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Hi,
Not sure if this belongs in Puppy or Health so I'll start with Puppy.
I have a wonderful 10 month old golden, intact male.
He (so far) has been very easy.
About 4 days go he started this very annoying habit of not wanting to stay inside. He would come in and pace the house whining incessantly. I put him back out and he would bark. Bring him in, whine. Last night I had to put him into his crate (he's been out of it at night for a month) to sleep cuz he just would.not.stop pacing the house and whining. And today, he lay in the driveway and howled! I had to put him on a leash and bring into the barn while I did chores to make him stop.
I work out of the house and am in the midst of a major deadline so this behaviour has been causing me some stress (work and I don't know if something is wrong?)
He also stopped eating breakfast. This dog has never not eaten a meal.
I took him to the vet and they said he looked good, they couldn't find anything wrong. They did say that the thought he had probably ended his major growing spurts so could just not need as much food (was getting 4c TOTW salmon, 2c 2xday).
Anyway, I don't know if I should worry that something is wrong? Or is it his age? (ie is this somewhat normal)? It's almost like he can't figure out what the heck he wants.
I should mention, he gets lots of play time. He gets lots of walking. He gets to run off-leash. He socializes as well with other dogs, just not daily (2-3 times aweek). Other than his habit of wanting to climb inside people's skin when he meets them (he loves people!) , he is pretty well-behaved.
Thoughts/ideas so I can figure out how to make my pup happy! I admit, right now he is kinda driving me nuts. (Love him though!)
Sometimes I feel like putting my hands over my ears and shouting "Make him stop!"
Is this possibly a by-product of hormones? If so, how to deal with it?
Something else?
Thanks in advance....
Not sure if this belongs in Puppy or Health so I'll start with Puppy.
I have a wonderful 10 month old golden, intact male.
He (so far) has been very easy.
About 4 days go he started this very annoying habit of not wanting to stay inside. He would come in and pace the house whining incessantly. I put him back out and he would bark. Bring him in, whine. Last night I had to put him into his crate (he's been out of it at night for a month) to sleep cuz he just would.not.stop pacing the house and whining. And today, he lay in the driveway and howled! I had to put him on a leash and bring into the barn while I did chores to make him stop.
I work out of the house and am in the midst of a major deadline so this behaviour has been causing me some stress (work and I don't know if something is wrong?)
He also stopped eating breakfast. This dog has never not eaten a meal.
I took him to the vet and they said he looked good, they couldn't find anything wrong. They did say that the thought he had probably ended his major growing spurts so could just not need as much food (was getting 4c TOTW salmon, 2c 2xday).
Anyway, I don't know if I should worry that something is wrong? Or is it his age? (ie is this somewhat normal)? It's almost like he can't figure out what the heck he wants.
I should mention, he gets lots of play time. He gets lots of walking. He gets to run off-leash. He socializes as well with other dogs, just not daily (2-3 times aweek). Other than his habit of wanting to climb inside people's skin when he meets them (he loves people!) , he is pretty well-behaved.
Thoughts/ideas so I can figure out how to make my pup happy! I admit, right now he is kinda driving me nuts. (Love him though!)
Sometimes I feel like putting my hands over my ears and shouting "Make him stop!"
Is this possibly a by-product of hormones? If so, how to deal with it?
Something else?
Thanks in advance....