We have a gorgeous 7 month old cocker spaniel girl called Daphne. In general, she's done well with her training, so affectionate and she's wonderful with everyone she meets. Our garden is her domain, she loves hiding toys and treats under the bushes and she's dug numerous holes all over our lawn and flowerbeds!
But since Saturday, her behaviour in the garden has really changed and we can't for the life of us work out what is wrong. She's constantly whining to go out there, and then when she does, she's instantly nose to the ground and running in loops frantically. She's jumping at the bushes and barking at them incessantly too. She also will not come back in when called like she used to. She will stand in the middle of the garden and stare at you when you call her.
We've been under the bushes and shaken them all, but we can't find anything she might have lost. But it's also the frantic searching she seems to be doing across the whole garden with the occasional bark thrown in there too that's confusing us.
She has a walk around our local woods off lead every day, her recall there is good and she has a wonderful time. She has a ton of toys, we play with her, she has snuffle mats and puzzle toys to occupy her brain. She's still her usual affectionate self, especially when she's tired, and although I can sense adolescence starting, she is still doing okay with her training indoors.
Has anyone got any advice or an idea what this could be please??
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