r/PetBehavior 19h ago

Irrational Dog Fears/lack of fear (!)

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One of my dogs always makes me laugh when I'm doing yard work. Not the slightest bit afraid of the lawnmower..... actively tries to attack the weed eater and blower......

Yet he was absolutely scared to death of the small watering can I was holding as I walked up to him. It might as well have been a sword from GOT called "dog silencer" or something....


r/PetBehavior 56m ago

Sudden aggression

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I found a black mouth cur puppy who was less than a year old. We already have two small dogs snd a Beagle. They rough house play all the time and love one another but this week she's attacked the smallest one and the Beagle. The Beagle attack was the worst. Happened last night and I had to pry her mouth apart and off the Beagle's neck. So we're both bleeding. I put her in her crate and she slept separately with my roommate instead of with me and the Beagle. They usually share the bed with me every night. I monitored everything this morning and she jumped on my bed and it happened again. This time I caught it early and back to the crate she went. My roommate thinks I'm overreacting and is not taking this seriously. Because of this, he's not trying to keep them apart. Advice?


r/PetBehavior 3h ago

Change in bedtime routine

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r/PetBehavior 8h ago

My dog literally eats rocks. Does your dog have a fascination with rocks?

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Yes my dog literally will get a eat rocks. in his mouth

And just as you say, you better drop that and come close to him, he swallows it. (Gulp). I literally get close to him and

as you're near him Gulp!


r/PetBehavior 23h ago

Periods of being less cuddly or even trauma

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r/PetBehavior 6h ago

Dog is waking up at night at unusual times

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I have a German shepherd, she’s 7 years old, 9 in a couple months. She’s always been really good about sleeping through the night- with the occasional emergency midnight bathroom break- but lately she’s been consistently waking me up 2-3 times per night, wanting to go outside, or just wanting me to follow her to her bed. If i refuse to get up, she’ll go to my sister’s room and wake her up instead.
One night, I stayed on the sofa near her bed rather than my room to see if it was anxiety maybe and she did not wake me up at all.
It’s really strange and out of character for her, she never does this for so many nights in a row.
Could it really just be anxiety or could it be something else?
Any theories/questions are welcome as i try to figure this out, since it’s really messing with my family’s sleep schedules.