More Good Years
Soft, protein-rich home-cooked meals for dogs 7+, with portions by weight and a 2-minute body check.
More Good Years
Soft, protein-rich home-cooked meals for dogs 7+, with portions by weight and a 2-minute body check.
What’s inside
25 soft recipes in four chapters:
- Lean & Strong: 7 high-protein, lower-calorie bowls
- Joint-Friendly: 7 bowls with salmon, trout and sardines for omega-3s
- Soft & Easy: 7 soups, porridges and mashes for worn teeth
- Soft Treats: 4 small, soft rewards, including pill-hiding meatballs
Plus the 2-minute body check, portions for active and quieter seniors, topper or full meal, soft food for older mouths, a joint-friendly home, water and drinking, a 10-day food switch and when to call the vet.
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Good to know
This book offers general information, not veterinary advice. As a topper, keep the recipes to about 10% of daily calories next to a complete food. As full meals, they need a vitamin-mineral mix made for homemade diets. Ask your vet first, especially if your dog has kidney, liver, heart or pancreas problems, diabetes, or takes medication.
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He’s not 3 anymore. His bowl is.
The walks get shorter, mornings start slower, and he waits at the bottom of the stairs. Most of us call it old age and simply feed a little less.
Dinner, soft and warm- Waiting at the bottom of the stairs
- Half the bowl left at dinner
- Hard kibble and worn teeth
- Less food, and less protein with it
- Not sure what changes after 7
- Protein-rich bowls to help keep muscle
- Bowls that smell like Sunday dinner
- Soft textures, shredded and mashed
- Fewer calories, not less protein
- A 2-minute body check every month
It’s not just age. It’s a young-dog bowl.
It isn’t only old age slowing him down. Often it’s a young-dog bowl feeding an older body. After about 7, dogs need more protein to keep their muscle, but fewer calories to stay lean.
The problem
Healthy older dogs need about 50% more protein than young adults to hold on to their muscle. Most of us simply feed less, and the protein drops along with the calories.
The fix
Lean meat, fish and eggs first, then soft vegetables. Fewer calories without less protein, cooked soft for older teeth, with portions by weight.
The result
Bowls he can chew and wants to finish, a body score you check every month, and a routine you can keep for more good years together.
More Good Years in numbers
Protein need: Purina Institute and AKC. Portions use the standard veterinary energy formula.
One pot, 3½ days of meals
Start with the Golden Years Turkey Stew: lean turkey, sweet potato, green beans and carrots. About 14 cups, soft and freezer-friendly.
Get the CookbookInstant PDF download25 soft recipes, four chapters
Every recipe sits on its own page, with cups per day by weight, prep time and storage.
Lean & Strong
High protein, fewer calories: bowls that help keep muscle on the legs and pounds off the frame.
Joint-Friendly
Salmon, trout and sardines for omega-3s, plus lighter bowls for less weight on the joints.
Soft & Easy
Soups, porridges and mashes for worn teeth, slow appetites and dogs who need more water.
Soft Treats
Small, soft rewards, from frittata cubes for brain games to pill-hiding meatballs.
Plus the body check, portions for quieter seniors, soft-food tricks, water and when to call the vet.
Cook once, feed for days
Most bowls make 10 to 16 cups: 2 to 4 days for a 30-lb dog, a week or more for a 10-lb one. Freeze one-day portions and thaw them overnight in the fridge.
- Lean turkey, chicken, fish and eggs from any grocery store
- No salt, no seasoning, nothing from the never list
- Slow cooker stews that cook while you’re out
A gentle switch, then a routine
No overhaul on day one. A body check, a slow switch, then a rhythm that fits an older dog.
Monthly: feel, score, adjust- Day 0
Check the body
Weigh him and run your hands along ribs, spine and hips. The score tells you whether to keep the weight or slim down slowly.
- Days 1–10
The gentle switch
25% new food for 3 days, then 50%, then 75%, and all new on day 10. Soft stools? Stay at that step 2–3 days longer.
- Week 2
Find your rhythm
Pick a few bowls, batch-cook and freeze one-day portions. A splash of warm water softens any bowl and adds water to the day.
- Every month
Feel and adjust
Repeat the body check. Ribs a little hard to feel? Serve about 10% less. Too thin? Feed 10% more and see your vet.
Why not just a “senior” bag?
OakpawSenior bagWhat senior-dog owners ask first
When is a dog a senior?
Usually around 7. Large breeds turn senior closer to 6, small breeds closer to 10. The portions and the body check in the book work for any older dog.
Don’t older dogs need less protein?
Healthy ones need more, about 50% more than young adults, to hold on to their muscle. What drops is calories. If your vet has limited protein for kidney disease, follow that advice.
My dog has bad teeth. Can he eat these?
Yes. Every recipe cooks soft, with shredded meat and mashed vegetables, and one page shows how to make any bowl softer still. Dropping food or chewing on one side? Book a dental check.
Will this help his joints?
No recipe can promise that. What the research supports best is keeping older dogs lean and feeding omega-3s from fish, and the book builds both into the bowls. For stiffness or limping, see your vet.
Topper or full meal?
Both work. As a topper, keep it to about 10% of the day’s calories on his complete food. As full meals, add a vitamin-mineral mix made for homemade dog food and talk to your vet first. The book shows both paths.
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Soft, simple bowls, starting tonight
One cookbook, 25 soft recipes, made for more good years together. Download it now and cook the first stew tonight.
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