I have never heard of a dog cured of this. It is hereditary. Tufts University has done a study. Bull Terriers and German Shepherds are the two breeds named. Ann sheila lieberman <dgshwpromo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: When a dog chases it's tail to bleeding, it is OCD. The dog needs something else to do. Some would say a good walk every day will fix it. I think that that is a great idea, if you can. Even on a treadmill just to burn off energy and get that forward motion going for a while. The Jog a Dog company makes really long treadmills for big dogs and even bigger ones for horses. Great if you have one or have access to one. A few hours romping in the snow works too. Also a basic obedience course can help, it gives the dog a job to think about even when crated. Downplaying the behavior matters too. Stopping it when you are watching is important, but some follow through is needed. Make the dog do something else, and never the same soemthing else each time. If the same behavior is used to change the subject that behavior will become the obessive behavior replacing the tail chasing. We don't want to replace the bad behavior in this case, we want to get the whole idea of being obsessive out of the dogs mind. Frankly, this dog may also do well to have Clomacalm for a while while the issue is directly addressed. I will gladly help all I can from here. Best of luck. sheila Peggy wrote: The alum won't stop the tail chasing...but it will keep her from eating the hair off it...... i don't know of anything that will stop tail chasing, with the possible exception of keeping the dog in the house with you 100% of the time. Maybe not even that. Peggy ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ Ann Home of Sel # 6 Ch Maxwell, Sel Ex Ch Gilley and #1 Dam Muggles - owner/breeder of 64 champions and 19 ROMs ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================