Ceva SEGMINISMART Animal Health D59010B Senilife Nutritional Supplement for Elderly Dogs- 30 capsules/box

Havent helped my cat at all.. Delivery excellent

I was skeptical, but this supplement is amazing. I have a nearly 16-year-old dachshund with dementia and who is not hearing and vision impaired (but still happily plays fetch, zoomies, and runs around like a puppy somehow). He started sundowning about a year ago and would just bark in the evenings for hours on end, the shrillest bark. We were getting headaches and were frustrated and we didn't want to feel that our little, old man in his glory days. We talked to our vet about how to support doggy dementia, and she suggested this supplement, saying it's the only one her patients have reported liking but it doesn't work for everyone. We've been on it now for 3 months. After the first month, we didn't immediately repurchase so we could see if the changes we noticed were placebo or not. He started sundowning again. The supplement cuts his sundowning episodes by about 75%. It's genuinely making his twilight years much more enjoyable for everyone involved. I decided to write this review because I accidentally forgot to repurchase this before going out of town leading to about 5 days without the supplement and, sure enough, the sundowning returned. It just got delivered today and my husband and I are both glad it finally came in. This is going on auto-ship now. Mileage may vary, of course, but if your pup is struggling with sundowning, I'd say give this a try as long as you don't have any contraindications. My pup also has hypothyroidism and it was safe for him to take with those meds. We put it in a pill pocket (it's huge) and he eats it/chews it- no problem. I don't think it has much of a taste or it at least doesn't bother him. The directions also allow for you to open the capsule into food, but he doesn't always eat everything he's given in one go and he does well taking pills, so he's not deterred by the giant, submarine-shaped, suppository-looking capsule. It effectively comes down to like a dollar a day for everyone's comfort and sanity, which is worth it to me.

This has made an incredible difference in our dog’s life. Our Aussie is 12 and started showing her age after ACL surgery. We saw signs of dementia; barking at night, standing by the wall, crying at bedtime. We read that the crying at bedtime could be them thinking they might not get fed again so we rolled with that. We give her one of these pills along with 1/2 scoop of Spunky 2 at breakfast then just Spunky with her dinner. We call it gravy and she snarfs it. Then at bedtime for her “midnight snack” we give her the smallest amount of kibble with a dash of Spunky 2 “gravy”. I don’t know what makes it work, the midnight snack or the gravy but she’s a different dog. She acts like she’s 5 again. She runs around, hops all excited. Sleeps through the night, no crying. She moves like a young dog, no more stiff joints or limping. Doesn’t go to the wall at all and barks only at normal dog stuff. Completely changed. The only change we made was to add this. Since then, we’ve added fish oil to her dinner. But I hope if you are reading this that you give it a try and I hope it works as well for you as it dog for us. Edit to add: we have increased her to 2 pills - one at each meal. We had a rough week and she was showing all those scary dementia signs again. 2 days after upping it, we’ve got a crazy puppy again. I’m not sure if we’ll stay at 2 a day (expensive) but whatever works. I also recommend the Spunky 2 powder.

I had the same issue as one of the other customers. First month, capsules and the liquid inside were just fine and it worked great for my dog; however, upon receiving my second batch... the product capsules were not only darker than the first ones but harder, making it hard to open it; the liquid inside had a fishy smell on top of it. I will get in touch with the merchant and see if it is still okay to continue giving my 14-year-old chihuahua this supplement.

Perhaps I should have inquired prior to ordering, but I was shocked by how large the capsules were in the size suggested for a small dog. I have a terrible time getting pills down my little 12 pound 19 year old rescue. Tried putting them into everything & he literally will roll them around to get off what I have hid them in and spit them out. As he must now take 3 pills daily, 2 of which are microscopic and the other a very small capsule, I found that the only way to get those down was to put them in a small amount of peanut butter and then open his mouth and stick it to the roof of his mouth. Then I must loosely hold his jaw closed until he finally gives in and swallows. We BOTH hate giving him pills. The dog for obvious reasons (he hates peanut butter and hates pills even more). I hate it because this is the sweetest dog on the planet, confirming my opinion that rescues are the best dogs, and I feel guilty forcing them down. I was so upset when I saw the size of these. They are around 3/4 inch in length. Even peanut butter won't work, he just tucks the pill in the side of his mouth when i eventually can't stand holding his jaw closed longer. I would NEVER purchased these had I known how huge they were. I tried twice to snip the end off and squeeze the slimy looking goo inside onto a treat (he wouldn't touch it) and then directly into his mouth. I thought the dog was going go throw up, he gagged and gagged. So they must taste terrible. I may try to continue this method for as long as I have the pills so I can see if they help. If they do I will have to explore getting the supplement in some other vehicle. I have attached photo of my dog so you can see the size and also see why it is killing me to force meds down him. It reminds me of when my children were babies and you had to give them medicine. They couldn't figure out why and couldn't talk yet so you could explain. Anyone have any other ideas let me know. I think I have trid literlly everything from lamb chop (which he loves) to hollowing out freezed dried liver or other treats and cheese. As he loves butter I even tried to coating them with butter.