Dog acting really weird, any advice?

Hi Loveyevi, I've read all your responses and at the risk of being branded a voodoo person or insane I'll tell you: I am by no means a spiritualist of any sort but It's been proven that animals do see and feel the presense of ghosts and many times they don't know what to make of this and become frightened:-( Also, Blkat's advice sounds good, try it. ~G~

That does seem like weird dog behavior and it is funny how you bring this up because two days ago, when I was at my Moms, my dog has her favorite mat and her favorite chair. What was strange is that she took one of her two toys that she has with her and took it between the two lazy boy chairs and laid down in the back. Totally out of character. I am still not sure why she did this. I gave her a bath the night before. We later figured it was because someone was sitting in her chair anf their feet were on her favorite mat. Also, it has been very cold out the past few days. When the door opens, she is right there, if she is on her mat or in the chair. There was traffic in and out of the door that day too. Maybe she was cold. Maybe she didn't like a stranger sitting in her chair. She came out and got her second toy and went back in behind the chairs. Odd. Like with your dog, this behavior seems odd. I would day that your dog is reluctant to go into the room upstairs but why? Did you recently paint, clean or wash something from or in the room around the time this started. Did you add an air freshener? Move furniture? Has someone else been with him in the room and he got startled or scolded for something? Is it warm in the room? Did you bath him just prior to this new behavior. I don't think that your dog is ill. I would take him on a leash or by the collar and lead him upstairs into the room. take a nice soft blanket or mat that he likes and sit with him in the room. maybe shut the door and let him wander. Watch his movements. Perhaps he will show you what is bothering him about the room. It could be that he had to wait too long in that room around the last time he was in it, perhaps he got cold or scared. I would take him there and stay with him, reassuring that it is okay. Read what he is telling you through his body movements. Allow him some treats and toys in the room as well as a bowl of clean water. Do you have a cat that may frequent the room at the same time as the dog? perhaps the cat swatted at him. Did he go potty upstairs in the room so he is avoiding going there so to not be found out? I think he hides behind the kitchen table because there is something he doesn't exactly like about the routine of going upstairs to that room. For example, when my dog and I go for a walk, I put her harness on. Some days she is real good, other days she will run and hide under the kitchen table. Yet she loves to go for a walk. What she is hiding from is having her harness and sweater put on. She is fine once she is dressed and ready to go.

How old is your dog? Puppies can be funny sometimes. They might get afraid of something which have ben in your house for ages. I guess positive reinforcement always works. Try to use some titbit which helps him to overcome hsi present fears.

there was something probably that traumatized him in that room. when you were away did somebody you don't know very well took care of your dog? is there possibility he was scolded or pain inflicted on him? is there a possibility another animal got into a fight him there? is your dog too heavy to carry? i suggest you bring him up the room, put his favorite toys in there, play with him there, make the room a pleasant experience. have some alone time there, stroke him, assure him so that he'll be comfortable again going there. make him associate that that room will give him rewards and hugs and kisses. good luck!

It sounds that dog had some bad experience while he was in his ex-favorite room. Maybe he got hurt somehow, maybe some other person did activities with your dog in that room and now he's afraid. If you are sure there wasn't anyone to scare your dog except you and you haven't done that, then maybe he heard a big noise while was in that room. I have heard dogs hate load noises, maybe there was fireworks or thundering while he was in that laying room. I have heard also that dogs and cats have rich imaginary world. Maybe he has imagined something bad about it. You could try to get him in the room by feeding him there. First feed him upstairs while yourself sitting in that room you dog is afraid of, but so dog sees you that you are fine sitting there. Dogs might be smart but people are smarter, sometimes you need full your pet to make him/her get rid of some things. Good luck!

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