Quirky behavior

[Lauren]

My 14 month old female has suddenly decided that she is afraid to go up and down our stairs AND she seems to see imaginary boundaries in our home that she will not cross. These are random and very weird occurrences. She will see "some line", and stay on the other side crying even though she wants to come be with the family on the other side. Sometimes she can be coerced across "the line" with praise or treats. Its soooo weird! Anyone seen anything like this?

 

[Alice Kable]

Buster does some weird boundry stuff, too, like he won't go under the fence or through the style to get around our cattle guard. Even when the neighbor dogs are here going back and forth under the fence he won't do it. He walks across the plank like a person!

 

[Tgirl]

Do you have another dog that may be keeping her at bay with body language? Just a thought. If it were just stairs, I would be inclined to think maybe it was painful for her to go up or down, possibly a back issue, but since it's not just stairs, I don't know.

 

[2bullymama]

Do you have another dog that may be keeping her at bay with body language? Just a thought. If it were just stairs, I would be inclined to think maybe it was painful for her to go up or down, possibly a back issue, but since it's not just stairs, I don't know.

I was thinking the same thing... Banks would send what we called 'gang signs' and Cheli would freeze in place and not leave that position till we told Banks to 'leave it'... then he would move

 

[Jakeyjake]

Stella will go up our stairs, but won't go down. When we take her to the mall she has no problem going down the stairs there though. She won't go down the stairs near our pool either. She's special!!!

 

[eeturk]

Have you moved recently? When we moved recently Hudson was terrified of the master bedroom, hallway, elevator, and stairs in our new place. He got over it, except the stairs. Still won't go up or down those.


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[Jakeyjake]

I think "stair fear" is a frenchie thing. It took Jake a while to get used to our stairs too. My daughter's am bulldog was actually helpful in teaching him that it was nothing to be afraid of

 

[davidh]

Ours don't have any boundary fears, unless there is a monster plastic grocery bag in the yard.

 

[Squishy Walnuts]

At a year old Wally suddenly had problems going down to the basement, but not upstairs. I guess because one is carpeted and the other is not. I just encourage him until he goes down the stairs and it seems to work.