Editorial and medical-review policy

Readers are often worried or grieving. This is the standard we hold every guide to.

How a guide is made

1. Topic. We choose topics from what owners of older dogs are searching for and asking about.
2. Sources first. We read primary sources before writing: veterinary schools, AVMA, AAHA, the Merck Veterinary Manual and peer-reviewed studies. Consumer pet sites are used only as secondary context.
3. Drafting. Each guide is researched from those sources and reviewed by the Senior Pup Life team before it is published. Every health claim carries a link to where it comes from, and the list of sources and the date we read them appears at the end.
4. Checks. Drafts get an SEO and source check, a copy edit, and a brand and safety check for tone, disclaimers and unsupported claims.
5. Updates. Guides show an updated date. We recheck them when guidance changes, and say so on the page.

What we won't publish

• Diagnoses, doses, or advice to start or stop a medication. Those are for your vet.
• Words like "cure", "miracle", "reverses" or "prevents" for supplements or foods.
• Fear-based or shaming language, or graphic end-of-life detail.
• Photos that show a brand logo, or that clearly show a young dog when the article is about an old one.

Medical review

No guide on this site has been reviewed by a veterinarian yet. Each one says "Not reviewed by a veterinarian" near the top.

A guide will say "Medically reviewed by" only when a real, licensed veterinarian has read it, checked the health claims, and agreed to be named. The page will then show that person's name and when they reviewed it. We will never invent a reviewer or a credential.

Corrections

If you find an error, tell us on the contact page. We correct factual mistakes promptly and note significant changes on the page.

Independence

Ads and affiliate links, if we use them, never influence what we write. See the disclosure.