http://www.akcchf.org/canine-health/your-dogs-health/senior-dog-health/ Do you believe Old Dogs Rule? Senior and geriatric dogs need specialized care and the AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF) aims to fund cutting-edge research to help our four legged friends grow old gracefully. Most veterinarians consider a dog a senior at age 8 and geriatric at age 12. Dogs who have reached these stages have special health needs. You can help CHF fund research for senior dogs. We have established the Senior Dog Health & Wellness Initiative to provide grants to researchers who are working to keep our senior dogs active and healthy. With your support we can fund research that will: • Stimulate novel approaches to senior dog healthcare • Help us better understand a dog's aging immune system • Prevent and/or manage common health concerns for older dogs like degenerative cardiac disease or kidney disease • Improve cognitive function in older dogs • Allow our beloved older dogs to live longer and happy lives Help dogs not just live longer, but live well! Join in our commitment to senior and geriatric dogs. Your donation to the Senior Dog Health & Wellness Initiative will help more dogs become members of the senior crowd, giving us more time to enjoy our beloved dogs. Thanks for your support! Kathryn Simpson & Andi (11 year old Golden Retriever) Development & Events Specialist | Visit our web site | Contact Us | Donate 8051 Arco Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27617 tel: 888.682.9696 | fax: 919.334.4011 AKC Canine Health Foundation © 2014 All rights reserved. Stormy V. Hope https://www.facebook.com/GSDCA.LegislationAwareness https://www.facebook.com/CaRPOC.CaliforniaResponsiblePetOwnersCoalition ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION: http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================