ARK NATURALS Gray Muzzle Brain's Best Friend Senior Dogs Soft Chews (90 ct)

My Dottie is a 13 year old Great Dane/Dalmation mix. A few months ago she started pacing, panting, being restless, not wanting to be petted or touched. She was up pacing all night, every night. The vet said it was Sundowners and recommended SeniLife. Very expensive for a large dog. It would have been nearly $80 a month. I dug around on Amazon and found the Ark product. Same ingredients as the other minus, I believe, vitamin E. We started giving her two Benadryl each night (vet recommended) and four of these chewables in the morning. She loves them. The Benedryl worked miracles for helping her sleep but the old Dottie was not back. But I didn't give up. I kept giving them to her. Then, after almost exactly three months, there she was. Wanting to be petted, no confusion, no pacing, just my sweet, beautiful girl. I can't say enough about this product. Seriously, don't wait. Try it. So much less expensive and it gave me my dog back. A plus rated in my book.

These supplements are amazing! We have a 13 year old, female black lab that was beginning to exhibit dementia like behaviors. She was idly wondering at night, restless and anxious. One of the most troublesome things was that she had "forgotten" how to come back inside via the doggy door. She had no problem "going outside", but once out, she would bark aimlessly, look in the window at us, but could not come back in through the doggy door. We tried bribing her with treats, calling for her, etc, but she just couldn't remember how. We would bring her in via a "human" door and she would immediately run to the doggy door and go outside, bark and cry to come back in. Over and over again.... It was a vicious cycle. I finally had to start closing off the doggy door, to prevent this, but this was a problem for our other dog who was used to being able to come and go as he pleased. At night she would get especially anxious and begin panting and would wake me up to just to pet and reassure her. Leaving the light on helped her a bit (but was not helpful for my sleep). After several weeks of these behaviors getting progressively worse, we took her in to see her vet. They ran numerous tests on her and everything came back wonderful. After a consult with the vet, they confirmed that although physically healthy, she most likely had dementia. They prescribed her xanax and sent us home. I tried giving her the xanax at night (so that I could sleep), but it only helped for a few hours at a time. It helped somewhat with her anxiety, but obviously did nothing to address her forgetting how to use the doggy door and the problems that this was causing for our other senior dog. I really hated the idea of sedating her, but had no other options. On a whim, I posted on a Facebook pets page asking other senior dog owners how they dealt with dementia symptoms in their dogs. Most everyone suggested xanax - that is except for one woman. She suggested "Gray Muzzle Brain's Best Friend". I truly doubted it would help, but felt that the price was reasonable and that I should at least give it a shot. Well...... Within four days she was back to using the doggy door (both ways) and sleeping through the night. She has been on these supplements for about three months now. She still gets an occasional bout of anxiety (which she never used to be before) and about once every couple of weeks she will "forgot" how to come back inside, but then will snap out of it by the next day. I don't know how long this will last, but I am so very grateful for these supplements! Not only is my dog much happier, but so am I.

These work great for my 16 year old girl! I was seeing cognitive decline but these have helped a bit. I see less confusion and sun downing behavior. Will rebuy!

First I didn’t notice changes, and my dogs condition had been stressful to manage as someone who works a serious job from home. My dog was barking incessantly at the door out of confusion, would miss her pad, would get antsy during the day and make me put her down only to go bark at the door, and even would fall off of beds due to being disoriented which was extremely scary. After using to product more consistently for a few months- she is starting to show improvements. She used to pace late at night and make us bring her to the floor to bark at the door. We did start containing her in one room with us so she can’t go by the front door but she hasn’t been waking us in the middle of the night anymore. She still has her symptoms but much less than before. It is slowly getting better. If this continues to work then that is awesome. Our dogs deserve the world. I hope she can continue to have an amazing life with us thanks to these supplements. Fingers crossed.

I’ve only had these for a few days so results are yet unknown. However, I HAD to post this review now. I have a cabinet jam packed with “chews” for aging dogs. My 15+ year old Whippet/Husky dog turned up his nose after one sniff of everything on the market. I mean every single thing. Until this! ARK Naturals Gray Muzzle cognitive support, he absolutely LOVES!! I am SO excited!! I wish I had found these a couple of years ago. He actually eats them without sniffing first. I was astounded! Now, hopefully they will help his aging brain & I will report back on that.

These chews are working! My senior pittie (14 y/o) was having some “sundowning” symptoms; up all night, pacing, staring, sleepless, and anxious. She scratched the carpet down to the foundation in one corner of my home. We tried RX anti-anxiety meds, longer walks, even put on her thunder shirt, nothing worked. I’m not even through the end of one bag, dosing 3 chews in her dinner every night, and she’s already herself again. Sleeping through the night, not restless, no more pacing. These things are truly amazing! I hope they work for you as well as they have for us!

So I stopped these and she was immediately better. Not great because she was not great before But much better. So mine was one of the dogs this did not agree with I really thought maybe I should have her euthanized that’s how bad it was Falling down as well So if you buy and you notice a downturn in coordination and confusion and weakness stop immediately I only leave reviews when something really works out or does not

For a product specifically intended for senior dogs, the distributer (Ark Naturals - no, they don't make these themselves... they "distribute" them) seems to have a different definition of "soft" than the average owner of a senior pet. These are NOT soft. (for whatever it's worth, "soft" is pill-pocket consistency, in my opinion) The ingredients, however, are somewhat comparable to those in senilife, but in a treat form. Much easier to dose. No wondering if you managed to squeeze out all of the supplement. For this reason, and this reason alone, I've started a subscription. With 3 animals in various stages of dementia, senilife just wasn't a realistic solution. Since my crew eat soaked kibble, I've been able to help them out by adding their daily dose to the kibble at the same time I add the moistening liquid (water, bone-broth, whatever), making sure that it doesn't actually sink into the dish. If it does, it becomes a sticky goo that your average senior dog will probably be working at for hours, trying to get it off their dish.

This is a long read, but I am so happy, I think this product deserves telling the full story. After his 4th stroke on New Year's, my 16.5yr old german shorthaired pointer, Wilbur, wasn't doing so well. He hasn't been well for a while, though. But this time, I thought we were going to lose him for sure. We spent hours (from about 1am to 8am ish) cuddled up. I massaged him as he shivered and trembled, whispered words of encouragement, reminded him of all the good times we've had together, covered us with a blanket and generally did my best to keep him cozy and feeling good. The next day, he was unable to stand up, I had to carry him up and down the 2 flights of stairs, and the incontinence worsened dramatically. He seemed limp and uninterested in life. Why didn't I rush to the vet, you ask? Well, it's because he's 16.5 yrs old now, and last time we had a medical emergency and I took him to the DMV, they just wanted to put him down. He was only 13 at the time. It turned out that all he had done was aspirate a grain of rice, which he puked up at the hospital without their even having to operate. Still had to shell out $3K+ for the overnight and all the unnecessary treatments because they treated everything as a worst case scenario, which I guess is a good thing? 🤷‍♀️ I started to research whether or not there were medications for aging dogs and anything that would help a senior pooch get back on his paws. I found foods, but they are crazy expensive, and most are only available through vets, so there is yet more mark up and problematic logistics (like either having to pick up from vet's or pay even more for delivery) The alternative is supplements. These are also pricey, but much less so than the food. I'm still not quite decided which way we are going to go though. I am going to consider which is not only more budget friendly, but more effective for Wilbur. I have just launched into this, so I may have to experiment a bit. I would like to be able to give him both, but I just don't have the budget 😔 As it stands, no matter what, the veterinary associations recommended lots of omegas, antioxidants and a few other things, so I looked for anything containing those items. I found list after list of supplements that recommended pretty much the same brands in their top 3. Unfortunately, the top 2 choices were either out of stock, or not available in Canada. So, I went with #3, which seems to be completely and utterly amazing, and deserves 1st place imo. Ark Naturals is the brand, and it has been nothing short of a miracle. Yes. A fricking certified, I can't believe it's a miracle miracle. If that seems like an exaggeration, let me explain: Wilbur has been showing all the signs of doggy dementia for about 2 years now (since the 1st stroke), going further and further downhill after every episode. At first it was that he slowed down. We went from 25km runs down to 15, down to 10 this past summer; and he really didn't run so much as jog. He seemed to be going deaf. He didn't respond to his name or any kind of interaction. I could clap my hands next to him and bupkis. This from a dog who used to react to sounds and smells from miles away... He wasn't following commands, I assumed because he was going deaf, but it was more than that. He didn't even respond to a hand waved in front of his face. He would just stare blankly into space (more so than his usual derp), sometimes just standing and staring at the wall for long periods. I could tell he didn't really know where he was. He would mistake entryways and was suddenly completely dependent on me to guide him. Wilbur has never wanted guidance... 😅 He has also been sleeping all the time, and nothing wakes him. He's been having accidents in the house too. He ticks all the boxes for CDS (cognitive dysfunction syndrome). So on Jan 3 the "brain's best friend" chewable arrived. He has been getting 3/day mixed in with his food. The difference was visible almost immediately. He has perked up in every way. He isn't deaf, he was just experiencing brain fog. He went down the stairs by himself the day before yesterday for the 1st time again since the stroke. He isn't having accidents in the house. AAAANNNDDD, the biggest deal? When we have been going to the dog park, he's just been wandering around the perimeter, not interacting with other dogs, not even sniffing, let alone playing. He hasn't played with our new pupper Doug in the 4 months he's been with us. He was the running joke at the park because he would just stand by the gate and try to leave with whoever was going out. The other night, for the first time in ages, since before even this stroke, he played with Doug at the park. He ran. He didn't just jog, he wasn't feeble, he wasn't his old self either, but he ran. Legs extended and speedy. He came back when I called his name. My heart burst and I was crying tears of absolute joy. I couldn't believe my eyes. I ran with my doggos. In the middle of a blizzard. We ran together. 💗 It was sheer, glorious joy at seeing my baby getting back to being himself, so thank you Ark Naturals, we are extremely grateful. I am hoping he will be with us for many more years now and that Brain's best friend will make his senior years glorious 🥰🥰🥰

So far l must give a five star😊😊!!! My senior baby has began to register me and his surrounding once again!!!! He no longer has the blank expression in his eyes!!!! Will respond again when used a little longer!!

Bon produit

it was good, too expensive when there were just a few offered, i really missed when the promotion was for 3 packs at the same time. Unfortunately, my dog passed away recently

My old dog has a little doggy dementia and this formulation seems to have perked him up. Just about finished my 2nd bad but improvement showed up quite soon after start.