Tips on caring for an elderly pet dog or cat

Monday, 26 April 2010 19:55

Caring for an older animal? The best pet health care you can give may be discerning when it is time to let go.

This is according to an article posted on Opposing Views.

The piece points out that pet dogs begin to slow down physically around the age of ten, while hearing and eyesight may begin to fade just a year or so later.

Consequently, this may lead to worrying moments when canines do not reappear after they have been let out into a fenced back garden.

Their lack of attention is not insolence - rather, it could be a case of simply not being able to hear your calls.

One way to counteract this may be to supervise them in the garden whenever possible - and it could be a wise move to buy a special tag with your home phone number on, should senility cause them to wander away and get lost, the correspondent observes.

However, cats rarely show signs of age as ready as their canine counterparts, the piece continues.

Instead, felines may seem fine until they are around the age of 15.

In either case, it is wise to remember animals often try to hide signs of sickness as instinctively they feel this could make them vulnerable.

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Posted by Elaine