Small behavior changes matter.

Scientists have shown that the stride length of the front legs (but not the hind legs) of senior and geriatric dogs decreases ...

A change in that walk is easy to overlook. New work on aging dogs suggests one small shift deserves a closer look. The length of a dog’s front leg step gets shorter as the mind declines. The pull of ...

If your senior pooch is starting to take shorter strides, it could be an early warning sign of dementia.

New research has found that shorter front-leg strides in older dogs are linked to cognitive decline — not just ageing — ...