Research suggests changes in a dog's walk can be a sign of canine dementia, but one expert says it's not enough for a ...

(Olga Pankova/Moment/Getty Images) Dementia affects dogs as well as people, and although it goes by a different name, it's no ...

Canine cognitive dysfunction (CDD or CDS), also know as dog dementia, is a disorder that causes symptoms similar to Alzheimer's in humans. Identifying dog dementia can be surprisingly challenging in ...

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New research has found that shorter front-leg strides in older dogs are linked to cognitive decline — not just ageing — ...

A change in that walk is easy to overlook. New work on aging dogs suggests one small shift deserves a closer look. The length of a dog’s front leg step gets shorter as the mind declines. The pull of ...

Many dogs change their gait as they age. This is usually considered a normal part of getting older. However, researchers have ...

Scientists have shown that the stride length of the front legs (but not the hind legs) of senior and geriatric dogs decreases ...

No one knows exactly why dogs or humans decline in their abilities when they age. One theory suggests that as the genetic material (DNA) reproduces itself in each new cell, the successive ...

This week we are going to shift gears a bit and talk about something more serious. We’re going to talk about Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome (CCDS) today. What’s that? Basically, it’s ...

The Rowe family dog Ralph was one of many canines with dementia who participated in a study of rapamycin. Scientists were able to gain new insight into the drug's potential as a treatment by studying ...