The Senior Dog Health Journal
From frosty muzzles to quiet afternoon naps, the golden years deserve the best record-keeping of a dog’s life.
Senior dogs see the vet more, take more medications, and change faster than young dogs. The small things you notice at home — a slow morning stretch, a change in breathing — are exactly what your vet needs to hear.
- Pain and mobility scores you can actually compare month to month
- Bloodwork pages, so trends are visible instead of buried in printouts
- Medication grids built for several prescriptions at once
- Gentle quality-of-life tracking, for the conversation nobody wants to have unprepared
104 full-colour pages · 8.5″ × 11″ · undated.
What you notice at home is the evidence
Written for the years when the appointments get closer together.
Scores, not impressions
Pain and mobility recorded the same way every time, so “he seems slower” becomes a number your vet can compare against three months ago.
Bloodwork over time
Pages to transcribe results visit by visit, so a drifting value is obvious long before anyone has to go hunting through a folder of printouts.
Quality of life, gently
A structured, unhurried way to track comfort, appetite, interest and good days against bad ones — so the hardest decision is informed rather than sudden.
The years that need the most record-keeping
- Profile and baseline — what normal looks like for him, before it changes
- Vet visits and bloodwork — findings and values, visit by visit
- Medications — grids built for several at once, with what changed and when
- Pain and mobility scores — recorded consistently, month to month
- Quality-of-life tracking — comfort, appetite and interest, gently structured
For the last few years, done well
Written for owners of a dog who has started slowing down — where the vet visits are more frequent, the medication list is longer, and the details matter more than they used to.
It sits alongside The Complete Dog Care Planner rather than replacing it: that one covers a whole life, this one covers the end of it properly.
View on AmazonThe rest of the care planners
The same treatment, matched across the household.
The Complete Dog Care Planner
The whole-life edition — vet visits, vaccinations, medications and 12 undated calendars.
The Complete Cat Care Planner
The cat edition, written for a cat rather than adapted from the dog one.
Forever My Dog
A memory book and keepsake for afterwards: photos, stories, milestones and remembrance pages.