posted 07-07-2003 07:41 PM         

I used google to find this article, and the information documented sounds more well-though-out than the other things I read.

As to the eyes "changing color;" the dog's pupils may dilate during an aggressive display, but there is no way for the actual irises themselves to actually turn a different color. Pupil dilation can and does happen when a dog is stressed. Dilation can also occur during an epileptic seizure, which some have hypothesized as being the real explanation for genuine rage syndrome.

Valkyrie, you say that your dog reacts aggressively after being provoked? Rage syndrome only applies to aggression that is unprovoked and unpredictable. If your dog bites after being provoked to bite, then it's most likely not rage syndrome.

It's an extremely rare condition, and most problems that are diagnosed as being due to "rage syndrome" are not rage syndrome at all, but one of several forms of provoked aggressive behavior.