{"id":8230,"date":"2013-11-14T07:57:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T15:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/?p=8230"},"modified":"2013-11-14T13:57:59","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T21:57:59","slug":"adapting-older-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/2013\/11\/14\/adapting-older-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/files\/2013\/11\/old-dog1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8233\" alt=\"old-dog1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/files\/2013\/11\/old-dog1.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/448\/files\/2013\/11\/old-dog1.jpg 220w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/448\/files\/2013\/11\/old-dog1-200x145.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>No matter how much we love our pets, sometimes we forget that they get older faster than us. We may recognize that they don\u2019t chase the ball much anymore, and they sleep a lot, but do we really think about what we can do to make their senior lives better?<\/p>\n<p>The Bark.com has ideas for improving senior dog\u2019s lives with simple things like different toys and easier activities. They point out that an older dog may need brighter lighting, a softer bed, and a quiet environment. A little thought on our part can go a long way to making our best friend\u2019s senior years happy ones. <a href=\"http:\/\/thebark.com\/content\/teach-senior-dogs-new-tricks-stay-healthy\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter how much we love our pets, sometimes we forget that they get older faster than us. We may recognize that they don\u2019t chase the ball much anymore, and they sleep a lot, but do we really think about what we can do to make their senior lives better? The Bark.com has ideas for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1802,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3054],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-and-staff"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DBMX-28K","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1802"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8230"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8237,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8230\/revisions\/8237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofveterinarymedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}