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My dog has a couple of different conditions and his aggression will spike when the conditions spike but I don't just ignore his behaviour just because he's 'sick'.

Keep working at it with the vets.

Crate the dog when you can't deal with the dog.

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Could a behaviour change like this be caused by a blow to the head? Such as running head first into our trailer at full Fetch speed?

Brain injury can cause all sorts of changes :happydance:

That terrifies me, she hit it literally head on, cut her eyebrow fairly deep. And that was the first day she ever showed aggression.

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Could a behaviour change like this be caused by a blow to the head? Such as running head first into our trailer at full Fetch speed?

Brain injury can cause all sorts of changes :p

That terrifies me, she hit it literally head on, cut her eyebrow fairly deep. And that was the first day she ever showed aggression.

Oh gosh, make this very clear to your vet so they can investigate fully. I have my fingers crossed for you.

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*cries* She looked so sad and hurt when I left her at the vet again, and some moron on another forum has said I'm wrong for feeding my animals a raw diet because 'dogs shouldn't eat just meat'. Wank, raw can include veggies also. He cited the RSPCA as evidence. Enough said.

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Bumping. Her aggression is seriously looking like it's jealousy driven. She's just gone at my cat who she's always loved. He was smooching on my bed and she came into my room and saw him and lunged. How can I get her to realise she's not top dog? She's fed after all of us, I'm trying to get my father (who's most uncooporative) to keep her off the couch and to stop feeding her every time he sits down with food.

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I am guessing dogs can be affected like humans...if a certain part of the brain is injured,then the emotional responses/physical actions controlled by that part of the brain are affected.

Some frontal lobe damage (like that of vehicle accidents) in humans can lead to all sorts of odd behaviour- loss of inhibitions..all sorts.

So- I am surmising that blow to her head has done some damage :thumbsup: JUST GUESSING, of course .

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Seems like your next steps are to have a phone/web consult with a Vet Behaviourist (probably SABS is your best bet but whoever is registered to work in the NT) and have them review the blood results. And/or have an MRI/PET Scan done to see if there is any other physiological reason.

If nothing shows up in the medical reports then it seems as though she will need a drastic change of routine and boundaries but you need someone qualified to design this for you based on a thorough history and also someone that provides phone support should you run into difficulties.

If you have the means to fly her it may be worth finding a Specialist Centre who have imaging facilities and a Behaviourist on site or fairly close together in location.

Mel.

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All her tests have come back negative. And her health has really improved.

However her aggression is getting worse. It's like a switch goes off in her head and she turns nasty, then just as suddenly she's ok again. But our other dog is starting to really fight back. At the moment she's getting a time out in the toilet ( very boring) and that seemed to be working. But now she's stared attacking him while we're having dinner so I guess I have to separate her from that too. She's been sent to bed without her dinner tonight because of had behaviour. I have no idea if I'm handling this the right way. I just miss my baby girl.

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She's been sent to bed without her dinner tonight because of had behaviour.

Sorry the aggression seems to be escalating, but she will not learn anything from that exercise ...except that she's hungry :confused:

what you say about a 'switch' could be right.. I have seen dogs with brain tumours do that....

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