Awareness of the outside world. “The program is great for seniors or dogs that have suffered injuries.” AKC: AKC Agility Preferred Class, Leigh, 2015. From now on, all of my senior activities will be referred to as Preferred.
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There was a time when ….
Dogs had a 24/7 dog door to a fenced yard.
Cats could go out a window to take up their barn cat duties.
Horses ate twice a day out of buckets on the fenceline & from hay piles in the field.
These days …
Jasmine needs help to get around.
Rose’s bathroom missions have become explorations of the front yard, which means a jacket & shoes rather than watching from the door.
One of our senior cats has joined the geriatric set. He spends most of his day sleeping in a dog cage. By choice, the door is open. On nice days, I will put him out in the small dog pen. He likes basking in the sun.
One horse needs privacy to eat.
The other horse needs lunch.
Suddenly our low maintenance household isn’t.
We can’t blame age. Rodney is the eldest, at 25. He’s hale and hearty. He needs to go in the stall for meals because this roommate is a hay shark who will eat steal all the food.
Nor can we blame the senior dogs. It’s a multi-species adventure.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
Wow! Do you have your hands full!
Jane
Yes, but don’t ask with what.