Senior dog health · 2 minute checklist

Is it just old age — or something your vet should hear about?

You already know your dog's age in human years. This tool goes further: it walks through the changes senior dogs actually show — including early dog dementia (canine cognitive dysfunction) — and sorts each one into normal aging, watch closely, or talk to your vet.

Built around DISHA, the vet-used dementia framework Nothing saved or uploaded — stays on your device Ends with a printable vet-visit summary

Why this isn't just another dog-age calculator

Symptom-level, not age-levelAge calculators tell you a number. This tells you whether each specific change — stiffness, staring at walls, house-soiling — is expected or a red flag.

Covers dementia specificallyMost senior checklists skip cognitive decline entirely. This uses the same DISHA categories vets use to screen for canine cognitive dysfunction.

Gives you an action, not just infoYou leave with a clear verdict and a printable list of exactly what to tell your vet — not another wall of generic advice.

Waiting on answers

Answer each item above to see your dog's read-out

There's no wrong answer — "not sure" is a normal answer too. The read-out updates automatically as you go.

Items flagged for your vet

🧠 About the DISHA framework

Canine cognitive dysfunction (dog dementia) is under-diagnosed because its signs look like "just getting old." Vets and researchers group the warning signs into five buckets, known as DISHA:

Disorientation — getting stuck in corners, staring at walls, not recognizing familiar places
Interaction changes — less interest in family, clinginess, or new irritability
Sleep-wake cycle — pacing or vocalizing at night, sleeping more in the day
House-soiling — accidents indoors despite being fully house-trained for years
Activity changes — repetitive pacing, licking, or a drop in interest in walks and play

One sign alone is rarely a diagnosis — but two or more DISHA categories together is exactly the pattern vets screen for, and it's covered directly in the checklist above.