ADHD-like behaviors in canines might embrace having bother staying nonetheless, barking excessively, being obsessive about play, having excessive damaging tendencies, and/or struggling to work together calmly with people and different canines. Credit score: Alberto Menendez Cervero|Getty Photos
I believe we’ve all been there, possibly greater than as soon as: your canine is off taking part in and acts like he’s misplaced his listening to fully: you name his title—again and again—however he pays completely no consideration. Or possibly he will get so excited that he appears to be bouncing off the partitions, and there’s nothing you are able to do to calm him down. And even after hours of coaching, he nonetheless jumps up on guests when he first sees them. At occasions like these, if you’re able to tear out your hair in frustration, you could have puzzled if it’s doable that your canine has ADHD…as a result of he’s certain performing prefer it.
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Joan Merriam lives in Northern California along with her Golden Retriever Frankie and Maine Coon cat Indy, each rescues. She’s lived with canines for many of her life and has been writing a syndicated newspaper column on life with canines since 2012. As a contract author, she’s authored three books and quite a few articles on every little thing from animals and growing older to politics and well-liked tradition. She additionally teaches Communication Research at a California neighborhood school.
