Senior Dog Care

Building a FitBark Social Community For You and Your Dog

Building a FitBark social community for you and your dog is important for both your health. The World Health Organization describes many determinants of health. Some of which consist of modifiable factors, those we control, and non-modifiable factors, things we cannot control – like our genetics. Being social is considered a modifiable factor, you build […]

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Dealing with Incontinence in an Aging Dog

As Titan’s bilateral proprioceptive stall worsens, we are faced with new challenges regarding his stool incontinence. Dealing with incontinence in an aging dog can be challenging.  Many times we struggle to keep the house clean. We have wall-to-wall carpeting and as if that wasn’t messy enough; he often stools in his bed, panics and spreads

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Senior Dog Stool Incontinence Solutions: My First Video From a Few Years Ago – with Titan!

  Ha! My first online video from a few years ago. Nice to see Titan again. Miss him. For those of you managing stool incontinence in your senior dog – here’s how we managed.  It’s so, so important to find ways to manage symptoms of senior dog stool incontinence with solutions.  A little help can

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Embracing Sustainability: Eco-Friendly Ways to Remember Your Beloved Dog

Embracing Sustainability: Eco-Friendly Ways to Remember Your Beloved Dog Grieving the loss of a pet is difficult, but acknowledging the passing of your beloved dog in an eco-friendly way can bring solace and make a difference. Sustainability is not just about living right, it’s about remembering rightly too. Through Sustainable eco-friendly innovation, you can not

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Titan: The Legacy of a Senior Weimaraner

Titan’s Background Titan was born on a farm and had 7 Weimaraner siblings. He was a gift from my parents for my high school graduation. I still remember the day we brought him home. He will be 15 years old on April 6th, 2014. The average life span for his breed is about 10 years.

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Bilateral Proprioceptive Stall In Aging Dogs

Many people see a dog with hind-leg weakness and they automatically think the dog is suffering. This is our human nature. We are sensitive to events that cause pain and suffering. Although bilateral proprioceptive stall looks terrible sometimes – the dog is not suffering with pain. Bilateral Proprioceptive Stall exhibits symptoms such as: Stool incontinence

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I Earned Publication on PETHELPFUL.COM for Dog UTI’s

Update on Dog UTI Symptoms and Treatment Here’s an update on dog UTI symptoms and treatment. On my recent and active poll of almost 600 dog owners, 99% said their dog has had a urinary tract infection (UTI) at some point.  That’s a huge amount of owners whose dogs have had a UTI! Has your dog

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Therapeutic Dog Spa Swimming Lessons for Senior Dogs

As Titan’s health continued to decline we started him in therapeutic dog swimming lessons at the local dog spa. The goal was to increase quality of life, mobility and longevity. For other’s that are curious about what a therapeutic dog swim “looks like”, here you go! Notice how hard they work the dog. The buoyancy

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