RE: [pyrnet] strange behavior

["Matthew Dalbey" <matthew.dalbey@jsums.edu>]

We had a similar situation with our Livia.  We went to a sheep dog trial in
Virginia one fall and returned with a sheep skin to put over a chair.
Livia's first reaction was that she didn't want to go anywhere near the
thing.  This lasted for more than a few days.  She even growled and barked
at it.  After a bit of time though, her usual reaction was a deep smelling
session then a minute or two of rubbing her neck and ears on the sheepskin.
This was a favorite thing for her to do (right until she passed this past
August).
matt

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org [mailto:owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org]On
Behalf Of Tom McCulloch
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 7:44 AM
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Subject: [pyrnet] strange behavior


Im curious if any of you have also seen this behavior in your dogs, and
what it could mean.  My 5 = year old female pyr freaks out at the smell
of lamb being cooked, and recently when she smelled new lambswool
slippers.  She quickly runs away from the scent, acting paranoid and
trying to hide.  Shell come back to the kitchen after some coaxing, and
the behavior is over in a few minutes.  She doesnt bark at the smell or
the slipper, and she doesnt act this way around dog food that contains
lamb.  Could it be some guilt that one of her critters she is supposed
to be guarding has died?  I thought that maybe the smell of death
triggered a paranoia that a predator is near, but it is not guarding
mode she goes in toits more a scared guilt.  Any ideas?