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I've been reading about this more recently, as I was saddened to see one of the Victoria Stilwell shows 'it's me or the dog' which featured a black cocker Benji (the spit of my boy and a similar albeit more extreme history ) put to sleep because of aggression which seemed to be resource based, at least initially. Apparently the dog psychologist who came up with the term 'cocker rage' associated it with resource aggression...see following link:https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail-weekend-magazine/20061111/281638185705789Now I don't know the ins or outs of it, or how meaningful, appropriate or accurate the term 'cocker rage' is, but it is interesting to see that the person who coined it apparently associated it with resource aggression rather that a completely inexplicable neurological disorder.
My one would run around the house at hundred miles an hour banging into things skidding on kitchen floor. We had to physically restrain her and she had, well lost her mind really. Then at twelve months these incidents started to fade and I don't recall any of this behaviour since she was about two. Hyper activity like you sometimes see in children is how I see it. During these mad ones she never showed any real aggression though.
LGShe was totally out of it and we were concerned she would hurt herself. I haven't seen other dogs in this state so cant compare the severity
Quote from: ips on September 03, 2017, 12:20:58 PMLGShe was totally out of it and we were concerned she would hurt herself. I haven't seen other dogs in this state so cant compare the severityI think they all have that 'out of body' thing going on when they have the zoomies. Henry would look completely manic, white of his eyes showing, and you couldn't catch him for love nor money. I googled it and decided what I was seeing was quite normal and just left him to it.