About Senior Dog Kit

Senior Dog Kit is where owners of older dogs get straight answers on mobility, pain, dementia, comfort and the end of life. Every guide links its primary sources, shows its dates and is written for readers in the US, UK, Canada and Australia.

Who it's for

• You're up at 2 a.m. because your dog is panting, pacing or slipping, and you need to know how urgent it is.
• Your dog is stiff in the morning and struggles with stairs or the car, and you want the changes at home that help.
• Your vet mentioned Librela, carprofen or gabapentin, and you want to know what the trials and regulators found.
• You're weighing quality of life, timing and cost, and you want to get it right for your dog.

Why owners use it

Search for help with an old dog and you get product roundups, supplement sellers and clinic blogs that never say where a number came from. Senior Dog Kit puts the urgency first and the answer second, with the guideline or trial linked next to the claim. You can read it on your phone tonight and show the source to your vet tomorrow.

Where advice or availability differs by country, the guide names the national source: AAHA and the FDA, BSAVA and the UK VMD, the CVMA, the AVA and APVMA.

How we research

• Primary sources, linked inline. Veterinary guidelines such as the 2019 AAHA Canine Life Stage Guidelines, regulators such as the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, vet schools and published trials.
• The numbers that matter. How many dogs, which ages and sizes, how long the study ran and how big the effect was.
• Dates on every page. Each guide shows when it was published and last updated, and when we checked each source.

The editor

Alexander Gusev edits every guide on Senior Dog Kit, published by Beundra AB in Sweden. He goes to the primary source on every question, from AAHA guidelines to FDA adverse-event reports, and writes the answer in plain words you can act on.

Find your answer in the guides

Questions and topic ideas: contact the editor.