What are you noticing?
Choose the change you can see at home. Each pathway lists the existing vet-written guides that cover it. If a sign is sudden or worsening, contact your vet rather than reading first.
Drinking or urinating more
Guides covering thirst and urination changes, and the screening tests vets use to look into them.
Coughing or breathing changes
What different coughs can mean, and when breathing changes are urgent.
Vomiting or diarrhoea
When to monitor at home, when to call your vet, and which signs are an emergency.
Limping, stiffness or difficulty rising
Mobility, muscle condition and the movement changes that come with ageing.
Lumps or swelling
Why lumps need testing rather than watching, and how canine cancers are graded.
Appetite or weight changes
Body condition, muscle mass, and the conditions that change how a dog eats.
Behaviour, sleep or cognitive changes
Which changes are part of normal ageing, and which point to a medical cause.
Collapse, seizures or urgent symptoms
Deciding between emergency care, a same-day call, and monitoring at home.
Ear scratching, head shaking or head tilt
Ear irritation, recurring infections, and the difference between an ear problem and a balance problem.
Bad breath, drooling or mouth pain
What mouth odour and chewing changes usually mean, and why dental disease affects the whole body.
Ate something they shouldn't have
Which foods and household items are genuinely dangerous, and what to do in the first hour.
Slowing down or low energy
Telling ordinary ageing apart from the early, quiet signs of disease — and which tests answer the question.
Signs of pain or discomfort
Dogs hide pain. These guides cover the subtle signals, comfort care, and when to escalate.