hi all ,am posting for my sister she has a 2 year old ebt, for the past week when she goes to put her in her crate at night she just stands there panting like crazy,have tried taking the crate down moving her about in the house but still makes no difference,she is fine in herself .any ideas please
thanks dina

I'd start with a vet check, a medical reason for any change of behaviour is always recommended.

thanks will pass on advice,forgot to mention when is left through the day (pop 2 shops etc) she is left in crate and is fine  just night strange hey
thanks for your reply

I agree a vet check is the first thing to do. Most vets however tend to give a fairly simple check over. Sometimes dogs may need more indepth tests (eg blood tests, neural tests etc) so if nothing comes up, don't dismiss health, go back to the vet and discuss the situation with him or her :)

Good luck
Lindsay
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Panting for no obvious reason can be a sign of stress.Perhaps something upset the dog while he was crated 'at night' and now he associates the two?

I agree with that too, I did write words to this effect in my post but deleted them as I was too tired to make any sense :P

I had a dog who hated going in one particular room at night only; this was (we eventually found out) because of upstairs tenants who had taken up their carpet and mydog was upset by the extra noise and banging at night...other cases are of dogs being scared by mice in the home (yes really!) and of household noises such as fridges, central heating etc....

Lindsay
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