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[Cathy]

Has anyone ever heard of canines having bipolar disorder?

[dobeluvr]

Has anyone ever heard of canines having bipolar disorder?

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Never heard of it in dogs, only humans, Cath, although pets do use prozac for obsessive compulsive behaviors so it's not too much of a stretch for me to believe it exists.

Jane

[dobeluvr]

I found this - don't know if it's reputable or not though.

Bipolar disorder is likely rarer in dogs than in humans, since unstable temperament is undesirable in dogs and often leads to early euthanasia. When bipolar disorder exists in dogs, it could manifest as unstable neurosis or "rage syndrome", a controversial diagnosis of behavior found in some pure breeds. The otherwise friendly dog can literally be sleeping one moment, and then the next moment attack without provocation. These attacks seem to resemble epileptic seizures, which is suggestive, since 10% of epileptic patients also have bipolar disorder, and almost all the new drugs used to treat bipolar disorder are epileptic drugs. Some of those dogs have thyroid problems and improve with treatment, showing that this syndrome is not due to "bad training." A project to diagnose and study the various causes and genetics of "rage syndrome" may prove promising.

http://cc.msnscache....n-US&FORM=CVRE9

[Arda]

The article is factual. Sudden Rage is like a seizure that doesn't totally knock them out. The dog grabs the first thing in it's eye sight. Unbelievable and unnatural strength. It lasts a few seconds, does a lot of damage, and they don't remember it ever happened. It's very scarey. Kimba! I remember it well!

[Cathy]

Thanks Arda, Thanks Jane.

I was just wondering if it was possible and could not seem to find anything on it.

Gwennie, seems to have really super high moments, lasting for about an hour. Then she will have really super lows, crashes and you can hardly get her up.? She is very hyper most of the time, but she will go into these spazz attacks, that NOTHING will bring her out of. We can make her sit for long lengths of time when she acts like this and it does no good, if she is in that mode, she will go right back at it.

SHe never shows a mean agression, just running around like a lunatic, grabbing anything and everything in her path. She does the grabbing anyways but when shes on her super highs it's worse. Yesterday, her fits were really bad. I don't chase her when she is acting like this but if she goes by and I can catch her I will put her in a sit and hold her there to no avail. Suzzane, threw her down twice yesterday when Gwen ran by her and grabbed her muzzle. Gwennie got right back up and kept going.

Soo, we will keep working on it, but Gwen seems to be little slow when it comes to learning. I just thought maybe, she had bipolar disorder. The super highs, then super lows

Gwennie says ...." I've got to be MEEEE "

Cathy

[dobeluvr]

Thanks Arda, Thanks Jane.

I was just wondering if it was possible and could not seem to find anything on it.

Gwennie, seems to have really super high moments, lasting for about an hour. Then she will have really super lows, crashes and you can hardly get her up.? She is very hyper most of the time, but she will go into these spazz attacks, that NOTHING will bring her out of. We can make her sit for long lengths of time when she acts like this and it does no good, if she is in that mode, she will go right back at it. 

SHe never shows a mean agression, just running around like a lunatic, grabbing anything and everything in her path. She does the grabbing anyways but when shes on her super highs it's worse. Yesterday, her fits were really bad. I don't chase her when she is acting like this but if she goes by and I can catch her I will put her in a sit and hold her there to no avail. Suzzane, threw her down twice yesterday when Gwen ran by her and grabbed her muzzle. Gwennie got right back up and kept going.


Soo, we will keep working on it, but Gwen seems to be  little slow when it comes to learning.  I just thought maybe, she had bipolar disorder. The super highs, then super lows

Gwennie says  ...." I've got to be MEEEE "

Cathy

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Cathy, how much exercise is she getting? How old is she?

Jane

[Cathy]

I walk her daily, except on rainy cold days like today.. If I don't walk them I take them out on the golf course and let them run until their hearts content, I can only do that in early spring(now) late fall, and sometimes during the winter, depends on the snow, because the golfers don't seem to like 3 Dobermans running around them )

Her owner surrender papers say shes 4 but she acts like she is 1.

I think she might be mildly retarded. I have a feeling that her pervious owners could not take it anymore.



Cathy

[Kari]

Cathy I think she is great !! She fits in so well with the family

[Cathy]

your right Kari, we are all a little on the crazy side over here.

Gwen takes the cake... good thing shes not the size of Drakeo, she would have went through that window, not just cracked it to pieces.

[Nancy Robinson]

I was going through the forum and ran across this.

My parents had a dog that was bipolar. Geez he was scary

you never knew when he was going to go off. I am generally

not standoffish with dogs, but this guy............WOW. My

Dad use to call him "SADAM" My Mother well that was

a different story...he was just a poor kid that couldn't
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help it. Me well I am not going to say what I would call
him.