Loving your senior dog

Poppy awoke this morning with a new limp. She didn't seem to have any interest in bearing weight on her right leg. What to do? I used Linda Tellington-Jones, t-touch therapeutic massage methods to work out the pain and then gave poppy a nice warm bath. Typically Poppy is not fond of bath time but today she seemed to melt into the floor of the bath tub enjoying the hot water as the comfort of the water penetrated her sore muscles.

I also did research on my own web site at www.ezpetid.com in the books and supplies section and ordered her a medium heating pad, some arthritis chewable pills and I looked into senior pet foods with quality nutrients in them.

Poppy is now 10 years old and I have noticed that her aches and pains come closer together now and she is allergic to corn and she has the loving granny who will not be trifled with thing going on.

My sweet girl has served me well in her youth and I imagine that she will continue to be a part of the family for years to come, but I'm now taking care of a mature dog who thinks she is a young puppy, runs like one too, but feels her age when she over does it. Before her I had other dogs, but she has always been that once in a life time, special dog that wins your heart the moment you meet, offers loyalty and obedience from day one and never ever would have thought of chewing on your best pair of shoes.

Poppy has aimed to please from birth and When the day comes that she and i will part to meet years from now at the pearly gates, I know that I will get a good report from the angels that she is a one of a kind canine angel herself.