The Daily Mail

A nursing home with round-the-clock care is being opened in Japan - for elderly dogs!

The aging pooches will be able to live out their final years at the canine home, surrounded by puppies to make them feel younger.

Owners will pay £400 a month to keeop their dogs at the Soladi Care Home for pets, according to a joint release by Soladi Co. and the Endo Veterinary clinic in Tochigi, eastern Japan.

Veterinarians at the home will offer 24-hour monitoring, and four-legged residents will be fed specially fortified food.

The home, which can accept 20 dogs at one time, will employ puppies to play with the aging dogs to help them keep fit and feel younger.

Analysts say that a boom in pet ownership in Japan, coupled with better health care and a more balanced diet, has led to a surge in elderly pets in Japan.

That has spurred doting owners to turn to vitamins, aromatherapy and even acupuncture to help their companions through their old age.

Jeanie Marie Kraft, Lic.Ac. is keeping tails wagging on the North Shore of MA with K9 acupuncture house-calls. Jeanie is also treating dogs with acupuncture at the DoggieDay Play Center in Boston.Visit FourPawsAcupuncture.com for more information.

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