corvus Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 A student in my faculty is currently seeking volunteers for a cutting edge study in treatment for dementia in dogs. Many dogs show signs of dementia that go unnoticed or undiagnosed. If you know or suspect your dog has dementia and are in the Sydney basin area, you may wish to consider volunteering your dog for this treatment. It is a unique opportunity that may both give you more years of sound cognitive function with your dog and may also help in the treatment of human dementia as well. Contact me if you would like to know more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph M Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Aw woulda been keen if this was melbourne, mum's/our English Setter is quietly losing it, the poor love. He's probably past the point of being trial-worthy. His health is failing pretty significantly and it's probably not far from time, a shame all round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trisven13 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Oh bugger - got so excited as I would have loved to have tried some stuff out on my old boy but sadly the Sydney basin we are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty Miss Emma Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 As was said above, wish it was Melbourne!! Not for my dogs but for a friend whose dog we are starting to clearly see some early signs of dementia. Oh well. But good luck to your friend and I hope there are some good findings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salukifan Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Bummer, have a 15 year old poodle boy who'd have been a good candidate - but he's in Canberra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loving my Oldies Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Gosh, tempting. I don't know whether Danny is getting dementia or how he presents is due just to old age. He is a Finnish Spitz cross, adopted from a pound February 2002 and estimated then to be three years old, so presumably around 14. Where would we have to take our dogs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 I am assuming they would have to come into the University of Sydney vet clinic in Camperdown, but I really don't know. Better to ask the person running the study. I have her e-mail address, so PM me if you would like to ask her for more information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mita Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 That's great corvus. Thanks for telling us about it. We've had a long line of senior dogs here. So, even tho' geography's against me.... I hope you keep us updated how things go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus Posted May 1, 2013 Author Share Posted May 1, 2013 I was trying to find some related information for someone and I stumbled across this page about the study this thread is about. http://rng.org.au/dogs-cells-trial-cell-therapy-for-the-reversal-of-canine-cognitive-dysfunction/ So there you go. It might have been convenient if I'd known that page existed a couple of days ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mita Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Thank you, corvus. The papers you referred me to were spot on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillybob Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 I have just lost my Bob, he had dementia, its good to know people are thinking about helping dogs before they get to the stage Bob was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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