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5 Ways to Keep Your Senior Pet Cool & Safe in Summer’s Heat

Senior pets are especially vulnerable to dehydration and heat stroke. Learn the best ways to keep them cool and safe this summer!

Pets, heat stroke, dehydrationChristina LehnerJune 28, 2020veterinary hospice, veterinary, dogs, senior dog, senior cat, cat, summer

How to Talk to your Children about Pet Loss

Losing a pet is difficult on adults and children alike. As difficult and sad as it is to lose a pet, pet loss is a golden opportunity to teach your children about love, loss, and healthy grieving. Allowing children to see your tears & sadness reflects real life emotions and gives them permission to openly express their own.

Pets, dying pet, Veterinary, pet loss, childrenChristina LehnerNovember 25, 2019veterinary hospice, veterinary, dogs, old dog, senior dog, old cat, cat, senior cat, kids, children

Therapies and Treatments for Dogs and Cats with Dementia (Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome)

If your pet has dementia, understanding what to do next is paramount to help your pet. Therapy may even help slow progression!

Tracking Good Days and Bad Days in Assessing your Pet's Quality of Life

Noting any changes in your pet’s behavior is a valuable, easy tool to help you as you care for your pet.

Diagnosing Dementia in Dogs and Cats

Dementia is common in older dogs and cats yet very under diagnosed. The signs of dementia are often missed, complicated by other diseases or old age, creating a confusing overlap of symptoms. This article will help you learn more about dementia in pets so that signs of it can be recognized more quickly and your pet can be helped sooner!

Dementia in Dogs and Cats: Signs and Symptoms

Dementia in dogs and cats is very common but the signs are often missed. Sometimes therapies can help slow progression so it is very important to be familiar with the signs and symptoms of dog and cat dementia.

"Maui" the cat, Gliding through Hospice

Maui has advanced liver cancer, but she is thriving on comfort care and exceeding all expectations. Read more about her story and how pet hospice care has helped her and her family.

Veterinary, PetsChristina LehnerNovember 23, 2018veterinary hospice, hang gliding, senior cat, veterinary

How to Help Senior Dogs and Cats from Slipping & Falling

Setting up a safe and mobility friendly environment is so very important with our senior pets as normal motion is so beneficial in so many ways, it helps keep their bodies limber and minds engaged. Check out this article for a list of tips to help support your senior pet move around safely their environment.

VeterinaryChristina LehnerNovember 7, 2018veterinary hospice, senior dog, senior cat, pet safety, old dog Comment

Senior Pet Photography Tips from a Professional Photographer

Tips on photographing senior pets from a professional pet photographer. These are great general tips and will help you take better pictures on your smartphone camera too!

Pumpkin for Senior Pets: Benefits, Cautions & Myths

Pumpkin is added to a pet’s diet for many reasons. But what is the science behind this? Is it myth or is pumpkin really an important additive for our pets? Read on for the truth about pets and pumpkin!