Episode 49 – Abnormal Repetitive Behaviours in Dogs – What You Need To Know!

Abnormal Repetitive Behaviours in dogs are challenging to diagnose and treat. Their genetic and heritable nature, the large number of physical medical differential diagnoses and their ritualistic and invariant nature can make them difficult to live with and their treatment really requires the help and support of an expert!

In this episode you will learn:

1.      The definition of Abnormal Repetitive Behaviours

2.      The big 5 groups of ARBs

3.      What we need to think about when it comes to physical medical rule outs

4.      What breeds are predisposed

5.      How to treat these patients

Here are some of the resources Dr Katrin mentions in this episode:

1.      Moon-Fanelli, A. A., Dodman, N. H., & Cottam, N. (2007). Blanket and flank sucking in Doberman Pinschers. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 231(6), 907–912. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.231.6.907

2.      Dodman, N. H., Karlsson, E. K., Moon-Fanelli, A., Galdzicka, M., Perloski, M., Shuster, L., Lindblad-Toh, K., & Ginns, E. I. (2010). A canine chromosome 7 locus confers compulsive disorder susceptibility. Molecular Psychiatry, 15(1), 8–10. <span lang="EN-US" style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri Light',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso