My dog had her vaccines and was spayed a little over a month ago. Now she is acting totally crazy. She has been really boisterous suddenly, running around like a maniac and growling (not mean, just grumbly noises), barking at everyone and everything.. including me, and she keeps jumping up on me and biting my clothes and my arms. But we broke her of her biting habit when she was a puppy. Yesterday she literally was rolling around on the floor attacking the cat. What HAPPENED to her??? Why would she be acting this way? She is being so so bad, including chewing up everything in sight... and usually she would just drop it if I told her to, and find a toy. Now she runs away if I approach her to take whatever it is away. Why would this happen all of the sudden?
2007-05-03 04:50:39 · 7 answers · asked by The Only 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Sounds like she's being a puppy to me. All dogs, even if they have been neutered, go through an "adolescent" stage and just like human teens, all of a sudden they act like everything you taught them and everything they knew just flew right out the window. They want to "test" you, push all your buttons, and when you say "Sit" and know they know it because you taught it to them and they were performing it beautifully before, during the adolescent stage, they stand there, tilt their heads at you, and give you this look that plainly says, "Umm.. no I don't think so today, thanks," and run off. She's just being hardheaded for the sake of hardheadedness - all puppies reach this stage. When she acts like she doesn't know what you're saying to her, or she bites you like she never learned not to, treat her like she never learned. I know it's frustrating, but if you let her get away with it at this point, it will be essentially undoing all the hard work you've done to this point. You have to be extremely consistent. If biting is not okay, it's never okay, even with houseguests who may be encouraging her, thinking they are "playing". Just be patient. She'll grow out of it. And btw - if she wasn't spayed, and you hadn't taught her anything at all up to this point, imagine how much worse it would be.
2007-05-03 05:02:35 · answer #1 · answered by Pythoness 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes dogs, especially puppies between the ages of 6 months and 2 years, forget their manners/commands for no apparent reason. You don't say how old she is, but it is possible that she is going through puppy adolescence. In this phase, some dogs will challenge the rules and boundaries that you have set for them, just like teenagers tend to challenge the rules their parents set.
Start over as if you haven't taught her anything. You think you "broke" her bad puppy habits when she was younger, but she seems to be regressing. Go back to the basics. Redirect the behaviors you don't want and reward the good ones. If she's really really bad, you may want to consider having her drag a leash in the house so that you can catch her before she can run away from you.
2007-05-03 12:00:14 · answer #2 · answered by ainawgsd 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Someone in their answer asked if she was coming into heat? Umm, she's been spayed?? Like most of your answers, I reckon she's just going through *that* stage! I love it when they're at that age.........I really enjoy seeing them pushing the limits. I love thinking of things for them to do, apart from biting me......I love re-training them and having fun with them as we train. She sounds like loads of fun.....but then I love them like that!! You could really have loads of fun with this dog training her tricks, and the basic stuff all over again. She'll soon pick it all up, so long as you reward the good behaviour, and ignore the bad.
Have fun!!
2007-05-03 12:54:08 · answer #3 · answered by nellana 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She is going thru a puppy stage.. They go thru them like kids do, from cute baby to terrible twos, from little kid to teenager.. They all go thru stages.. Vaccines aren't going to make her act like a brat.. But turning into a little teenager will... Keep up with the training, don't let her get away with things, she'll come thru it.
2007-05-03 12:37:02 · answer #4 · answered by DP 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sudden changes in personality are a sign of something seriously wrong. Call your vet ASAP.
2007-05-03 11:58:43 · answer #5 · answered by Robin C 5 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Sounds like a bad reaction or a seizure, call your vet immediately
2007-05-03 11:55:56 · answer #6 · answered by luckford2004 7 · 0⤊ 8⤋
Is it possible that she is coming into heat?
2007-05-03 11:58:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋