Beth- I tend to agree with you for the most part. And I will step out on a limb here. That isn't walking- any way or any form. It seems more like a set of "released" attack or defense behavior than walking. As to what is causing it, I agree with Beth also that you'd need to know what was going on before this and probably do scans and/or EEG to review what is taking place in the brain to rule out seizure (but if it is a seizure doesn't this rise easily to a partial complex?). There seems to be a period of "regaining consciousness" toward the end of the clip also which doesn't match with "waking up" but looks more like what you see following a partial complex seizure. Linda also stated that sleepwalking isn't common in older individuals. I would ask if that's true for dogs- because I really have no idea. I do know, based on history with "canine vestibular disorder" that canines do not show the same patterns of behavior (or Sx or recovery patters, etc) to CVAs as do humans. (Just meaning I'm not so sure generalizing to canines is really very meaningful) Does that pattern of sleepwalking extend to canines? Also, do any of you know about sleepwalking in dogs in general- I'm completely uninformed on that.
It is a good clip though- could be easily used to stimulate a discussion for class. Tim From: Beth Benoit [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:03 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] sleepwalking dog? I thought it looked like the poor dog was having a petit mal seizure. The rictus of his mouth looked especially suspicious. I'd suspect a brain tumor or something organic. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Linda Walsh <[email protected]> wrote: If this is a "new trick" in what looks to be an old dog, then I think that is a reasonable diagnosis Miguel. If, on the other hand, this behavior was present even when he was a pup it would be harder to say although sleepwalking I believe is pretty rare in older individuals. Thanks for the clips! Linda Walsh University of Northern Iowa [email protected] [email protected] wrote: --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
