We have a staffie cross, rescue dog who will be 9 this year.
His nature is totally hyperactive but has been slowing down a bit in his middle age.
We usually get to the park and he'll play with his ball for a bit and then we usually go off around the park and he loves it (sniffing/weeing etc.).
For the last 3 or 4 days, we get to the sniffing/weeing stage and he just puts the brakes on and refuses to go any further. No amount of encouragement can persuade him to go any further. Even if I put him on the lead, he'll just put his head down and refuse to move.
Once we turn round to go home again, he can't get there fast enough .
It's really odd as he's such an energetic boy normally and he seems to be acting like a sulky teenager. He seems fine in himself and is eating well. He had very bad anaemia in the past, caused by an ulcer, and lost alot of blood so the first things I checked were his gums and tongue, which are beautifully pink.
He behaves just as normal when we're at home.
He's done the same thing with DP but on a different walk (different park) so it's not a specific place that's the problem.
Does anyone have any ideas, I'm clueless as to what it could be! Could he just be going through delayed adolescence?!