Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome - AKA Dog Dementia

[ralgith]

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My lady and I recently had to put down an 11 year old Yorkie (very young, they easily live into mid to high teens when healthy - with the oldest on record living to be 26) due to health problems. Many of them were stemming from, or related to, his having Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome (CCDS), also known as Dog Dementia. This was heartbreaking for us, because if we had even known this was a thing, we would have realized he was suffering from it for over a year before it got bad enough that we realized something was wrong with him. We just thought the weird behaviors were just him being him since he was always a bit odd with behavior.

PetMD has a great article on CCDS, and I recommend everyone with dogs read it. Save yourself the heartache that we suffered.