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In the Gray Muzzle Newsletter it's all about the golden years of our beloved dogs. Come join for free.
plus: What Paw Preference Reveals About your Dog's Personality Hello Reader, He made it up the back steps this morning. Slowly. One paw, then a pause, then the next. You stood behind him with your hands out, not touching, just there. That pause is new. So is the way you hold your breath during it. It's July, the kind of heat that settles into everything and makes moving harder for all of us. For a lot of senior dogs right now, that hesitation on the stairs is something worth paying attention...
plus: Scientists find that walking changes in dogs... Hello Reader, He used to bolt out the back door ahead of you. Now he walks out beside you, steady and deliberate, and somehow that feels better. Maybe it's the July heat doing it. That thick, sitting-on-your-chest kind of hot that's been parked over most of the country this week. You've both slowed down. You've both started favoring the shade. But here's the thing about slowing down. It doesn't have to mean stopping. Today we're looking at...
Hello Reader, He made it up the back steps this morning. But slower than last week. You watched him think about it for a second before he committed. That little pause. You've started noticing it everywhere. The Fourth of July just wrapped up. Fireworks, company, the house louder than usual. And through all of it, he mostly just wanted a cool spot on the floor and a hand on his back. July heat is no joke right now. And hard floors, stairs, the trip from the couch to the water bowl. They add up...