A four-year-old male German Shepherd chasing its tail
Tail chasing is a behaviour exhibited in dogs that is characterized by spinning in tight circles in either direction, and can be slow and focused on the tail or fast and unfocused.[1] It is a compulsion similar to those seen in humans suffering from OCD[2][3] and it can be quite disruptive to the lives of the dogs themselves, as well as their owners.[4][5] Some causes have been suggested, including genetic factors,[6] and environmental factors that vary depending on the individual dog.[7][2] Furthermore, treatment options include drugs that decrease the frequency of tail chasing by targeting the underlying mechanisms, and behavioural changes regulated by the dog's owners.[4][5][8]
^Moon-Fanelli, Alice A.; Dodman, Nicholas H.; Famula, Thomas R.; Cottam, Nicole (2011-04-01). "Characteristics of compulsive tail chasing and associated risk factors in Bull Terriers". Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 238 (7): 883–889. doi:10.2460/javma.238.7.883. PMID 21453176. The present study provides detailed phenotypic and developmental information about tail chasing in dogs and illustrates some intriguing parallels with human obsessive-compulsive disorder and possibly autism.
^Frank I. Tarazi; John A. Schetz (2007). Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-59259-856-4. Other OCD-like behaviors that have been reported in canines are circling, tail-chasing...
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^Dodman, N H; Karlsson, E K; Moon-Fanelli, A; Galdzicka, M; Perloski, M; Shuster, L; Lindblad-Toh, K; Ginns, E I (January 2010). "A canine chromosome 7 locus confers compulsive disorder susceptibility". Molecular Psychiatry. 15 (1): 8–10. doi:10.1038/mp.2009.111. ISSN 1476-5578. PMID 20029408.
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^Mosallanejad, Bahman; Najafzadeh Varzi, Hossein; Avizeh, Reza; Pourmahdi, Mahdi; Khalili, Fatemeh (2015). "Comparative evaluation between hypericin (hypiran) and fluoxetine in treatment of companion dogs with tail chasing". Veterinary Research Forum. 6 (2): 167–172. ISSN 2008-8140. PMC 4522532. PMID 26261714.
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