Posted by KarenB on April 24, 2000, at 0:10:30
In reply to Re: Anipryl, posted by kazoo on April 23, 2000, at 0:58:32
> > About this "Canine Cognitive Dysfunction," I think I had an Irish Setter that may have suffered from that.
> >
> > Hey, have you ever noticed how all dogs walk in a circle several times before lying down? Could this be OCD?
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> This dog behavior of circling before laying down is a throw-back to their wolf origins (dogs are essentially refined,
> domesticated wolves). They do that to make a bed for themselves; i.e., to stomp down the area for sleeping. It's no
> big mystery.
>
> Now, re. CCD: good grief, that *is* a mystery! I think I'm going to barf.
>
> Greetings to Karen.
>
> kazoo (arf, arf)I thought ALL canines were cognitively dysfunctional. And by the way, that "wolf origin," stomping, bed-making deal is just a theory. OCD is mine. Go ahead, prove me wrong. For that matter, I propose that OCD is hereditary in all canines. What do you think of that?
Greetings to kazoo!
Karen (woof woof)
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