Senior Dog Care

Senior dog anxiety at night can keep everyone in your household awake way longer than you want. If this is you and your beloved canine, read on. Julie Buzby, DVM, lends a sympathetic ear and a veterinarian’s heart to help you get the answers you need.

A quality of life scale for dogs can be a helpful way to objectively assess your dog’s comfort, happiness, and overall well-being. Integrative veterinarian Dr. Julie Buzby explains the concept of quality of life, discusses ways to assess it (including sharing her favorite quality of life scales for dogs), and explains what to do when you see your dog’s quality of life start to decline.

When managing kidney disease in dogs, stage of disease helps inform the treatment plan. Integrative veterinarian Dr. Julie Buzby explains how veterinarians use the IRIS chronic kidney disease staging guidelines. She also discusses how the guidelines can help dog parents know what to expect as they navigate kidney disease with their senior dog

As acupuncture for dogs becomes more widely available, devoted dog parents may be wondering if it could be beneficial for their senior dog. To answer that question (and others), integrative veterinarian Dr. Julie Buzby invites canine rehabilitation specialist Dr. Angela Youello to the blog. Dr. Youello became certified in veterinary acupuncture in 2016 through the Chi Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine. She is a huge proponent of acupuncture for her patients and thus the perfect person to write this article.