We have a 7 month puppy who has been a dream dog, well adjusted, easily trained, happy etc. However, last night my husband took her out in the evening and she got spooked my a firework someone randomly set off near by (my husband couldn’t see where exactly but said it was down the street somewhere and loud enough she pulled on leash and ran all the way home). She was fine w fireworks noise far away. Anyway, since then she doesn’t want to be left downstairs alone. She keeps opening the gate to come upstairs. She always knew how, but only did it two times since we had her (from 8 weeks to 7 months!). She knows she isn’t allowed up. Since she got spooked she has snuck up 12 times since last night! Poor thing. We don’t want her coming upstairs. We prefer her to stay in the living room and kitchen area. Upstairs is where our bedrooms are and white carpets. Plus, she isn’t good with stairs so not a good idea for her to get in this habit. She had just started to sleep outside her crate at night for a few days and was doing well. We thought she was ready to give up her crate. But now tonight I had to encourage her to sleep in crate, which she went right in. She feels safe in there I guess. Anyway, what should I do? I don’t want her to have a fear. I want her to remain the happy calm dog she has been up until now. At the moment the only thing she is doing really is coming upstairs. But this leads me to believe she is scared. As she never did this so much before.
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My poor puppy has been spooked by fireworks! 😡
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Mamabear12 · 04/11/2018 21:09
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