Weird title, I know. I adore this dog; I love this dog more than life itself, and she fully returns that affection. But I'm worried now that her fondness for me is doing more harm than good.
She's nine months old, and normally very sweet and playful. She has a lot of energy but she's good about keeping her destructive habits to her toys. That being said, the past few days she's been kind of weird. She's been hiding under places a lot more (like sleeping under my bed), and literally cannot stay in a room if I move from it. She follows me everywhere, even if she's relaxing or comfortable. This one it's own is fine.
But the worst thing that's new with her is that she growled, and apparently lunged at my mom's friends. She didn't actually bite them or anything, but just the fact that she growled at all (and she's met these people before and was fine, mind you) is shocking to me. I was out of the house both times, and when I came home one of the friends was still there. As soon as I walked in, my dog was all wags and happiness and was back to the sweet little girl I knew.
My mom (who watches her while I work) says she often gets really depressed when I leave and spends a lot of time sleeping in my room. I'm getting more and more worried about her behavior- maybe it's dog puberty mixed with me working long seasonal hours, but I don't want her to be so attached to me that she freaks out whenever I'm not home. I love her to death, but is it possible she's too attached for her own good?
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