Strange Behaviour in Dogs…

If you are a dog owner (any breed), you may notice strange and different habits your dog develops over a period of time.

In our Westies case she has so many strange and odd habits it’s unbelievable. Throughout the years since our dog was a puppy she has always loved to played with her toys. Mitzi has had hundreds of dog toys such as, squeaking bones, bouncy balls, tug-of-war toys etc. all of which she has enjoyed immensely.

Over the past month of so our little dog has developed a strange habit with one particular toy – her squeaky chicken toy! We are not sure why she have developed a fear of the squeak in the toy, because as I say she has always enjoyed the squeaky toys since being a pup.

Being a good dog owner I pierced the area of the toy where the squeak came from so it now makes no noise at all, and Mitzi loves it again now. It’s very strange why this has happened.

It was rather embarrassing though when she was running on the local park with a Labrador dog recently. The owner of the Labrador threw a ball for her dog and it made a squeak noise as it hit the ground, our little Westie yelped and ran to the gate of the park wanting to leave immediately! I eventually managed to coax her back, trying to reassure her there was nothing to be afraid of, but she heard the squeak again and this time she ran at break neck speed to the gate, barking as loud as she could so that I would take her home.

If anyone knows why dogs develop this particular habit with squeaky toys I’d love to know! I felt so guilty taking the squeak out of the chicken toy!