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Nov
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Open Question: What is wrong with my wolf-hybrid? |
My wolf-shepherd mix, Sid, has been acting really strange the last couple of weeks. He is going to be three years old this December, is neutered, an amazing family dog, and obedience trained. He has always been an indoor dog and slept under my daughter’s bed, and is a huge suck and likes to cuddle on the furniture. He does prefer to be outside, and will stay out for days if allowed/with food and water. We have two other dogs, a purebred shepherd, and a recently adopted (July) doberman. We are an animal shelter foster home, and the last two dogs have been rescued. Sid loves the company of other dogs and is by no means territorial. He is an escape artist, and we have recently had to start chaining him in the backyard when he is unattended, as he will hop/dig/chew through the fence when the mood strikes him, and we are saving for a brand new one. Anyway, recently he does not want to be inside, at all. He will come to the door to be let in, but as soon as he gets in she shakes and whines, acts really excitable and scratches furiously at the door to go back out. If i refuse to feed him outside he will inhale his food inside, sometimes leaving half of it behind to go back out. I don’t want to be paranoid and take him to the vet just because he’s acting funny, especially with our limited budget so close to Christmas, and we are paying to treat Wobblers in our doberman. However if this sounds like an illness I will take him right away. He acts normal and sociable and playful when outside, just wants nothing to do with being in the house. Could it be too hot for him in here now that the furnace is on?All of our dogs are male, and they are all extensively socialized and get along well. All of them are also neutered, so I can’t see it being a female dog peaking his interest. He usually just goes out and hangs out on the deck, they do get walked (together) everyday and out to the park out back for a run and a swim.Like I said previously, he has extensive exercise. Nothing in his lifestyle has changed, he is walked every day, taken for runs and to go swimming. He is perfectly normal then, he is perfectly normal outside, but when he comes into the house he acts very stressed out, whines, scratches furiously at the door to get out, and then calms right down once he’s outside.
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