The Senior Dog Care Planner

There is a great deal written about the first year with a dog and almost nothing about the last few. Yet this is the stretch that asks the most of you: the stiffness in the mornings, the vet visits that get closer together, the new medication with the complicated timing, and the question of whether he seemed a bit off yesterday or whether you imagined it.

The Senior Dog Care Planner is a 38-page printable planner for the slow, good years at the end — a place to keep the vet notes, the medication, the small changes you notice, and the days worth remembering.

What is inside

• Your dog — profile, and a baseline page recording what is normal for him today
• The vet record — every visit, what was said, and what happens next
• Medication — a current list, a changes log, and how he actually takes his tablets
• Comfort at home — a walkthrough checklist of small, cheap changes that make an old dog's life easier
• The weekly sheet — a few ticks and a sentence, once a week, to take to your vet
• Food, weight and water — three of the slowest and most useful signals there are
• Good days — because a planner about an ageing dog should not only be a list of losses
• Thinking ahead — the questions worth asking your vet early, and the arrangements worth having in place

Written with care

The weekly sheet is a conversation record, not a scoring system. Its only job is to let you say something precise at the next appointment — this started about five weeks ago and it has been most mornings since — instead of something vague. Your vet does the interpreting.

Good to know

Instant download · 38-page PDF · Prints on A4 and US Letter · Yours to keep and reprint

A record-keeping tool, not veterinary advice. Always consult a qualified vet who has examined your dog.