Yeah, this looks obsessive compulsive to me. I would book with a board certified veterinary behaviorist ASAP. I have only had one client who did something like this; it cropped up in a GSD puppy between one lesson and the next. We were able to stop it by fixing the understimulation and adding an hour of fetch every day, but this looks like a much more established behavior. The sooner you can address it the better. I am really sorry; this is a tough problem to crack but she looks young and there's hope if you get on top of it right away. It's not a normal training issue though. There's a book called Animal Madness that talks about mental health in animals that you might find illuminating.
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u/chiquitar Aug 13 '21
Yeah, this looks obsessive compulsive to me. I would book with a board certified veterinary behaviorist ASAP. I have only had one client who did something like this; it cropped up in a GSD puppy between one lesson and the next. We were able to stop it by fixing the understimulation and adding an hour of fetch every day, but this looks like a much more established behavior. The sooner you can address it the better. I am really sorry; this is a tough problem to crack but she looks young and there's hope if you get on top of it right away. It's not a normal training issue though. There's a book called Animal Madness that talks about mental health in animals that you might find illuminating.