Dogs get Alzheimer’s Disease too…
January 22, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Does your dog…
get ‘lost’ when wandering around the house and seem to get stuck in corners and behind furniture?
isn’t deaf but starts to ignore you when you call his/her name?
start having ‘accidents’ around the house even right after having been outside ?
he cocker spaniel who gets “stuck” in corners or behind furniture…
It could be that the dog is suffering from Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome, an “…age related deterioration of cognitive abilities characterized by behavioral changes in dogs that cannot be wholly attributed to general medical conditions such as neoplasia (cancer), infection or organ failure. “ (ref)
It’s often referred to as ‘old dog syndrome’ or ‘dog senility’ and is thought to be the result of the same processes as happens to humans suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Do dogs live long enough for this to really effect them? How old do they have to be?
Dogs do live long enough to get this, plus just like humans, they can get an early onset version as well.