Freebee is a claustrophobiac...

[courtnek]

Its hot here - I have a fan in my doorway, bringing the air conditioning into my room....she wont walk around it - she whines to come in, even tho there is plenty of room to get by...She cant stand anything blocking her path, or any enclosed places...she wouldnt be crated. I had to baby gate her in the bathroom, which is big, or she panicked and destroyed things.
(during housebreaking)

Anyone ever hear of this? I've never had a claustrophobiac dog before......

[gooeydog]

The fan thing may not be related to her not liking things being "confined"... it doesn't take much for a dog to become afraid of fans, and once they are, it's a hard fear to have them get over. We have a box fan (the square ones that stand on the floor) in almost every room upstairs, and Goo used to always stick her tail in them when she'd sit down beside them, or knock them over on herself, or one of my nephews would knock it over by her (accidentally), and scare her. She's also never been a fan (sorry for the slight pun :lol: ) of air being blown into her face/ears, so that makes things even worse. She's very wary of the fans, and if I put one in a doorway, or even against a wall near a doorway, she won't go near it. I actually used to use one to keep her out of my window when we'd have a nice day, because the guards only cover the window when the glass part is down, and I knew she wouldn't go near the window if she thought the fan might turn itself on and get her. A few months ago, I noticed she hadn't touched her dry food in a week or so (she has dry food all the time, but only picks at it), and started checking it out, thinking maybe there was something wrong with it. I took the food out, dumped it, and gave her fresh, of which she ate some while I was pouring it, then I put it back in it's normal spot. We repeated this sequence of events several times before I finally noticed that my fan (which I rarely turn on)was sitting in such a way that when she'd go over to eat, her tail would tap against it and freak her out, so she completely avoided the food bowl. I moved the fan, and she ran right over to eat :lol:

I know that was a little OT, as Goo's not claustrophobic, but she is fanaphobic I guess :lol:

[Marble]

i have to laugh at dresden a lot because i have two big stainless steel dog bowls that her food and water are in, i feed her in her crate and they are right in front by the door. there is a bout ten inches between them but if i forget to take her food bowl out before i tell her to come out she looks at me like i'm torturing her and walks up to them, looks at them hesitates and looks very sheepish.........with encouragement she'll step over them and come out. it's really funny though because this is the same dog that leaps all over the place it the woods like a maniac when we go for our walks........they are some funny creatures :)