Vital Signs: Recognizing and Understanding the Signs of Aging in Your Pet
by Dr. Elizabeth Murphy
When your dog or cat was very young, it probably seemed as if there were huge changes in size and development every day or every week. Once adulthood arrived, you may have even breathed a sigh of relief that life with your pet was more peaceful and predictable. The “senior” years and their changes may have arrived so gradually that you didn’t even notice, but changes can begin to occur in the later stages of life at the same fast pace that you noticed at the beginning. Watching for these changes can help you not only to understand what is going on with your pet, but also to be proactive about medical problems that commonly occur as pets age. Please keep an eye on this blog in the coming weeks – several articles will be posted that will help you anticipate the good things that come with age as well as plan for the some of the inevitable difficulties. Read the rest of this entry »
