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Originally Posted by optimize990h
I have come across this before in a post.
I am curious if this dog behaviour occurs during school hours or just in the privacy of home.
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I don't know about school. What I recall is it is mostly when there is an encounter with adults in a public place. His dad is fairly well known by his profession and often encounters people who know him and want to chat. Nephew then goes into the dog mode. His dad is clearly embarrassed and frustrated.
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If the child behaves this way only in the privacy of home and not in public, then he can control the behaviour.
When he dresses in the opposite gender clothing and does makeup and nail polish, does he continue with the dog behaviour. Or are these two separate patterns of behaviour?
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Good questions! My recollection is the dog stuff is in public and the cross dressing is at home play with his 2 year younger sister.
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Does your nephew ever explain why he is acting like a dog? If an actual dog was in the household, I wonder what your nephew do?
A person with schizophrenia felt that she was treated like a dog, so she would act like a dog. There were two incidences in that person's life that she acted like a dog for extended periods of time. I have not come up with much more, just a performance artist who acted like a dog for his art.
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There are no dogs in his homes, but there are many in the neighborhood that he plays with in what seems to be an ordinary way.
I have not asked him why he behaves like a dog; don't know quite how I could. It looks, from my eyes, like he is trying to magically change into a dog, and/or a girl by behaving in these ways. It's sounds silly, but it is clearly over-the-top behavior.
In thinking some more about this little guy, I recalled why I put this post in this forum. He is very socially awkward with his peers. He really only gets along with his sister.