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Jul
My Dog Chases His Tail Constantly. Jennifer Coates a veterinarian in Fort Collins Colorado. Visit your veterinarian for treatment options if you notice your dog biting. Watching a dog chase her tail is undeniably entertaining but when she does it constantly it can get worrisome. Sometimes albeit uncommonly tail-chasing is a sign of obsessive compulsive disorder.
Unfortunately flea baths are not very effective against fleas so this certainly still could be his problem. Such parasites may take the forms of fleas ticks or worms or a combination of pests. If fleas or ticks are causing your dog to bite their tail the best way to get them to stop is to treat them with medicated shampoos and other products that remove the ticks or fleas. Watching a dog chase her tail is undeniably entertaining but when she does it constantly it can get worrisome. The base of the tail is an area along with the back of the head where fleas tend to congregate. In some cases tapeworms causing itching around the anus can also lead to a dog chewing at the base of their tail.
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An obsessive dog suffering from separation anxiety may chase his tail to help calm himself while his owner is gone. It is driving me so crazy I dont. He will also stare at his tail and whine at it. These include the following reasons. In other words if your dog chases her tail for attention but then develops an infection you would not notice a change of behavior and might miss the infection altogether. If your dog seems to spend a lot of time biting chewing or licking his tail this usually targets the base of the tail and may occur for a wide range of reasons.