Memorable Pets has had an exciting week! We were featured in three Southern CA papers: Daily Breeze, Daily News, and Long Beach Press Telegram! Stephanie Cary reported on the benefits of Memorable Pets and how buying one also helps to fund research since we donate 18% of all proceeds to the Alzheimer’s Association. Check out [...]
Daughter Lisa, Could Not Wait Til Christmas To Give Her Dad His Memorable Pet Dog!
Lisa Ross from Louisville Kentucky, bought her Dad a Memorable Pet daschund for Christmas. Lisa emailed us and said she just could not wait until Christmas to giver her Dad his new friend! Lisa says “As you can see, he LOVES his new dog!!” We love what we do at Memorable Pets because we get [...]
Memorable Pets offer comfort to those with Alzheimer’s and Dementia
When people with memory loss go to live in a care facility, they must leave behind many comforts and possessions, including beloved pets. Michela Paradiso, a high school senior, has been giving Memorable Pets to people with Alzheimer’s or dementia as part of her senior project. “Early on, I was really nervous about how the [...]
Michela Gives Memorable Pets for Senior Project
High School Senior Michela Paradiso has been working with Alzheimer’s patients at the Elmwood Assisted Living Community in Tiffin, Ohio for her senior project. Paradiso researched the types of pets the residents had before developing Alzheimer’s, and matched them with a similar looking stuffed animal dog or cat. The stuffed animals served as a type [...]
Japanese Study Favors Toy Dog
And the winner is…. The Dog! A Japanese study gave a toy gorilla, tiger and a dog to participants with severe dementia. Hands down, the dog was favored over the other toy pets. More importantly, the study showed a rise in happiness levels and a decline in agitation levels when the participants were with the [...]
Pet Therapy for People with Alzheimer’s
Michela Paradiso is a high school senior who is spreading the word about Memorable Pets for her senior project. Memorable Pets sells adorable stuffed-animal dogs and cats, carefully selected for people with mid-late stages of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The stuffed animals may resemble patients’ old pets or simply be a new friend to nurture. Memorable Pets [...]
Memorable Pets on the TV News in Lexington, KY
Check out Bettina with Memorable Pets on a TV news show in Lexington, KY! Bettina was invited to the noon news show on WKYT-TV in Lexington, Kentucky to talk about why she and her sister decided to start their company, Memorable Pets. She describes how these stuffed animals help people with Alzheimers or dementia and [...]
Bessie Morris gives a Memorable Pet to her 86 year old neighbor
Bessie Morris of Georgetown, KY gives her 86 year old neighbor a Memorable Pet named Opie as a gift. Bessie says she and her neighbor are like sisters and her neighbor used to have an orange cat named Tigger, but he died of cancer at age 18. Now she has a new Tigger and she says [...]
Vinni Paradiso loves her Rapunzel
I really like my pet, Rapunzel, because her fur feels real and her eyes look real. I sleep with her all the time. She looks real…it’s amazing!!! I know why they help people’s memory. Vinni, age 8
Memorable Pets in the Press
Memorable Pets is featured in the Lexington Herald Leader. Check it out! Versailles Company Offers Stuffed Pets for Alzheimers Patients
