Sudden Aggression and Your Dog's Thyroid #81
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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🗓️ 30 April 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
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Have you experienced sudden onset aggression, fear or behavior change with your dog? Imagine if I could give you a pill to solve any behavior challenge. Now, in some cases, there might actually a pill that can help. We're looking at what you need to know about your dog's thyroid.
In the episode you'll hear:
• About my dog Stoni and her sudden lunging at another dog.
• What I learned from Dr. Jean Dodds about sudden onset fear and aggression.
• About the importance of getting a complete thyroid panel for your dog.
• What I noticed with Decaff and her fear of thunder.
• About Buzz's vestibular disorder episode and his thyroid panel.
• How hormones impact behavior.
• Why behavior is not always a choice for us or our dogs.
• How behaviour change could become triggered by events.
• The importance of noticing sudden changes in your dog.
Resources:
• Dr. Jean Dodds's Website (Hemopet) - https://hemopet.org/
• Thyroid Articles by Dr. Jean Dodds - https://drjeandoddspethealthresource.tumblr.com/dodds-thyroid#.YIrqELVKiUl
• TUFTS Reference: Behavioral Changes Associated With Thyroid Dysfunction In Dogs by W. Jean Dodds DVM (W. Jean Dodds, DVM and Linda P. Aronson, DVM) - http://siriusdog.com/behavior-thyroid-dysfunction-dodds/
• Video Blog: Understanding Your Dog's Triggers - https://susangarrettdogagility.com/2019/01/understanding-your-dogs-triggers/
• Podcast Episode 29: Understanding and Preventing Reactivity and Aggression in Your Dog - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/29/
• Podcast Episode 79: Reduce Anxiety and Grow Your Dog's Confidence with These Pro Dog Training Tips - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/79/
• Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/UgvHBgGdw8s
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine if any behavior challenge you had with your dog, I could give you a pill and boom, |
| 0:18.1 | it would go away. I used to teach seminars and people would say, what can I do for this? |
| 0:22.3 | Like I had some magic pixie dust that was, you'd sprinkle it on your dog's food and then, boom, |
| 0:26.8 | that would go away. |
| 0:27.8 | How amazing would that be? |
| 0:29.1 | But today I'm going to share with you how in some cases there actually is a pill that could |
| 0:36.8 | make things go away. |
| 0:37.9 | True story. Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. Welcome to Shape by Dog. And if you're watching this |
| 0:43.6 | on YouTube, go ahead and hit the like button right now. And if you're not a subscriber |
| 0:48.7 | to this channel, why not? Come on. It's a great channel. Go ahead, hit the subscribe button and the little bell. That |
| 0:57.0 | keeps you notified whenever I put up a new video. So, back in the mid-90s, I was at an agility |
| 1:03.8 | trial with my border collie at the time, Stony. And I could do a whole podcast on how awesome Stony was. She was just gifted |
| 1:13.1 | athletically. She was the best at everything she ever tried. It was just a joy to have as a |
| 1:18.9 | dog. And she was very sweet. Actually, my puppy, this reminds me a lot of Stony. I believe that |
| 1:27.4 | Stoney, who was born in 1990, I keep saying, |
| 1:30.9 | I think this might be Stoney come back to me because there's the same sweet dog. |
| 1:35.8 | Anyway, I was at an agility trial and Stoney at the time would have been maybe six or seven |
| 1:40.1 | years old. I can still remember this incident. I was just warming her up to go in the ring. |
| 1:45.5 | I was walking her. So I wasn't really even deep into my warm up. I was just walking her along the |
| 1:50.4 | hill, away from the ring. And a woman went by with a papillon, the papillon on leash, |
| 1:55.3 | mining her own business and Stony on a leash. Normally Stoney didn't even notice dogs. |
| 1:59.3 | All of a sudden, she turned and |
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