Do Dogs and Cats Experience Mental Disorders Like ‘Behavioral Abnormalities’ and ‘Cognitive Decline’? The Answer is Unexpected
It seems the ID is called “A Comprehensive Guide to Dog Breeding for Beginners,” and the followers are mostly novice dog owners. Therefore, the questions received in the background of the WeChat account are all kinds of strange and miscellaneous, such as “My dog always barks at unfamiliar things and often urinates on the sofa. Is its intelligence a problem?” We can casually search the internet and find many netizens’ doubts.
Although this netizen’s question seems a bit impatient, in reality, we have encountered pets, such as cats and dogs, that have actually experienced abnormal intellectual development or mental instability. Moreover, this phenomenon is becoming increasingly frequent and severe. The most common ones include “mania,” “separation anxiety,” “social phobia,” “depression,” “fear,” and “compulsion.” There are more detailed articles describing these, and we will not elaborate on them here.
Dogs’ above-mentioned mental abnormalities have both congenital and acquired factors, and acquired factors account for a greater proportion.
Finally, we return to the question at the beginning of the article: ‘My dog always barks at unfamiliar things and often urinates on the sofa. Is its intelligence a problem?’ The answer from “A Comprehensive Guide to Dog Breeding for Beginners” is: If your dog has been like this since childhood, and continues until the age of two or three, and the neighbors’ dogs are all normal, sending the dog to a friend’s house for a month is also normal, then it is likely due to congenital mental instability; otherwise, if the dog was normal in childhood, and experienced stimulation during the period, or changed after staying with a friend, then acquired factors account for a large proportion.
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