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Why Your Senior Dog Is Suddenly Up and Pacing at Night | Dog Behavior
· 48 min · Episode 132 · Explicit
Episode Why Your Senior Dog Is Suddenly Up and Pacing at Night | Dog Behavior
Has your senior dog started sleeping through the day and pacing through the night?
If your older dog has started getting stuck in corners, having accidents, or keeping you up with nighttime wandering and barking, it’s easy to chalk it up to age. But those changes can point to cognitive dysfunction, the canine version of dementia, and it’s often more treatable than people expect. This conversation with a board certified veterinary surgeon also gets into why so many CBD products for dogs don’t contain what their labels claim, why dosing by weight matters so much, and how dogs with naturally occurring disease could change the way new treatments get tested.
You’ll hear:
• The signs of canine cognitive dysfunction that get mistaken for normal aging, and why catching them early can buy you more time together • What testing revealed about CBD products sold online, from missing CBD to THC levels that put dogs at risk • A more affordable option for itchy dogs that doesn’t suppress the immune system • The difference between a trainer and a behaviorist, and why ruling out pain comes first
Press play if your older dog has started acting off and you’re not sure whether it’s just age.
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This podcast explores dog training, dog behavior, dog behavior problems, dog obedience, dog training advice, dog training tips, dog training methods, dog training at home, service dog training, dog anxiety, dog separation anxiety, reactive dogs, dog reactivity, and dog body language. Episodes also cover canine nutrition, dog food, dog enrichment, mental stimulation for dogs, senior dogs, pet loss, and life with dogs. It’s a dog community for people who want to better understand the dog in front of them, make sense of conflicting advice, improve the relationship with their dog, and figure out what actually works for their dog.
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