Health for You and Your Dog: Try Losing Weight Together

October 23, 2009

Overweight and obese dogs can develop many other ailments as a result of their obesity, and so can you. As age advances, dogs have similar problems to us in preventing an expanding waistline. A good weight loss program could benefit both of you, and it needn’t be a chore. So why not tackle two problems at once?

Fighting the Fat – Where Do We Go Wrong?

Simply put, we don’t give our older dogs enough exercise because we think they are ‘past it.’ Letting older dogs become too sedentary is just going to store up problems as their age advances. And the same goes for you. At any age, for any living creature, sedentary behavior is a sure path to poor health. Read more

Keeping Our Dogs Happy and Healthy

Help My Old Dog provides articles and information sources to help you with a variety of age-related illnesses and injuries that our dogs encounter as they age. You will find articles to help your dog with limited mobility, arthritis aches and pains, sensory loss, cancer, and other diseases and injuries that beset our aging canine friends.

Giving Our Dogs a Great Life Without Breaking the Bank

Keeping Our Dogs Happy and Healthy. In this section, you will find a variety of ways to provide your dog excellent care without draining your bank account of every cent you own. You will get important tips and coaching on the right questions to ask your veterinary professionals to decide how, when, and whether to pursue alternative health care treatment options for your dogs.