Longevity and Dementia
Dogs and cats like their owners are living longer than ever…that is the good news. Sadly with that longevity both can suffer with dementia issues. The signs can vary tremendously. You might be tempted to believe that your pet has become frustratingly stubborn, lazy, grumpy or just downright daft. Is it dementia, a behavioral quirk or does it have some other underlying medical explanation? If it is dementia are there any effective treatments? Is there anything you can do to prevent it or at least slow down the process?
My guest is award-winning board certified veterinary behaviorist, Dr. Gary Landsberg. He operates a behavior referral practice, North Toronto Veterinary Behavior Specialty Clinic and is the vice president of Veterinary Affairs at CanCog Technologies.
BIO:
Dr. Gary Landsberg is a veterinary behaviorist at the North Toronto Animal Clinic in Thornhill, Ontario (serving the greater Toronto area) and a 1976 graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College. He is board certified both with the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists (ACVB) and the European College of Animal Welfare and Veterinary Behaviour (ECAWBM) and presently sits on the executive board of the ECAWBM. He is an adjunct professor of the Ontario Veterinary College, a behavior consultant for the Veterinary Information Network, and is director of Veterinary Affairs for CanCog Technologies.
Dr. Landsberg is co-author of “Handbook of Behavior Problems of the Dog and Cat” from Elsevier, the 3rd edition to be published early in 2013, as well as numerous journal publications and chapters in veterinary texts. He has also co-authored a series of behavior handouts for pet owners from the American Animal Hospital Association and a book of behavior handouts from Lifelearn. Dr. Landsberg appears regularly in the media and has hosted his own radio and TV shows in Canada. In 2000 he was awarded the AAHA Companion Animal Behavior Award.