{"id":529,"date":"2012-04-11T09:49:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T17:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=529"},"modified":"2014-01-13T20:56:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T20:56:24","slug":"senior-dog-tips-to-keep-him-in-his-best-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/senior-dog-tips-to-keep-him-in-his-best-health","title":{"rendered":"Senior Dog &#8211; Tips To Keep Him In His Best Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Senior dogs make great companions and  are perfect adoptable pets as they are past their puppy stage and  provide unconditional love during their \u201cgolden years\u201d. <\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Clear the Air supports adoption and senior pets usually get looked over because of their age.\u00a0 Adopting an older pet has many benefits and we&#8217;d like to share some tips with you to keep your senior pet healthy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The following are tips for keeping your <em><strong>senior dog<\/strong><\/em> healthy:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Make your <em><strong>senior dog<\/strong><\/em> as much a part of your life as possible, and do all you can to keep him interested, active, happy and comfortable.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Establish a relationship with the best  veterinarian you can find. For most older dogs, it is advisable to make  an appointment with the vet every six months. Your vet should be someone  whom you trust and with whom you feel very comfortable.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Become informed about the conditions  common to older dogs and the therapies used for them. Be alert to  symptoms, bring them to your vet\u2019s attention promptly, and be prepared  to discuss treatment options.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Feed your older dog the best food you  can afford; consider feeding him a home-prepared diet and two small  meals daily rather than one large one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Don\u2019t overfeed your dog. Obesity will create health problems and shorten his life.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Consider the use of dietary supplements such as glucosamine\/chondroitin for arthritis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Give your senior dog adequate exercise, but adjust it to her changing abilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Attend to your dog\u2019s dental health. Brush her teeth daily and have them cleaned professionally whenever your vet advises it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Tell your vet you wish to have your dog  vaccinated only once every three years, as currently advised by the  major veterinary associations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Be diligent in controlling fleas and ticks, and keep your dog and his environment scrupulously clean.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior dogs make great companions and are perfect adoptable pets as they are past their puppy stage and provide unconditional love during their \u201cgolden years\u201d. Clear the Air supports adoption and senior pets usually get looked over because of their age.\u00a0 Adopting an older pet has many benefits and we&#8217;d like to share some tips [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,5],"tags":[18,33,19,21,162,25,38,20,161,160,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":531,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529\/revisions\/531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}