We adopted a little tripod girl a few months ago, and I was wondering if anyone has any advice for me.  She is doing well, and is very sweet, but she seems to have high levels of anxiety and compulsive behavior.  She was found last December with her leg caught in a trap. It was amputated and she was moved around the country from one foster home to another (I think she was in at least three different states before we brought her home in May.)  I have found that if we take her out of the house, her behavior intensifies for 2 or 3 days.  She drinks water obsessively, runs in a particular pattern around the backyard, tears pillows to shreds (ones that she is allowed to have).  She will jump at the door, and when I tell her "no", she drops to the floor and spins until the door is opened.  I know this sounds pretty awful, but really she is a sweet and good girl.  She is eager to please and learns fairly quickly and easily.  I have been hoping that staying in the same home would help her, but......now she is having siezures.  She had one on Saturday and I am fairly sure that she must have had one earlier in the week while we weren't home.

I am taking her to my vet today, but would like to hear any advice that anyone can give me.