Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 288 pages
- Published by: For Dummies July 2, 2004
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0764558188
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764558184
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
- Weighs: 14.4 ounces
Product Description
Covers wellness, nutrition, and socialization
Keep your dog happy and healthy through the golden years
Senior dogs are special creatures with special needs.
This friendly guide provides reassuring, positive advice on handling the physical and emotional issues involved in caring for your beloved companion. You'll see how aging affects your dog, how to cope with common ailments, and what you can do to help your senior live a joyful, high-quality life.
Praise for Senior Dogs For Dummies
"The book is a resource that will enhance life both for senior dogs and for the humans who love them."
- Teri Goodman, Coordinator, The Senior Dogs Project, www.srdogs.com
"A dog who has lived his lifetime with you is a precious jewel to be loved and treasured. Susan has captured that spirit."
- Liz Palika, author of Purebred Rescue Dog Adoption
Discover how to:
* Meet your senior's dietary needs
* Safely exercise your senior
* Manage health costs
* Teach an older dog new tricks
* Gain inspiration from stories about super senior dogs
Back Cover Copy
Covers wellness, nutrition, and socialization Keep your dog happy and healthy through the golden years Senior dogs are special creatures with special needs.
This friendly guide provides reassuring, positive advice on handling the physical and emotional issues involved in caring for your beloved companion. You’ll see how aging affects your dog, how to cope with common ailments, and what you can do to help your senior live a joyful, high-quality life.
Praise for Senior Dogs For Dummies "The book is a resource that will enhance life both for senior dogs and for the humans who love them."
– Teri Goodman, Coordinator, The Senior Dogs Project, www.srdogs.com
"A dog who has lived his lifetime with you is a precious jewel to be loved and treasured. Susan has captured that spirit."
– Liz Palika, author of Purebred Rescue Dog Adoption
Discover how to: - Meet your senior’s dietary requirements
- Safely exercise your senior
- Manage health costs
- Teach an older dog new tricks
- Gain inspiration from stories about super senior dogs
Reader ReviewsThis book just won a 2004 Maxwell award from the Dog Writers Association of America in the Book: care and health category, and with good cause. McCullough knows what she's talking about. She covers nutrition, exercise, health cost, typical diseases, what to expect, and - of course - a discussion on when is the best time to let your friend go. Housebreaking can be a problem for some seniors, and McCullough recommends bringing out the crate. Certain problems that seniors are prone to, such as going blind or deaf, are discussed, as well as how to help your dog cope. Her practicality and compassionate approach to canine senior citizens, who deserve to lounge about in the sunshine, comes through clearly. Much of what she says is common sense, but if you haven't experienced what happens to a senior dog, this book will really help you prepare, understand what is happening, and what you can do about it.
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