Many neurological conditions, endocrine disorders, skin disorders, chronic disease and other medical conditions are at the root of behavioral issues. Behavior can change brain chemistry and structure. Prolonged stress sets off a cascade of reactions that can leave us with over stimulated or suppressed immune systems.

This Dog Tipsheet features notes from selected presentations at the American Veterinary Medical Association's 2007 conference.

http://www.paw-rescue.org/PAW/PETTIPS/DogTip_MedicalBehaviorInterplay.php

Another article related to medical/behavior interplay:

Medical or Behavioral?
http://www.animalbehaviorassociates.com/rmn_articles.htm

Plus: Articles well worth reading:

They Eat What We Are
New York Times, September 2, 2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/magazine/02pet-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=magazine&pagewanted=print

Medical Error Is For the Dogs, Too Washington Post reader opinion piece, Sunday,
September 2, 2007

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/31/AR2007083100539_pf.html

Day in the Life of an Animal Control Officer
From Carroll County Times

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2007/09/03/news/local_news/newsstory2.txt

And a quick bit of insight:

Dogs hesitate to go out during rainstorms not because
it's wet, but because rain amplifies sound, and dogs
are more sensitive to sounds than we humans are.

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Robin Tierney
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