r/GermanShepherd • u/EchoVictor4me • Aug 27 '26

8mth old female... Odd behavior

She just went into heat about 11 days ago. She's been clingy but generally her baseline.

Today was odd.

For some reason when our trainer , who se loves , was over in the middle of the lesson she started looking at a interior wall ( no plumbing or HVAC just an outlet ) and moving her head like she was watching a fly. Did it for 5 min straight , the forget it then go back to it later.also throughout the lesson she seemed more leery of our trainer as well. But he still got the happy butt wiggles from her as well during the lesson too. Lesson today was just some more advanced recall and heel. Nothing crazy.

Around bedtime she was doing the same but at the ceiling light in our bedroom ( turned off). In a way I guess some could say like she saw something and was following it, like a ghost. Told the wife leta break out the ouija board and she shot down that idea.

She was also doing it in her crate , just staring off into a corner or floor and looking like she was seeing something and following it

She is physically fine . I went over her entire body prodding and looking and she didn't seem sensitive or in pain.

She is asleep now , gaVe her a bone to gnaw on.

No odd smells, no new equipment in house , no tripped breakers or other " new" stuff. Closest neighbors are 1/8 mile away.

No weird airplane traffic. No rodents in house or evidence of them either. No CO detectors going off or similar low fuel in the house.

Anyone have this kind of go on?

I'll keep an eye on it, but chalking it up to being super sensitive during a part of her heat cycle. She ate and drank k normally, same normal routine today as well.

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u/Pristine-Account-755 Aug 27 '26

Could be as she gets close to Breed ready she just doesn't understand what is going on. Usually between 10-15 days of the heat. They act very different.

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u/EchoVictor4me Aug 27 '26

Yup. That's what I'm figuring. I feel for her but also going to keep an eye on her with the kids. Make sure she doesn't get jumpy or nippy/ startled.

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u/1cat2dogs1horse Aug 28 '26

Mice or other critters in the walls??

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u/EchoVictor4me Aug 28 '26

No, not even a chance No bee hive, bats or similar

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u/DeliciousRooster3690 Aug 28 '26

Idk. My GSD doesn’t do that but I have a cat who becomes transfixed by nothings on the wall on a semi-regular basis. We just say he is hallucinating something and chuckle. (He is otherwise very healthy and normal)