Senior Dog Health: A Complete Guide to Caring for an Ageing Dog

Dogs are generally considered senior from 7 to 8 years of age, though this varies significantly by size. Giant breeds are senior from 5 to 6 years. The critical insight that changes how you approach senior dog care is this: the conditions that will affect your dog's quality of life in their last years are already developing silently well before visible signs appear. Annual health monitoring and proactive supplementation from middle age produce measurably better outcomes than reacting to symptoms.