{"id":20,"date":"2026-09-24T19:01:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T19:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.proteusthemes.com\/vetpress\/caring-for-a-senior-dog-small-changes-that-help\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T00:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T00:12:20","slug":"caring-for-a-senior-dog-small-changes-that-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.proteusthemes.com\/vetpress\/caring-for-a-senior-dog-small-changes-that-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Caring for a senior dog: small changes that help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dogs are considered seniors around age seven, earlier for large breeds. They slow down, but many of the changes we see can be eased with a few adjustments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At home<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rugs or runners on slippery floors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A thick, supportive bed away from drafts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shorter, more frequent walks instead of one long one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At the clinic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We recommend checkups every six months for seniors, with blood work once a year. Catching kidney, thyroid or joint changes early gives you more options and your dog more good days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rosie is fourteen and still asks for her walk every morning. The joint plan made all the difference.<\/p>\n<cite>Tom, with Rosie<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grey muzzles deserve a little extra comfort. Simple changes at home make the later years easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senior-pets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.proteusthemes.com\/vetpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.proteusthemes.com\/vetpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.proteusthemes.com\/vetpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.proteusthemes.com\/vetpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.proteusthemes.com\/vetpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demo.proteusthemes.com\/vetpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240,"href":"https:\/\/demo.proteusthemes.com\/vetpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions\/240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.proteusthemes.com\/vetpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.proteusthemes.com\/vetpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.proteusthemes.com\/vetpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.proteusthemes.com\/vetpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}