My GSD Zor almost a yr likes to chase his tail .I give him a firm NO but within minutes is back at it.Is this something he will grow out of or an obsessive behavior I need to be concerned about..
Ed Frawley Administrator Reg: 07-11-2001
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I have seen this in several dogs. You need to stop the behavior or it will get worse - either with verbal commands or with a e-collar. My personal feeling is that there is a hole in the dogs head but with that said I also feel that it happens to dogs who are not getting enough time spent with them. Get the dog out and train it. Give the dog something to think about. Its time to challenge this dog mentally.
I HAVE A GSD MALE BLACK WHO INSISTS ON CHASING SHADOWS TILL HIS NOSE IS BLEEDING. I'VE TRIED TO CORRECT THIS BEHAVIOR WITH SUM CORRECTIONS BUT NOT THE E-COLLAR IS THAT MY BEST OPTION? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
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Stephan R Weber Webboard User Reg: 02-16-2004
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My bitch showed a lot of these types of aberrent behaviours when I first saw her in the pound. She pulled fur from her breeching and spit it into the air to chase, as well as chasing shadows, etc.
When she was let loose into a room, though, she showed lots of curiousity, destructiveness and problem solving skill.
With LOTS of exercise and training, she's given up all of these weird activities. In her case they were absolutely an intelligent dog with prey drive out the wazoo and no other way to express it.
Now a year later, she is able to play by herself without going into squirrel mode, but if I don't keep up with the exercise, training and play, she will start spinning in the crate when she sees the cats, or other things that spur her drive.
In her case it's frustrated prey drive, for sure.
i never corrected her for it. Instead I made sure I wore her out, and rechanneled her drive any time I saw her falling into one of her "autistic" patterns. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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