Table 1.
Descriptive data collected from behavioral consultations, questionnaires, and home videos
Dog | Breed | Age of dog (y) | Age of onset of fly biting behavior (y) | Weight (kg) | Gender | History of fly biting behavior | Frequency: fly biting bouts | Duration: fly biting bouts | Other signs; Owner comments; Treatments prior to referral |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bernese mountain dog | 9 | 8 | 38.6 | NM | 1 y + After meals | 2×/d | 2 to 3 min | Chronic intermittent diarrhea; air licking; repeated swallowing with fly biting; stops if spoken to loudly or touched Metronidazole (diarrhea) |
2 | Cavalier King Charles spaniel | 7 | 3 | 8.8 | NM | 4 y After meals |
Every hour daily | Seconds to minutes | Air/floor licking; hiding; yelping; leaping; neck pain; worse when anxious Clomipramine and fluoxetine |
3 | Boston terrier | 6.5 | 6.5 | 10.2 | IF | 6 d | Increasing frequency | 5 to 60 min | Agitated; panting; racing; pacing; leaping; worse when excited Phenobarbital |
4 | Cavalier King Charles spaniel | 6 | 4 | 12.5 | NM | 2 y (20 to 45 min after meals or treats) | 1 to 10×/d | 34 to 60 min | Agitated; racing; hiding; pica; pain (anal sac); air licking; self licking (limbs, anus); up and down on furniture; staring at ceiling and walls; worse in evening Phenobarbital |
5 | Labrador × Bernese mountain dog | 2.5 | 1.8 | 37.8 | IF | 8 mo Spontaneous remission 1× |
3×/2 h/evening | 1 to 5 min | Licking lips at times |
6 | Schnauzer | 10 | 8.1 | SF | 2 mo | Early morning to night time | A few minutes | Occasional vomiting/regurgitation; flatulence; noise and thunder phobia | |
7 | Rottweiler × Bernese mountain dog | 2 | 0.5 | 49 | NM | 1.5 y Spontaneous remissions |
2 to 3×/d or more | A few seconds | Lip/air licking; agitated; hiding; following the owner; attention-seeking; occasionally feces with mucus |
IF — intact female; NM — neutered male; SF — spayed female.