Can A Dog Be Mentally Retarded?

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You have seen and heard those dogs they use on Taco Bell commercials and still need to ask that question?

Any animal with a brain can become brain damaged by a hard blow to the head causing trauma to injure but not kill.

Poison, salmonella from eating lizards or birds and watching FOX or CNN news (LOL) channels with an ounce of belief can lower even a dog's IQ or cause severe brain damage.

Perhaps like infotaniers the dog you are thing of might have been born with a below level IQ. A lot of over bread dogs have been terminated when they've gone insane, (Doberman's, pit bulls, Dalmatians) and attacked family members without cause when their brains become too large for the enclosed bone structure of their skulls.

It could be human with a room tempter IQ and not the dog that is retarded. Poor judgment, substance abuse, erectile dysfunction, superiority issue or anal retentitive unresolved mother problem the person has could be the problem.

The dog is ashamed to be with their human.

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yep, sure can.

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HAHAHA you mean rabies?!

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Yes, but it doesnt give anyone a reason to treat it any differently.

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not likely.natural selection weeds out the weak at birth

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Not really but I have seen some dogs that aren't--shall we say--working with a full tool box. I love all dog though so I feel sorry for these poor babies that are less fortunate.

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Yes, they can.. Many dogs become learning impaired when they don't get fed soon enough after birth, or become too cold when they are newborns..or have an extreme birthing trauma..or an accident that caused brain damage..Also, disease with high fever can impair the brain function, as well as some just being born mentally challenged, just as with humans..

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any animal can esp. if there was a long labor/ delivery. you know oxygen ! brain damage.also geneticly they can be.

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Is this a trick question? ALL dogs are mentally retarded! :P

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well a dog can be less smart then other dogs but as far as mentally retarded that's a medical term and i don't think you would find a doc to study the dog and see about it .
pure breed dogs are not as smart as mixed dogs over all .
not all the time but tests show that mixed breeds are most often better health and smarter

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only if the owner is!!

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Any animal that has a brain is vunerable to brain damage.
There are many factors that could contribute to brain damage that may result in mental retardation, including environmental factors, birth defects, head knock (accidental or fighting etc).
Therefore yes dogs can be mentally retarded.

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I DON'T THINK THAT THEY ARE "MENTALLY RETARDED" I THINK THAT THEY ARE JUST HAVING AN AWFUL LOT OF FUN! KINDA MAKES YA WONDER!! WE USE TO THINK OUR DOG WAS "RETARDED", BUT SHE'S NOT. SHE JUST HAS ALOT OF ENERGY AND DOES ALOT OF DUMB THINGS! IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF FUN TO WATCH! IT'S LIKE SHE'S ENTERTAINING HERSELF, IN HER OWN LITTLE WORLD.

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I could swear I owned one a few years back! I'd have to say it's possible! Or maybe he was just a really dumb dog? I dunno. loved him anyway!

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yes.if somehow their brain is hurt

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yes just like humans dogs can

but sometimes you can not tell

treat him/her the same just be a little slower and clearer on direction

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I guess so they are alot like humans in so many ways.

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I once had a Rottweiler and he was the dumbest dog I have ever seen but he always had a lot of fun. He used to just run into things and no matter how hard I would try to stop him he would still do it. Man I miss that dog.

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NO.