Remember Me?: Loving and Caring for a Dog with Canine Cognitive Dysfunction

Remember Me? is an award-winning guidebook for owners of dogs who are losing their mental faculties as they age and the story of a dog and owner who retained their bond through this most difficult situation.If you have an aging dog Remember Me? will give you the information you need to weather the difficult condition and give their dogs the most fulfilling life possible.In Remember Me? you will learn aboutThe symptoms of canine cognitive dysfunctionMedications and other interventions that are showing promise in treating the conditionHow to adapt your home and habits to keep your dog safeThe many products available to solve the problems of senior dogsHow to make things easier on yourself physically and emotionallyThe complex question of euthanasia and how to make your own decision about itThe story of Andersons small terrier Cricket who developed dementia is threaded through the book. As Crickets dementia worsened she paced she circled she stood in corners she forgot what she was doing and at times she lost and found her owner repeatedly. For the last weeks of her life she even forgot how to drink water. As Crickets condition deteriorated and needs changed Anderson learned about the disease and developed methods to care for her dog.She shares these methods in Remember Me? and her calm conversational tone is soothing to dog owners who are suffering--sometimes more than their dogs.Remember Me? won the 2016 Maxwell Award from the Dog Writers Association of America for a book on health behavior or general care.