Hi all,
We have a 2.5 year old cocker bred from a lady in Aberdeen that has been a bit of a problem since we have had her as a pup. Hopefully some may be able to help or advise as the vets havent been too great.
Around the 6 month mark we noticed that she seemed to be looking past you and couldnt see toys etc till they hit the floor, then started running into things like doors/chair legs/human legs. We took her to the vet assuming there was an issue with the sight and he said that she was partially blind and referred us to the vet school in Edinburgh, 5 minutes there and several hundred pounds lighter they said there is nothing wrong with her.
Since then she has been crabby, still looks like she cant see and seems to have developed a shake in the eyes....that strange freaky way almost like a childs doll. You simply can not touch her on the back of the head or crouch over her or she gets very aggressive and snarly. When you put her into her cage which is essentially the naughty step she just sits and growels at you. More so of late this has been getting worse where she just tenses up and turns on you with the teeth out. I'm a 32 year old guy and she had me backed in a corner last week with it.....very unpleasent and very hard work for my mum who adores the dog. They cant have visitors round, she cant play with other dogs (went straigt for my labs throat) and clearly cant be trusted with kids which is particularly bad as she is a stunning looking little dog.
Reading up on it, I dont think its any sort of 'rage' but instead think there is something actually wrong, a problem in behind here eyes perhaps in the head??? A three paragraph post here really doesnt do it justice unfortunately as to how bad it is.
