Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder characterized by repetitive thoughts and behaviors. Pets with OCD are usually unable to control their behaviors for more than a short period of time, and in some cases, it can lead to pica disorder or trichotillomania.Â
The most common symptoms of OCD include excessive grooming, loud vocalizations, destroying the furniture, and peeing or pooping anywhere in the house. However, according to animal experts, some dog breeds, particularly Dobermans, are more likely to develop OCD because it can be an inherited gene.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD can be found in humans as well as animals who experienced a traumatic event. In general, abandoned pets and those that have been injured by humans or other animals suffer from this disorder.Â
Pets with PTSD tend to become aggressive when they see something that reminds them of that traumatic event. For instance, if an abandoned dog that has been beaten by an individual will react aggressively when you want to pet them.
If you want to adopt a shelter animal it’s important to talk to your vet about what you need to do to help them overcome this disorder. With some therapies and training, they can get over this mental disorder.Â
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Any thoughts on “anorexia”. I have a lovely year old husky who is a poor eater. I have experimented with lots of different foods including those prescribed by our vet. Some times she eats it and sometimes she nibbles at the top and leaves the rest. I have added “yummy” stuff most dogs would love to eat and she walks away from it. Human food doesn’t appeal to her all that much and I don’t want to become her chef! Is there any absolutely irresistible additive you can suggest?
I have a habit of mental illness and also have lots of physical illness my husband passed away five years ago and I had another dog she had kidney failure and she passed away who have a dog because I couldn’t stay here by myself so I found one on the Internet shih tzu and a bichion frisée
.. I got her when she was like weeks old she has been the perfect dog I was amazed when I Gotter because eight weeks old and she was already potty trained that was my first shock and she knew how to fetch so I knew I had something special but with my illnesses and things I didn’t know how she was going to react. I have a combination on my walk and I keep an alert on me so if I fall or get hurt the paramedics they know to come in and get me they are here a lot since they are here she has come to know who they are she knows what they’re here for she they know her and she knows what them and she knows they’re not gonna hurt me and everything go smoothly and when I come home she’s happy. it is just me and her and she is very protective she’s three years old she will not let anyone come to the door at all and this is the paramedics the owner what she let them come in if I let her say Teddy it’s OK it’s OK if they come in if I pick her up they come in I put her down she’s perfect she just has to make sure that I give them permission to come in the house She is with me all the time which is great I have no family it’s just me and her I don’t know what I ever would’ve ever done without her she’s with me everywhere I’ve got her car seat when I first got her she weighed 2 pounds but I put her in the car seat and she’s been riding with Me ever since that’s my teddy bear I love her to death by the way my mental disorder was diagnosed it is schizoaffective bipolar disorder with PTSD and personality disorder let me and Teddie me and her are one. As far as she’s concerned I don’t think she knows I have anything that’s what loves about