oh.. no please. my dog is 16, he's blind, he's deaf, and he is having a harder time getting around now. He poops all over and pees everywhere. He wakes me up at least twice a night on a good night to drink water and go potty.

I have a harness to walk him every day and I basically have to carry him for most of the walk to his favorite bushes all over the neighborhood.

I can't do this forever.

Scientists have made a breakthrough discovery working in our next generation laboratories. It might surprise you, but what they've found is this: you need to buy the dogpill.

https://loyal.com/for-vets

For senior dogs:

LOY-002 is intended for dogs aged 10 or older and weighing at least [6kg]/14 lb. It aims to extend healthy lifespan by targeting age-associated metabolic dysfunction.

As dogs age their metabolic health declines, leading to disease and reduced lifespan. Our aim with LOY-002 is to preserve metabolic health, which we believe will delay the onset of age-associated disease and help maintain better function and quality of life.

For large dogs:

LOY-001 and LOY-003 are intended for large and giant dogs and target the over-expression of IGF-1, a hormone that we believe is associated with large dogs’ shorter lifespan relative to small dogs.

Large body size in dogs is correlated with shortened lifespan, so the larger a breed is, the shorter the average longevity of dogs in that breed. We believe that sustained higher levels of Growth Hormone and IGF-1 in larger dogs are partly responsible for shorter lifespan and the earlier development of age-associated disease and disability. Our aim for LOY-001 and LOY-003 is to address this overexpression in adult dogs with the aim of reducing age-associated diseases and extending healthy lifespan.

LOY-001 is a prescription long-acting injection for dogs 7 years or older and weighing at least [18kg]/40 lb, while LOY-003 is a prescription daily pill for dogs 5 years or older and weighing at least [27kg]/60 lb.

I'm going to check this week if the local vet that's participating has any slots. With my dog being a rescue I don't know his exact age, but he's somewhere around 8 now and 12~ is about what I expect from the breeds I suspect he is. Prolonging his life with suffering wouldn't be ethical to me so I don't want to artificially raise it to 16. It'd be nice to make the last natural ones as pain-free as possible.

This will be Fist of Dog Medicine's next experiment

https://www.tiktok.com/@fistofthedogmedicine/video/7440923239494274350