Imagine watching your dog waddle into the room and noticing that he is walking on the top of his back paw. While you may classify it as a harmless quirk, in reality, that "knuckling" action can ...

[Risa Feldman’s Her Irish wolfhound mix, Ike, was 12-years-old when he was diagnosed with DM. “[The hardest part is] seeing the slow deterioration of your best friend and his confusion,” she said. | ...

Degenerative myelopathy is a degenerative disease of the spinal cord that begins in older adulthood and progresses slowly until dogs are no longer able to walk unassisted. The cause of the disease is ...

A gene-silencing therapy under development for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is being tested at Tufts in dogs with degenerative myelopathy, a fatal paralytic disease that is similar ...

Canine Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) is a neurodegenerative disease in dogs with similarities to ALS in humans. Scientists have discovered a modifier gene that affects the risk of developing DM in ...

Steve kicks of this week’s edition of Steve Dales Petworld with famous dog show announcer David Frei. They talk about the 1,700 dogs that will be showcased on the National Dog Show on Thanksgiving and ...