why-animals-do-the-thing:roombavoomba:4gifs:When Doris gets going in her sandbox, you better stand b
why-animals-do-the-thing:roombavoomba:4gifs:When Doris gets going in her sandbox, you better stand back. [video]@why-animals-do-the-thing isnt this a symptom of ocd? bull terriers are known for it arent they?It’s hard to tell from this clip. Bull Terrier are a breed that is more prone to having problems with compulsive behaviors, especially “spinning”, which is a compulsive tail-chasing behavior. I looked up a bunch of videos where the dogs are considered to be engaging in spinning, and the biggest thing I noticed was that in all of them, the dog’s head was oriented towards the rump / tail for a majority of the duration. (Which makes sense, because they’re trying to bite their own tail.) I’m not seeing that head-to-tail angle in this video, but that doesn’t mean isn’t possibly some type of compulsive behavior. When you go look at the full video, here, we get a much fuller picture of the behavior: she’s only doing it when directly on the sand, the behavior stops as soon as she leaves the sandbox, and then she immediately returns to re-engage and play in the sandbox without starting that behavior again. That makes me a lot less worried about it being a compulsive “spinning” behavior - if it was a true compulsion, I would expect to see the dog either continuing it after leaving the sandbox or going back into it once she was on the sand again. Since we don’t have more than a couple seconds of information about this dog and no behavioral or genetic history for her, I doubt we’d ever be able to say for sure. This specific clip, though, doesn’t worry me. If there are trainers on tumblr who have professional experience with compulsive behaviors in bull terriers, I would love to hear your thoughts on this clip! -- source link
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