{"id":248396,"date":"2018-02-01T14:51:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T14:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pruebas.dingonatura.com\/senior-dog-care\/"},"modified":"2022-04-26T14:50:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:50:53","slug":"senior-dog-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pruebas.dingonatura.com\/en\/senior-dog-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior dog care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From the age of 8, a dog begins to be considered a senior<\/strong>, and begins a stage of their life in which many changes occur in their body and in their lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>The most frequent problems that we are going to find are:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em><a href=\"\/overweight-and-obesity-n-25-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overweight and obesity<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Liver, kidney and heart pathologies<\/li>\n<li><em><strong><a href=\"\/dental-plaque-and-tartar-in-dogs-ans-cats-n-21-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dental problems<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Cancer<\/li>\n<li>Bone and articulation problems<\/li>\n<li>Disorientation, apathy, anxiety, behavior changes&#8230; (may be signs of brain aging and cognitive dysfunction)<\/li>\n<li>Sight and hearing problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0To make their life easier in these golden years, we suggest a series of recommendations:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check their <em><strong><a href=\"\/body-condition-n-24-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">body condition<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>frequently<\/li>\n<li>Improve their environment:\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid cold and hard surfaces (provide mattresses or thick blankets for resting)<\/li>\n<li>Avoid stairs or big jumps for their size (use ramps or help them get into the car or couch)<\/li>\n<li>If they are outside on hot days, create spaces with shade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Shorten your walks so as not to fatigue them, but increase their frequency, since their capacity to retain urine is usually reduced.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid walking in the hottest hours. On the contrary, if it is very cold or it rains, look for something that protects them (such as a coat) or dry them when you get back home.<\/li>\n<li>Mental gymnastics is also necessary (play with them or acquire interactive toys to stimulate them)<\/li>\n<li>Visit the vet more often so they can be vigilant for any changes<\/li>\n<li>And, of course, provide a <a href=\"\/senior-dog-diet-n-27-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>good, varied and quality die<\/strong><\/em>t<\/a>\u00a0that provides everything they need at that time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the age of 8, a dog begins to be considered a senior, and begins a stage of their life in which many changes occur in their body and in their lifestyle. The most frequent problems that we are going to find are:\u00a0 Overweight and obesity Liver, kidney and heart pathologies Dental problems Cancer Bone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[880],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pruebas.dingonatura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pruebas.dingonatura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pruebas.dingonatura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pruebas.dingonatura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pruebas.dingonatura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pruebas.dingonatura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pruebas.dingonatura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pruebas.dingonatura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pruebas.dingonatura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pruebas.dingonatura.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}