My one year old husky is the absolute sweetest dog I have ever had. She's extremely cuddly and affectionate and absolutely adores other dogs and people. She's never shown any signs of aggression, and hasn't even so much as ever growled at anyone or another dog before.
I also have a 1.5 year old male dog and a young 5 month old puppy. She's always loved both of them and they all play together all day long. She adores the puppy and plays with her, grooms her, cuddles with her, etc. There's never been any conflict between any of them whatsoever.
On Friday night, she was playing together with the puppy and, completely out the blue, started acting aggressively towards her. Chased her snarling with hackles raised and stiff posture and backed her into a corner and towered over her. The puppy was terrified and rolling on her back and acting submissive and trying to lick her.
I separated them immediately. Now she randomly alternates between being friendly and wanting to play with the puppy and acting aggressive to her growling and hackles raised. She's also started acting like this with my male dog today. She's also started obsessively sniffing the puppy's bum and pacing around sniffing the ground.
Seems completely normal aside from has been more tired and sleepy than usual since Friday morning and licking herself more than usual. Just earlier this week she went to her training classes and was extremely friendly with all the other dogs with no issues so this has been completely out of the blue. Any suggestions as to what it could be and how to deal with it?
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