A few days ago I received an email from a friend, Rod, that read: "You've met my pal Jack who celebrates his 12th birthday next week. As of late, say the last couple months, Jack has awoken after ...

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 ...

Canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome, or CCDS, is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that mirrors many features of Alzheimer’s disease in humans, and it is far more common in aging dogs than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Olga Pankova/Moment/Getty Images) Dementia affects dogs as well as people, and although it goes by a different name, it's no less ...

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 ...