Hello trainers. I have a 4 year old male English bulldog. We have experienced this behavior twice now and are stumped. He found a toy yesterday that was a Christmas gift. We were going to donate it to the shelter because it’s not something that is durable enough for him. I “traded” him for the toy but he spent the next 16 hours whining, pacing and looking for the toy. This has happened one other time before. Both times with rubber toys, which we have not intentionally let him have since the first incident. He is clearly stressed and I don’t know what to do. We spoke to the vet after this happened the first time and he said he has never heard anything like that before. Our dog is also on .5mg Xanax nightly because he experienced refusing to sleep at night for months at a time. We want him to be happy and comfortable and not stressed. We are unsure if we should approach this in training or with a vet behaviorist. Any advice is very much appreciated.
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