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Last night Apollo was being a little too hyper so after several attempts at re-direction I put him in his crate to give Rocky a break. (Apollo just would not stop "attacking" Rocky)
He has always been so good about going into his crate, but last night he barked for at least 20 minutes straight. I got him back out of his crate when he settled down and kept the boys separated.
So this morning we get up, and of course first stop is potty break. And he is being his little hyper love bug self, I feed him, and took him back outside. When it was time to go in, instead of coming (he normally comes when I call him) he ran the other way and just laid down. I tried several times to get him to come, and he would not budge, so I went into the house, got shoes, come back outside and he is gone. So I called for him, and he is now almost in the backyard trying to hide in the grass. So I call him as I am walking that way, and instead of coming to me, he runs again. I finally track him down in the backyard, pick him up and carrry him into the house. He seemed pretty much ok when I was getting ready for work, we did the standard two more outs, play tug, chew on a bone, attack Rocky, and I left him with DH to go to work. DH called me and said he put Apollo in his crate (normal morning time to go back into the crate) and he started barking up a storm. DH went outside to load his truck, talked to the neighbor, came back in to get ready to leave, and Apollo is still barking 30 minutes later.
Any ideas on what happened to my nicely progressing pup? It is like overnight he forgot all of the training we have been working on, and now we have some kind of rebellious kid that does the exact opposite of what he is supposed to.
He has always been so good about going into his crate, but last night he barked for at least 20 minutes straight. I got him back out of his crate when he settled down and kept the boys separated.
So this morning we get up, and of course first stop is potty break. And he is being his little hyper love bug self, I feed him, and took him back outside. When it was time to go in, instead of coming (he normally comes when I call him) he ran the other way and just laid down. I tried several times to get him to come, and he would not budge, so I went into the house, got shoes, come back outside and he is gone. So I called for him, and he is now almost in the backyard trying to hide in the grass. So I call him as I am walking that way, and instead of coming to me, he runs again. I finally track him down in the backyard, pick him up and carrry him into the house. He seemed pretty much ok when I was getting ready for work, we did the standard two more outs, play tug, chew on a bone, attack Rocky, and I left him with DH to go to work. DH called me and said he put Apollo in his crate (normal morning time to go back into the crate) and he started barking up a storm. DH went outside to load his truck, talked to the neighbor, came back in to get ready to leave, and Apollo is still barking 30 minutes later.
Any ideas on what happened to my nicely progressing pup? It is like overnight he forgot all of the training we have been working on, and now we have some kind of rebellious kid that does the exact opposite of what he is supposed to.