Caring for Aging Pets: Vet's Advice on Cognitive Dysfunction

[@JesseDavis]

Purina Pro Plan Bright Mind and SAMe made a huge difference for my mother's small senior terrier who was developing "sundowner syndrome", per her own vet. (Sometimes they had to get Purina One Vibrant Maturity, a somewhat similar formula, due to food shortages as this was largely during the plague times when dog food was super hit and miss in availability.) Her pup ended up living to be around 16/17 years old and had good QoL throughout those final years. Good info.

[@VetMedCorner]

There's so much we can do to support our seniors as they need it - I'm so glad your mother's dog did so well 💜 Thank you for your comment!

[@roscoesrefuge]

Thank you a million thanks. We rescue senior dogs and see this frequently. I learned from your video. This is a brutal disease. So very difficult to euthanize a beloved pet when her mind was destroying her quality of life not a physical ailment. Thank you again.

[@VetMedCorner]

Thank you for watching and taking the time to write such a lovely comment, it means so much to me! Cognitive dysfunction is so challenging - I am sorry that you have to deal with it so often. I'm grateful that you take on caring for the seniors as you do. You are wonderful!

[@jayden1996b]

Tuning into this video to do what I can to prevent this in my 14 year old mini poodle. Thanks for your insight!

[@VetMedCorner]

I'm so glad you found the video! I am a huge fan of prevention wherever possible - you're amazing for being so proactive 🙌

[@melitabalch6800]

Oh interesting! Grin story: a close friend of mine in grad school did his PhD work on beta amyloid surface pchem. TOTALLY not my area so i didn't understand his work AT ALL. And 20 years ago, so his study just cracked the surface of what's known today. But still, fascinating to me! Thus my question. Humans and critters are so different yet similar...

[@VetMedCorner]

That's amazing! We need more research in the area still, I hope your friend is still working on it!!!

[@melitabalch6800]

Oh thank you! Golly I didn't realize how much this is seen in our beloved seniors. So important to hear this!! I have a random curious question: the plaques found in cat and dog brains with CDS - are they beta-amyloid plaques as found in human Alzheimer's patients?

[@VetMedCorner]

Yes, they are. The plaques appear to be the same as the ones that humans with Alzheimer's develop. It's an excellent question!

[@judithb4202]

Thank you for this video

[@VetMedCorner]

Thank you for watching!

[@paulamorris3138]

They / her?

[@melitabalch6800]

Won't let me "reply" to you, weird, i click reply but no go. Anyway, no, he needed income so he went to work for Intel. Need that paycheck... And I have to admit to not checking to see what more his advisor has set in motion since he defended. I know she got sucked up into administration though, so...

[@VetMedCorner]

Ah, academia. So much of it is so broken... I have to admit to a personal interest in Alzheimer's research as the one side of my family seems prone to developing it. It was part of what prompted me to do this video about the cognitive dysfunction in our cats and dogs.