Dr. Monica Tarantino

06/11/2026

If you see this sign, please talk to your vet. Have you noticed this in any of your seniors before? Share with us below!

06/10/2026

Sophie the 16 yr old Boston living her best life 💅🏼💅🏼

06/10/2026

06/09/2026

As a vet who focuses on senior dogs, these are the same things I do for my own at home. None of them are complicated, and I start them early.

What's one thing you already do for your senior? Share below, I love seeing them 🐾

Comment SLOW and I'll send you the waitlist for my free microclass, How To Slow Down Your Dog's Slowing Down 🤍

06/09/2026

As a vet who focuses on senior dogs, these are the same things I do for my own at home. None of them are complicated, and I start them early.

What's one thing you already do for your senior? Share below, I love seeing them 🐾

Comment SLOW and I'll send you the waitlist for my free microclass, How To Slow Down Your Dog's Slowing Down 🤍

06/09/2026

This is what I call the 3 ‘E’s’ for senior dogs. Do you hit these everyday? Which is your senior dogs favorite? Share with us below!♥️🐕

06/08/2026

Your early senior dog doesn't look like a senior dog yet.

They're still moving, still interested, still the dog you fell in love with. And so when the small things start showing up, you tell yourself it's nothing. A little slower on the stairs. Takes a beat longer to get comfortable at night. Nothing that feels like it needs attention yet.

But this is actually the stage where the things you start paying attention to make the biggest difference later. Their body is quietly asking for more now.

Mobility, brain health, comfort. And getting ahead of those changes before they're obvious is so much easier than trying to catch up after.

This is what I cover in my free microclass, How To Slow Down Your Dog's Slowing Down. It's for the pet parent who wants to do this chapter well, before they feel like they're behind.

Comment SLOW below and I'll send you the waitlist link.

06/05/2026

1. “He’s just getting old” distracts us from the real (often treatable) problems.

Sleeping more, stiff in the morning, hesitating at the stairs. We blame age for all of it. Age can play a role but so often what are calling aging is actually arthritis pain, dental disease, thyroid issues, cancer, kidney disease and more. Old age isn’t a disease. The things that come with it usually are, and a lot of them we can do something about.

2. Old dogs hide pain really well.

They almost never cry out. They just stop jumping on the couch. They get a little grumpy. If your dog’s personality changed, ask about pain first. Don’t assume it’s just age.

3. Their brain needs a job too.

The walks get shorter and that’s ok. Let them sniff. Let them pick the route. Put their breakfast in a snuffle mat. None of this costs much and it genuinely changes their day.

4. Look at your house from their body.

Rugs on the slippery floors. Water bowl closer to where they sleep. A night light if their eyes are getting cloudy. You don’t need fancy gear, you just need to notice what got hard for them.

5. Have the hard conversations early.

Talk to your vet about quality of life before there’s a crisis. Decisions made from love instead of panic. It’s one of the kindest things you can do for both of you.

This is education, not medical advice. Always work with your own vet.

06/05/2026

They used to be the first one up.
Before you. Before the coffee. Before anything.
You would hear them. The stretch, the shake, the click of nails already moving toward the door.

Then at some point, that stopped.
They still got up. Just slower. Just quieter. Just a little later than they used to.
You told yourself they were tired. That they had earned the rest.

Maybe. But a Classic Senior whose body is working differently does not always show you pain the way you expect it. Sometimes it just looks like a dog who stopped rushing.

Pain and mobility changes at this stage are worth paying attention to. So is enrichment. So is how intentional your daily routine actually is.

This chapter demands that kind of attention. And you showing up here tells me you already know that.

This June I'm teaching a free microclass, How To Slow Down Your Dog's Slowing Down, for exactly the pet parent who is paying attention and wants to do this well.

Comment SLOW below and I'll send the waitlist straight to you.

06/03/2026

So many of you have been asking about the ramp we built for Becca a few years back. Sharing here! What helps your senior dog in your house? Share with us below!🤍🤍🐕🐕