As a proud member of the “Baby Boomer” generation, I do NOT appreciate a cautionary news story this week about Alzheimer’s disease. According to the latest predictions, something around 10 million people of my generation will be struck by Alzheimer’s disease or a related form of dementia.

Certainly this news isn’t on a par with that, but I just discovered today that aging dogs and cats can suffer from a form of Alzheimer’s disease. As a matter of fact, the article I’ve linked to is by a veterinarian and says the changes in the pet’s brain involves the same type of beta amyloid plaques that are seen in victims of the human disease.

The veterinarian writing about this, Shawn Messonnier, D.V.M., reports that he’s had good results treating the dog and cat disease with the B vitamin choline supplement CholodinR. I’m not familiar with that at all, and I’m only passing along information you will find if you read the article I’ve linked to.

I urge you to read that entire article. Print it out, or at least bookmark the website so you can return to the information there if you have a pet dog or cat, or friends who do. It certainly is something pet lovers need to prepare for.

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