My golden lab 6 years old is shying away ,for example when Jim came into the house last night, Kodi kept walking arouund the room and his nose in the air sniffing and now backs up from me if I have anything in my hand,will come to me if I call him if I have nothing in my hand,like just now I brought out my laptop and he went the other way away from me,I am now sitting on the couch with my laptop on my knee and Kodi is up on the couch besidee me sleeping
Hi there, and welcome to the forum! It's really hard to say what could be going on here. Perhaps Kodi got frightened by something that was in someone's hand (like a drill that made a loud noise, for example) and he has generalized that to a fear of anything in someone's hand. How long has this been going on? Can you think of anything that has scared him lately and could possibly have anything to do,with this? This is just a guess, though, so if this continues and you are worried about it, the best thing to do is to consult your vet. These kinds of behaviour things are hard to for someone to comment on unless they see the dog in action.
Is the heat on in your house? Is the air dry? He may be getting little wee static shocks from touching your hands. At our house the cats often suffer this fate and shy away, or cower and try to lower their ears. Sometimes the shock is big enough I can see the little flash of light, hear it and feel it myself too. The short term remedy, if this is it, is to discharge the static electricity build up by touching something else first, or a less sensitive part of the body. The real cure is to make sure humidity levels in your house are kept up. Check with a hygrometer and use a humidifier. Doing so will benefit not only the dog but your wood furniture, electronics and it's thought too dry air is a major cause of winter sore throats. The colder it is outside the higher you need to keep the inside humidity. Most hygrometers have a chart that shows this.
I read your post and thought I'm sorry nothing comes to my mind without a bit more background,but then what Snowshoe replied is really interesting,I'd have never thought of that....do you think that could be something to consider!Poor cats getting zapped!
