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I do not recommend laser lights for any dogs. I have seen many dogs develop ODC with them and also shadow chasing(light and shadows) Not good. Very hard to break once the behavior is habit.
Herding dogs, terriers and some working dog ie Dobes and rottweilers seem to be the worst because they tend to have high prey drive and are very visually orientated. The laser has no other cues for the dogs such as smell or touch(physical object). So it can be easily transfered to other light sources. Like the light from the chi's tag that Randi talked about. Sunbeam ,anything that causes visual movement. Dogs will spend hours looking for the light and not drinking,eating or doing normal behaviors.
Not the dogs will develop OCD with laser lights but why take the chance. Interesting enough Dr. Nicholas Dodman of Tufts U vet school, just discover a gene related to OCD in Dobermans,a breed known for stereotypic behaviors. Makes you wonder, we tend to breed for these outgoing and high energy/high prey drive dogs and does that make them more prone though their genes to OCDs. Think ball obsessed goldens and BCS for example. HUm.
Herding dogs, terriers and some working dog ie Dobes and rottweilers seem to be the worst because they tend to have high prey drive and are very visually orientated. The laser has no other cues for the dogs such as smell or touch(physical object). So it can be easily transfered to other light sources. Like the light from the chi's tag that Randi talked about. Sunbeam ,anything that causes visual movement. Dogs will spend hours looking for the light and not drinking,eating or doing normal behaviors.
Not the dogs will develop OCD with laser lights but why take the chance. Interesting enough Dr. Nicholas Dodman of Tufts U vet school, just discover a gene related to OCD in Dobermans,a breed known for stereotypic behaviors. Makes you wonder, we tend to breed for these outgoing and high energy/high prey drive dogs and does that make them more prone though their genes to OCDs. Think ball obsessed goldens and BCS for example. HUm.
, that's amazing that some dogs develop that kind of OCD with a laserlight, how sad. At this point, we only use it once in awhile and quite honestly she tires of it pretty quickly. She doesn't seem to have that OCD thing about it, or anything, except of course for the vacuum, she attacks while I am using it 
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She still eats and drinks though. But when I used to use the laser light, she would stay in my room for 15 mins or more waiting for the light to come back. I'll never use it with another dog. I feel bad. At the time I thought I was doing something good for her.
, Bailey enjoys it, has fun with it but still lives a normal dog life, that's what matters. Dr. Shelli is referring to dogs that become mentally sick over it, I think our dogs are far from that level. 
). I think he is obssesed with it. But if I stop playing with it, he forgets it pretty quickly. My malteses doesn't care for the laser.