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It's been a while since I posted. Hope everyone is great. 
Jake has had a few weird episodes over the past few months. I'd say it's happened maybe three times - last night, and the time before that was maybe 7 or 8 months ago... I think it was before our son was born.
The incident a few months back went like this: The dogs were all hanging out in the garage after we came home from work one evening, and we went to bring them inside so they could eat. When we opened the door, Jake yelped so loud. Sadie rushed to try to get inside and banged into him, and he yelped again like he got shot or something. Then I went to pet him and he did it again. He acts skittish, shakes, and wants to get somewhere away from everyone, and once he gets settled somewhere, he will not move. We put a dog bed in a corner away from everyone, and he laid down and wouldn't move for the rest of the night. The next day, he was fine.
Last night, it wasn't as severe, but again, when we opened the door to let the dogs inside, he yelped and then yelped as my husband reached to pet him. He just acted weird. We put his bed in a room and shut the door. I went to check on him once and when I opened the door, he lifted his head and yelped again. When we fed them, we went out to the garage to get food, and he ran outside. I put his food down out there, and he froze and would not eat or move. I went and hand fed him some baked chicken, and he'd eat it as long as I brought it to him, but if I put it on the ground like a step in front of him, he wouldn't move to go get it. THEN I went and got his leash to try to lead him inside (I didn't want to get bitten trying to pull him by the collar in case he was hurting somewhere really bad - he's never snapped before but dogs do strange things when they hurt), and as soon as he saw his leash, he snapped out of it, wagged his tail, danced around thinking he was going for a walk. I brought him and his food inside and when I put the bowl down, he ate like normal.
It's odd. I haven't taken him to the vet because he just snaps right out of it the next day and I honestly don't know what they'd be looking for. Any ideas?
Just some background - Jake is a rescue. I pulled him from the shelter at 60 lbs when he was about 3 years old. He's now about 100 lbs - big dog, not overweight, just too big. He's one of the most unhealthy animals I have ever seen. Has horrible skin allergies, constantly getting sick with something... He did this weird yelping thing when we first brought him home, and he went to the vet 3 times for it. They never could find anything wrong. But back then, he just yelped and then was fine. None of the skittish, shaking, wants to be left alone stuff.
Jake has had a few weird episodes over the past few months. I'd say it's happened maybe three times - last night, and the time before that was maybe 7 or 8 months ago... I think it was before our son was born.
The incident a few months back went like this: The dogs were all hanging out in the garage after we came home from work one evening, and we went to bring them inside so they could eat. When we opened the door, Jake yelped so loud. Sadie rushed to try to get inside and banged into him, and he yelped again like he got shot or something. Then I went to pet him and he did it again. He acts skittish, shakes, and wants to get somewhere away from everyone, and once he gets settled somewhere, he will not move. We put a dog bed in a corner away from everyone, and he laid down and wouldn't move for the rest of the night. The next day, he was fine.
Last night, it wasn't as severe, but again, when we opened the door to let the dogs inside, he yelped and then yelped as my husband reached to pet him. He just acted weird. We put his bed in a room and shut the door. I went to check on him once and when I opened the door, he lifted his head and yelped again. When we fed them, we went out to the garage to get food, and he ran outside. I put his food down out there, and he froze and would not eat or move. I went and hand fed him some baked chicken, and he'd eat it as long as I brought it to him, but if I put it on the ground like a step in front of him, he wouldn't move to go get it. THEN I went and got his leash to try to lead him inside (I didn't want to get bitten trying to pull him by the collar in case he was hurting somewhere really bad - he's never snapped before but dogs do strange things when they hurt), and as soon as he saw his leash, he snapped out of it, wagged his tail, danced around thinking he was going for a walk. I brought him and his food inside and when I put the bowl down, he ate like normal.
It's odd. I haven't taken him to the vet because he just snaps right out of it the next day and I honestly don't know what they'd be looking for. Any ideas?
Just some background - Jake is a rescue. I pulled him from the shelter at 60 lbs when he was about 3 years old. He's now about 100 lbs - big dog, not overweight, just too big. He's one of the most unhealthy animals I have ever seen. Has horrible skin allergies, constantly getting sick with something... He did this weird yelping thing when we first brought him home, and he went to the vet 3 times for it. They never could find anything wrong. But back then, he just yelped and then was fine. None of the skittish, shaking, wants to be left alone stuff.
