Dog has gone crazy!
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I'm looking for some help. We live in Athens Greece and adopted two dogs two years ago, I think they were about two months old when we got them, both perfectly healthy and normal.
That is up until the last two months, one of them has just gone crazy, it's the only way I can describe it. She started jumping over the fence and getting out so we reinforced the fence to stop this. Now when we put them both outside she starts to pant and whine and goes berserk trying to escape. They sleep in the kitchen and we have a counter separating the kitchen from the dining room, she has now started jumping over that in the middle of the night.
The vet has checked her over and can't see anything physical.
It is like she has all of a sudden got some aversion to being in an enclosed area although the garden is massive and they have long walks every day. She has also started to bark at random people while out for a walk, not all people just one every now and then. We've got no idea what has caused this as nothing in their routine has changed, her sister is totally normal and hasn't changed.
Help!
That is up until the last two months, one of them has just gone crazy, it's the only way I can describe it. She started jumping over the fence and getting out so we reinforced the fence to stop this. Now when we put them both outside she starts to pant and whine and goes berserk trying to escape. They sleep in the kitchen and we have a counter separating the kitchen from the dining room, she has now started jumping over that in the middle of the night.
The vet has checked her over and can't see anything physical.
It is like she has all of a sudden got some aversion to being in an enclosed area although the garden is massive and they have long walks every day. She has also started to bark at random people while out for a walk, not all people just one every now and then. We've got no idea what has caused this as nothing in their routine has changed, her sister is totally normal and hasn't changed.
Help!
Thanks for the replies all.
No new appliances, i would suspect that would effect both dogs though? the food is all natural with no additives and hasn't changed in the last year.
Spayed is a good point, neither of them have been spayed and this behaviour may have happened around the time she came in to season, i can't be sure though. But, she is no longer in season so would the behaviour remain?
One other point to mention, if she is having a moment outside then i go out to her she calms down and stops, i don't know if it some sort of separation anxiety but she hasn't been like this before. They aren't left indoors by themselves all day either, maybe a couple of hours on their own maximum.
No new appliances, i would suspect that would effect both dogs though? the food is all natural with no additives and hasn't changed in the last year.
Spayed is a good point, neither of them have been spayed and this behaviour may have happened around the time she came in to season, i can't be sure though. But, she is no longer in season so would the behaviour remain?
One other point to mention, if she is having a moment outside then i go out to her she calms down and stops, i don't know if it some sort of separation anxiety but she hasn't been like this before. They aren't left indoors by themselves all day either, maybe a couple of hours on their own maximum.
thainy77 said:
Spayed is a good point, neither of them have been spayed and this behaviour may have happened around the time she came in to season, i can't be sure though. But, she is no longer in season so would the behaviour remain?
IME behavior in dogs is very often habitual. A dog in season may be the reason the behavior started, and now he's carrying on without much thought as to the why? Just an angle, I may be wrong. My first thought immediately was has she been spayed? This could be significant.
Also Moorx is right re new unusual sound triggering this response and no it would not necessarily affect both dogs.
Usually it is entire males that have noticeable behaviour changes but it does happen to entire females at times!
If you can get a behaviourist who works on positive reward based training it may be worth a chat to them. As this is happening outside more a pheromone based collar may be worth a try and win do any harm (called ADAPTIL)
Also Moorx is right re new unusual sound triggering this response and no it would not necessarily affect both dogs.
Usually it is entire males that have noticeable behaviour changes but it does happen to entire females at times!
If you can get a behaviourist who works on positive reward based training it may be worth a chat to them. As this is happening outside more a pheromone based collar may be worth a try and win do any harm (called ADAPTIL)
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