Has anyone ever heard of Cocker Spaniel Rage Syndrome? If you have heard of it or have experience with it do you know if it can be treated? Have a friend who owns a Cocker and the dog gets very aggressive occasionally. He has researched the issue online and has found the explanation to be the above mentioned syndrome and the solution is to euthanize the animal. Looking for alternatives.
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Has anyone ever heard of Cocker Spaniel Rage Syndrome? If you have heard of it or have experience with it do you know if it can be treated? Have a friend who owns a Cocker and the dog gets very aggressive occasionally. He has researched the issue online and has found the explanation to be the above mentioned syndrome and the solution is to euthanize the animal. Looking for alternatives.
I've heard of it, but have never personally experienced this Rage Syndrome -- "They say" it exists in Springer Spaniels too (???) I would need a lot of trustworthy advice from LIVE EXPERTS who had evaluated my dog In Person before I would put it to sleep (!!!) But that being said, a Pet home with KIDS would be no place for any dog that BITES for no good Reason
I know about this from a veterinary point of view, saw several.
One in particular was a sweet faced blond pup, remember him well. His reaction to restraint for procedures was to go absolutely ballistic --- the trigger for the reaction seemed to be restraint. The rage syndrome manifested itself as snapping furiously with barking. It was almost like a seizure, and could not be controlled once it began. Sometimes just petting him would set him off --- of course, this was a vet petting him, on a table, and he knew something bad was coming.
From what I witnessed, this did not look like something that one would train away -- but perhaps with a committed owner, if the trigger could be identified, and if the trigger was predictable, the dog could be managed safely.
Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004
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Sounds like too many ifs & maybe.
Is this possibly a handler aggressive issue rather then rage syndrome? Not all HA dogs need a correction etc to trigger aggression....some will just turn on the handler whiteout provocation. Just a thought. In the hands of a knowledgeable, confidant, experiened handler....HA can be managed &/or eradicated.
Thanks for the info. Anne, the dog actually just flips without any provocation though this was not an issue until another dog the family owned had to be put down due to age and health problems. Also, there are no children in the home, the couple who owns the dog is around 60 years of age. Again, thanks everyone for the info.
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Dogs that "suddenly" become aggressive after a change in situation would be more likely to be behavioral.
Many times people think that it was without provocation when it actually was. I've seen dogs with organic aggression and it was always there. It would sometimes seem to come and go but the warning signs were always there if you were skilled enough to read them. Sometimes they were very subtle but somebody who knew dog behavior could pick up on the fact that the dog had a few wires crossed.
Fortunately it's very rare.
Many dogs seem to "act out" after a change in the home. I would put the pup through a groundwork and basic obedience program and see what happens from there. At the minimum I'd try it before putting a dog down who might just have very subtle body language warnings that aren't getting recognized.
BTW, I've met some very nasty cockers who turned around after basic groundwork and obedience.
First dog that ever really tried to bite me was my old aunt's Cocker Spaniel.
I punched it in the head and my aunt didn't talk to me for months. That was her baby.
The dog would just explode for no reason and after biting my grand father ( probably deserved it) a couple of cousins and an uncle or two the dog was put down.
The dog could wake up from a sound sleep and just go for someone but it didn't necessarily happen when it was asleep. Sometimes it was just BOOM!
I've always heard it referred to as Springer Rage because it's not uncommon in Springers.
This was a black Cocker but I've heard it's more common in red Cockers.
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