How old is your dog how to know your dog is old

Dogs six years into old age in small or medium-sized dogs seven years after birth, or large dogs five years after birth, on average, the dog 6 years old has entered the ranks of older dogs, physical functions began to gradually decline, has slowly entered the old age. At this time, parents should take more responsibility to take good care of their dogs. The life expectancy of dogs tends to vary somewhat depending on the dog breed. Now because of improved nutrition and medical care, the life expectancy of dogs has also been extended, if there is careful care of the owner, the dog may be able to live to more than ten years! Therefore, dogs should start paying attention to health care after the age of 6. Whether it is diet, exercise, living care, medical care and even psychological state are very different from the young, the owner needs to adjust the dog’s lifestyle in a timely manner, so as to ensure that the dog’s old age to live a healthy and happy life. Dogs become old performance a, skin and coat changes in the old dog’s most obvious feature is the skin becomes dry, loose and lack of elasticity, and prone to skin disease, the coat becomes dry and thin, but also often happens to fall off. If the dog has a dark coat, such as black or brown hair will gradually turn gray, and white hair will appear around the head and mouth. Dogs become old performance two, teeth and nails change because the absorption capacity of protein decreases, so the teeth will become yellow, fall off, if usually not good oral care, dental calculus will become serious. And nails will become brittle, easy to fall off. Dogs become old performance three, movement reduced like the Blue Star people, the dog old will become less energetic, slowly reduce the amount of exercise, usually walking, running for a long time without panting, and now will become a dozen minutes to walk, to lie down to rest. And most old dogs can not escape the “arthritis” Mo claw, so more affect the vitality of the dog. Dogs become old performance four, slow reaction vision, hearing, sense of smell is diminished. Sometimes the owner calls also did not respond, because the old dog may have been deaf. Eyes become blurry, or even cataracts. Dogs become old performance five, appetite decline because of the decline in organ function, the digestive system bears the brunt, so the dog appetite and digestive capacity also declined. In addition, the sense of smell becomes dull, the aroma of food is weakened, the dog is naturally not as interested in food as before. As a result, older dogs’ bodies lose nutrients more quickly and aging becomes increasingly severe.