Senior Dog Comfort Check

Answer a few quick questions about your older dog. You’ll get a personal checklist for home setup, sleep, getting around, and what to ask your vet. This isn’t a medical assessment and doesn’t replace a vet visit.

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Please call your vet or an emergency vet now

These signs need urgent attention. You can come back to the Comfort Check later.

Think your dog ate something poisonous? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (US; a consultation fee may apply).

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Your Comfort Check results

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Call your vet or an emergency vet straight away if you notice:

Collapse or can’t stand
Trouble breathing
Repeated vomiting
Straining or unable to pee
A seizure
A swollen, tight belly
Severe pain

Think your dog ate something poisonous? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (US; a consultation fee may apply).

The Senior Dog Comfort Check

In the last 24 hours, has your dog had any of these?

About your dog

Home and vet

Restless, pacing, or panting at night

Sleeps much more in the day than before

Seems lost or confused in familiar places (stuck in corners, behind doors)

Barks, whines, or stares at “nothing,” especially in the evening

Seems less interested in family, or doesn’t respond to known cues

Slow or struggling to get up after lying down

Slips or splays on smooth floors

Hesitates or refuses stairs, sofa, bed, or car

Back legs wobble, cross, or give out

Walks shorter distances or lags behind

Leaves food or eats less than usual

Is pickier, or only eats when tempted

Drops food, chews oddly, or seems to want food but doesn’t eat

You think they’ve lost weight

Wet bedding or wet patches where they slept

Accidents indoors when they used to be reliable

Asks to go out much more often, or drinks a lot more

And how are you sleeping because of your dog’s needs?

Please call your vet or an emergency vet now

Your Comfort Check results

Call your vet or an emergency vet straight away if you notice:

The Senior Dog Comfort Check

In the last 24 hours, has your dog had any of these?

About your dog

Home and vet

Restless, pacing, or panting at night

Sleeps much more in the day than before

Seems lost or confused in familiar places (stuck in corners, behind doors)

Barks, whines, or stares at “nothing,” especially in the evening

Seems less interested in family, or doesn’t respond to known cues

Slow or struggling to get up after lying down

Slips or splays on smooth floors

Hesitates or refuses stairs, sofa, bed, or car

Back legs wobble, cross, or give out

Walks shorter distances or lags behind

Leaves food or eats less than usual

Is pickier, or only eats when tempted

Drops food, chews oddly, or seems to want food but doesn’t eat

You think they’ve lost weight

Wet bedding or wet patches where they slept

Accidents indoors when they used to be reliable

Asks to go out much more often, or drinks a lot more

And how are you sleeping because of your dog’s needs?

Please call your vet or an emergency vet now

Your Comfort Check results

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