Friends, colleges, countrymen ... it's okay to disagree
I think OGDogg drew his conclusions based on the fact "masturbating" was what he saw this dog do, and (as such) felt that "this" was the reason his dog was off.
However, I likewise feel that the masturbation behavior was merely the evidence that the dog's mind and focus were what was truly off. After all, this is not exactly "normal" behavior for a dog to constantly do this, so that "something" which was abnormal was going on in the dog's mind, which is the driving force of all action. The truth is, when we see aberrant behavior, what we're seeing is an aberrant mind directing that behavior. Many times the keep itself will cause a dog to "crack," so the dog might have merely been taken to the well once too many times. No one can know for sure because the dog is dead, and even if it were alive we could not communicate with him.
Still, surely we, as adults, can discuss a topic such as this without getting angry or offended, can we not?
Jack