How to Build a Long-Term Wellness Plan for Your Dog

Keep Yourself Accountable:

Keeping yourself accountable is extremely important when it comes to your dog's health and wellness. Settings daily, weekly and yearly goals makes it less stressful and more attainable than flying blind through the daily challenges of owning a dog. Here is an example of a standard wellness plan for a dog owner. Use this as a reference to build your own wellness plan for your dog. 

Goals: Create a Wellness Plan for Your Dog
Your wellness plan should include daily, weekly and yearly goals. Remember to set realistic goals and expectations. This helps limit burnout and feelings of defeat by taking on too much at one time. 

Daily:

• Clean food and water bowl

• Fresh Water
  
  

• Balanced meals

• Joint support

• Exercise

• Mental stimulation (i.e. sniffing on walks)

• Mental and social decompression (i.e. crate time)
  
  
• Training (start with 15 minutes a day)
  
  
• Enrichment (lick mats, puzzle games, etc.)

Weekly

• Clean Ears

• Grooming/Brushing
  

• Flea and tick check
  
  
• Nail Check
  
  

• Weight monitoring

Monthly

• Bathing
  

• Gum/teeth check
  
  
• Flea and tick prevention (usually every 3 months)
  
  

• Skin tag/bump inspection

• Wellness observation

Yearly

• Check Up
  
  
• Blood work
  
  
• Imaging (X-ray/Ultrasound)
  
  
• Shot Updates (as needed)
  

• Wellness observation

Final Thoughts

A wellness plan keeps your dog healthy, happy, and thriving. Always be preventative not reactive when it comes to your dog's health and wellness!

👉 Bonus: Make Mush Buddies part of their daily routine.