
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: The Reclining years
Lifetime Care
Observation
Nutrition
Genetics
Environment: Stress-free
Veterinary Care
Industry
TLC
You
CHAPTER 2: Slowing Down the Clock: Treating the Problems and Diseases of Aging
Aware and Informed
The Senses
Muscles, Bones and Nerves
Reproductive System
Hormonal Imbalances
Urinary Tract Problems
Stroke
Cardiopulmonary Disorders
Digestive System Dysfunction
Liver Disorders
Cancer
CHAPTER 3: Paying Tribute, Day by Day
Watching for Changes Day by Day
CHAPTER 4: Dealing with Bereavement
The Next Move
OTHER BOOKS BY PUPPY CARE EDUCATION
Introduction
A scant few years ago, when you crawled out of a cozy bed for 2:00 A.M. backyard jaunts in answer to demanding puppy squawks, you thought this was a long way off. But one day, seemingly just a moment or two after wiping up the last puppy puddle, you notice a gray whisker on your best friend's muzzle.
Emotion suddenly clouds your vision—you can’t bear to think of losing your buddy. You hug him, realizing you've got a gray hair or two yourself. Then he drops his favorite ball at your feet and barks an invitation to play. Hey, there's plenty of life in the old guy yet!
Pets are living longer today. In the past fifty years, their life span has nearly doubled, a cause for rejoicing. A recent veterinary study showed that now, after puppies are weaned (infancy, as in humans, is the greatest danger period), the average life span has increased from 5.1 years to 8.7 years. By the time the dog celebrates his first birthday, life expectancy reaches twelve years of age. In a 1988 survey conducted by Dog Fancy magazine, 48 percent of the respondents owned dogs aged ten to twelve. Another 35 percent had thirteen- to fifteen-year-old dogs, and several happily reported having dogs of fifteen to twenty-plus years!
The 1990 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records lists an Australian Cattle Dog named Bluey as holding the record for canine longevity, at twenty-nine years, five months. Bluey worked as a stock dog for his owner, Les Hall, in Australia for nearly twenty years! Close on Bluey's heels is Adjutant, a black Labrador Retriever who accompanied his gameskeeper owner, James Hawkes, around the Revesby Estate in England for twenty-seven years, three months.
Even if our pets could triple their life spans, it would still be too soon to lose them. There's never a good time to lose a friend or member of the family. Although it's not so, sometimes it seems as though our dogs age overnight. Susan LaCroix Hamil explains this in an article, As Time Goes By,
in Dog Fancy magazine (March 1989). In contrast to human aging, which takes place mainly during the latter one third of our lives and is spread over a period of twenty-five years, the canine equivalent is only four years. Therefore, Hamil says, "Significant changes can occur in your dog's physical appearance and organ systems in as little as three to six months."
As a practicing veterinarian and a dog breeder for more than twenty years, we would like to help others relish and remember the good times with these special dogs and ease the difficulties.
In Caring for the older Dog each chapter covers a topic of concern in your relationship with an aging pet: adapting to change, health, and paying tribute to our old friends. The two health chapters should serve as reference guides for the future.
Aging is not a disease. Some of the best years remain. We hope this books helps you to enjoy this special time with your best friend.
Nugget, a Golden Retriever, has had good care and love all of his fourteen years. Despite his hip dysplasia, he still enjoys playing ball and long walks. Nugget is typical of his breed and loves people and other animals. Jackie says he's so gentle she always thought he'd make a great mother. She adds, ' 'He's nothing special except to me.
And this is why this book was written for those special dogs and the special people who love them.
CHAPTER 1: The Reclining Years
My legs will no longer take me for a run,
Still my desire is strong like when I was young,
My eyes no longer see clear,
My master's voice I do not always hear.
So I escape into my sleep,
Where my days afield I keep,
And I can be young again,
Running the fields with my friends.
J. SYNSTAD
As our dog’s hair turns to silver and we