Startle reflex. Puppy
Discussion
Advice welcome please.
We have a 7 month old puppy, generally very calm, loving and relaxed…
But, recently she seems to have developed a weird habit of being asleep, then jumping awake and running towards either the TV or into the kitchen as though she is responding to a noise.. although the OH and I have heard nothing.
The main issue is that quite often when she (the puppy) does this she is asleep on my lap and when she goes to defcon 5 and jumps up, it’s usually at the expense of my nads.
Last night she jumped up, got her head stuck under the sofa blanket and did what can only be described as a wheelspin with her paws, on my cock and balls.
So, I’ve done a bit of research and can’t really find much of an answer. Lots of places talk about seizures or absence seizures etc. It’s nothing like that.
It is almost a type of hyper vigilance, but, at night she sleeps without disturbances and quite often likes a lie in..
Anyone been through this before? Is it a part of puppy adolescence and development?
Thanks all
CTO
We have a 7 month old puppy, generally very calm, loving and relaxed…
But, recently she seems to have developed a weird habit of being asleep, then jumping awake and running towards either the TV or into the kitchen as though she is responding to a noise.. although the OH and I have heard nothing.
The main issue is that quite often when she (the puppy) does this she is asleep on my lap and when she goes to defcon 5 and jumps up, it’s usually at the expense of my nads.
Last night she jumped up, got her head stuck under the sofa blanket and did what can only be described as a wheelspin with her paws, on my cock and balls.
So, I’ve done a bit of research and can’t really find much of an answer. Lots of places talk about seizures or absence seizures etc. It’s nothing like that.
It is almost a type of hyper vigilance, but, at night she sleeps without disturbances and quite often likes a lie in..
Anyone been through this before? Is it a part of puppy adolescence and development?
Thanks all
CTO
CTO said:
Advice welcome please.
We have a 7 month old puppy, generally very calm, loving and relaxed…
But, recently she seems to have developed a weird habit of being asleep, then jumping awake and running towards either the TV or into the kitchen as though she is responding to a noise.. although the OH and I have heard nothing.
The main issue is that quite often when she (the puppy) does this she is asleep on my lap and when she goes to defcon 5 and jumps up, it’s usually at the expense of my nads.
Last night she jumped up, got her head stuck under the sofa blanket and did what can only be described as a wheelspin with her paws, on my cock and balls.
So, I’ve done a bit of research and can’t really find much of an answer. Lots of places talk about seizures or absence seizures etc. It’s nothing like that.
It is almost a type of hyper vigilance, but, at night she sleeps without disturbances and quite often likes a lie in..
Anyone been through this before? Is it a part of puppy adolescence and development?
Thanks all
CTO
Are you sure its nothing on the TV or background? Ours do similar when they are snoozing in the evening. Dogs have a different range or hearing then humans, and potentially something on the TV spooked them. We have a 7 month old puppy, generally very calm, loving and relaxed…
But, recently she seems to have developed a weird habit of being asleep, then jumping awake and running towards either the TV or into the kitchen as though she is responding to a noise.. although the OH and I have heard nothing.
The main issue is that quite often when she (the puppy) does this she is asleep on my lap and when she goes to defcon 5 and jumps up, it’s usually at the expense of my nads.
Last night she jumped up, got her head stuck under the sofa blanket and did what can only be described as a wheelspin with her paws, on my cock and balls.
So, I’ve done a bit of research and can’t really find much of an answer. Lots of places talk about seizures or absence seizures etc. It’s nothing like that.
It is almost a type of hyper vigilance, but, at night she sleeps without disturbances and quite often likes a lie in..
Anyone been through this before? Is it a part of puppy adolescence and development?
Thanks all
CTO
Challo said:
Are you sure its nothing on the TV or background? Ours do similar when they are snoozing in the evening. Dogs have a different range or hearing then humans, and potentially something on the TV spooked them.
The howl at the end of a Dick Wolf production - Law & Order et al - used to set our Springer pup off when he was fast asleep! Alas, unfortunately for our amusement, he appears to have grown out of it!AdiT said:
Should be in the " juvenile things that make you snigger " thread
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