something spooked my dog...

[X000BOSS]

i have a beautiful doberman and she is a fearless guard dog(so i thought!). Two nights ago she was barking in a strange way. i went to investigate and she came upto me and behaved very strangely, almost like she's turning to me for comfort. she kept staring at the far corner of the yard and growling with ears pricked up. she was barking at what ever was there but not in her usuall "i am the boss" way. we've had her for about three years and she's never been like that before. i could not see anything there and have no idea what spooked her.
thoughts that crossed my mind: person, no way. she'd try eat them. haha.
rodent, no way. she does eat them.
another dog, ummm no, she never backs off.

any ideas anyone? anyone seen their dog behave like this before?

[Keepleft]

Originally Posted by X000BOSS

i have a beautiful doberman and she is a fearless guard dog(so i thought!). Two nights ago she was barking in a strange way. i went to investigate and she came upto me and behaved very strangely, almost like she's turning to me for comfort. she kept staring at the far corner of the yard and growling with ears pricked up. she was barking at what ever was there but not in her usuall "i am the boss" way. we've had her for about three years and she's never been like that before. i could not see anything there and have no idea what spooked her.
thoughts that crossed my mind: person, no way. she'd try eat them. haha.
rodent, no way. she does eat them.
another dog, ummm no, she never backs off.

any ideas anyone? anyone seen their dog behave like this before?

You need a Derek Acorah:-
http://www.derekacorah.org/

[The Monty]

We used to have a blue heeler. Best dog ever in my opinion, he was the same as the way you say your dog is, completely fearless, would attack anything given half a chance. One night, at our property, about an hour from any civilisation, felt a wierd kind of cold draught, our boy gave some weird kind of, Im trying to bark but Im crapping myself to much to make it come out properly bark, and buried himself under the donnas next to my step dad. Never known him to back down EVER, this was the strangest thing Ive ever seen that dog do. Funny thing is, there were deffinately no people, as no-one lives within 20k's on a dirt track, and there would be absolutely no reason for them to come out their anyway, its at the end of the line, cant go any further.
When I read your story, kind of bought back memories of that.
Jjosh

[clontarf_x]

Originally Posted by Keepleft

You need a Derek Acorah:-
http://www.derekacorah.org/

That guy was the crux of many an agrument with my head-in-the-clouds ex... he shits me off something cruel :/

As for the spooked doberman, Has she done it since? It could of been an animal she wasn't used to or something else like that?

[MYVYSS]

Hello Possum......

[Keepleft]

Originally Posted by clontarf_x

That guy was the crux of many an agrument with my head-in-the-clouds ex... he shits me off something cruel :/

You and ure X argued about a medium? lol.

[X000BOSS]

i think ill give derek a miss, as for other animals, i dont think they'd scare her. she's had run in with large lizards and frogs and they didint bother her. possum? maybe, but i dont think it would bother her either. just plain weird and she's been normal since that night. there isnt much stuff that she hasnt been exposed to, thats why i took notice. couldnt think of anything that would freak her out.

[X000BOSS]

Originally Posted by sexr6tasy

Aliens tried to have sex with your dog maybe? sounds like a good jerry springer show

yeah that would explain the flashing light above my house :

[vandrsxr6]

Might have been a snake that bit her , non venomous.

Do you normally run out and yell at her when she's been barking?

I do with my dog and she sometimes acts that way.

[blueoval]

Dont know if you guys are into ghosts or anything, I definitely am not, but there is something about dogs that can sense things humans cant and that was the first thing that came to mind. Who knows, but I would suspect that could be the case.

[The Monty]

Originally Posted by MYVYSS

Hello Possum......

I wish my experience could be explained that easy. Ive seen our dog pull down wild dogs, and a bloody big goanna, I doubt he would even give a crap about a possum. Plus this was in the middle of sub-tropical rainforest, if hes scared by a possum, I dont think he would have lasted more than a week out there.

[clontarf_x]

Originally Posted by Keepleft

You and ure X argued about a medium? lol.

Long long story haha. Basically, shes a bit :

[SB076]

Not sure what it could be, but most dogs seem to get restless/scared when there is changes to the weather (ie thunderstorms) or maybe she detected a slight earth tremor or something like that that you didnt notice - although its wierd that she faced a corner in your yard.

[MeLLy]

maybe a ghost

[Green X]

yeah I have had Dog's Freak out sometimes and you don't know why, They will be barking and you go out to investigate and find nothing yet the dog won't leave your side.

have been out at a mates property in the Hills (Hobby Farm) once at around midnight we were up watching TV and it was cold as hell and the dog started going nuts and barking in the direction of the paddock below the house, Figured something must be going on, Grabbed the Rifle Jumped in the Ute and did a lap of the bottom paddock checked the main gate and nothing, but the dog was not happy, Weird.

[MO]

dogs are very sensitive and intelligent...no matter the conjecture about ghost..possums or whatever your dog sensed something and reacted..its a pity we aren't as intune with the dogs as we used to be.

Always get up and investigate...they know!!

[toby123]

Should of grabbed the torch and walk to where he was looking with the him and had a closer look?

[Scott]

Ghost schmost. You've got a Panther roaming the neighbourhood!

[MO]

Panther..shmanther..it could be a rogue fairy,,as I said dogs are intelligent and sensitive!!!!!

[MO]

Just to back up my comments..I got a rottie pup at 71/2 months old sitting in my lounge one night about 3mth after I got him he rises up from prone to half sit /lying positions and gives one woof..did'nt take much notice i.e. whats up mate...
Next morning found my car had been done over in the driveway!!!

Now my dogs woof ...
I'm looking!!

[Scott]

Intelligent & sensitive but just not a devoted Ford fan.

[BPXR6T]

Maybe she chowed down on some magic mushies down the back garden. They have that effect on me sometimes too...

[MO]

Originally Posted by FourBarrel

Maybe she chowed down on some magic mushies down the back garden. They have that effect on me sometimes too...

TWIT!!!

[BPXR6T]

Originally Posted by MO

TWIT!!!

Back at ya...

[SNB05T]

we had a similar thing with our dobbe when she was a little pup (up to my waist) 2am and barking a weird bark/howl/growl noise(she stays inside at night). got us all up went out to the yard with her and found someone in the bird avery trying to take my brothers quails out of the cage. let the dog of the lead and have some fun........ nice young chump, but he hasn't been back since, i wonder why :

could be anything, dobberman's are very loyal and extremley protective of their family and friends, if there's something wrong they'll let you know. thats why i love them so much.

[onfire]

Im leaning towards it being a case of coming across an animal it hadnt seen before.. eg. a Snake, or its came across it earlier that day, and its scared the hell of it.

In our old place, A few times something grabbed my dogs attention in the darker spots in the yard, we lived in the country on a large property.. his ears would pricked up, start growling but not in an agressive way, more so he was trying to save face or either was so scared it couldnt do much else.. and it was like there was a fence in his way, and he wouldnt go past a point in the yard. He'd walk up to the same point, step back, etc but at the same time, he'll be focussed on that spot in the yard.. usually he'd be straight in there no matter what.

The worse part is, it starts playing on your imagination. But it wouldnt suprise me, if you've got someone creeping around out there, and it caught the dog off guard and he didnt have time to suss it out, and its left the dog, just like you.. confused, so he's being safe not sorry.

[Falc'man]

Ah yes, its most likely Fonzarelli clicking the fingers... "eeeeh".


And its spirits, not ghosts.

[DavesXr8]

Dogs arnt as couragous as you may think no matter what dog you have there first instinct is flight not fight.

I have trained and seen many a man killer in my time and most of the man killers are pure feer driven.

It could have been a person or something else a dog at night outside is in another zone than during the day he may have even seen his own shadow you will never know until you catch whatever it was.

Best way now is to get the dog more comfortable and confident in the dark.

2 things can happen from this kind off experience 1 the dog gets toey at night and barks more often but is driven more from fear or 2 they do less than before again because of fear lack of confidence.

Try and do as much stuff at night as you can do some obedience get a few mates to drop around make a few noises and make the dog feel confident .

[MO]

Originally Posted by FourBarrel

Back at ya...

LOL.......onya

[troppo]

Yeah I've had similar things happen with dogs. Generally a strange scent is enough to do it, some animal they've never seen before. Mine freaked at the first whiff of horses and water buffalo, calmed down a bit when she spotted them to go with the smell but still a bit freaked.