My dog keeps crying?

[scootaru]

Hi I wonder if anyone could shed some light.

I have an 8 year old Neapolitan Mastiff. He has always been a happy dog and he is very active for his age. He goes for walks once a day and cant wait to get out - He wakes me up every morning for his morning walk.

I have had him since he was a puppy and nothing new has changed in his lifestyle.

Over the last year though he has started to cry all day long for no apparent reason. He is not sick (as far as I can tell) he is not in pain anywhere, he wants to play all the time, nothing has changed from his daily routine and nothing new has been added to our home (kids, animals or anything else)

He just spends the day crying while laying in the hall way. He will come in from his walk, sleep for a couple of hours and then when he wakes up he will just cry all day long until he eventually goes to sleep in the evening. He then starts the process all over the next day.

When one of us gets up to rub him, he will stop and wag his tail and be all happy again but then when we leave him to carry on with our stuff he starts to cry again.

I really don't know whats up with him - Is he depressed? Should I start taking him out more then once? He does have a bit of a wobbly leg which is why he only gets one long walk a day but ever since he was a puppy he has got one walk a day. Someone is ALWAYS home with him, he is never alone.

Is he to dependent on us? What should I do?

Thanks for reading and hopefully I can get some kind of help - Do they do doggy shrinks? :)

[houstondma]

I have a 7-year old female, spayed Pomeranian. Three days ago, she started crying.She would walk a few steps then sit, want to be carried, not want to go outside (grass has not been cut in complex, way too tall) and when I could get her to go outside, she just sits. Hard to get her to come. Took her to the vet and we clipped some mats from her fur, but she would start to walk, sit, and try to scratch madly at her side. Since then, I have had her on the table at home twice for additional brushing and clipping. Today, she is better, but still not wanting to walk much. Had her glands expressed. Done everything I know to do. She is taking a Benedryl every day for the itching. Gave her hydrocodone in the evening to relax her and ease her breathing. I'm spraying a lanoline spray on her tummy as it is dry, also a foam. It's almost 3:00 a.m. and I'm in here typing this question, and she is with me, sleeping on the floor. I'm losing my mind trying to figure it out. She is not panting, she just seems uncomfortable and moves a lot on the bed. She has Chillows to sleep on, if she wants, to keep her cool. Anyone have any ideas?

[Margot49]

Well, doesn't  sound like any meducal issues.
Now, if you had a Hound breed, I would not consider this all that unusual.  Aside from that, agree that it could be something outside at night he is hearing.  Neighbor's have cats?  Cats often roam at night.  Not sure where you live but could be a Possum or Racoon, rats even.  Lots of nocturnal animals.  Could be there is a female dog in season around your area.  
Is there a reason you don't want him inside at night?  You just may need to keep him in.  I take it he is ok during the day?
What you might do is try putting up a couple of motion detector lights in your yard or on a fence.  If something is around, you may catch a glimpse of it or even the light going off might scare it off.  You can buy relatively inexpensive ones.  You might find out if that is or is not the problem.  
Please come back and update.

[tonyb286]

Hi. My first thoughts are something he is hearing outside. Do you live in the countryside? Do you hear any other dog howling or barking or a cat meowing? It could be an urban fox he can smell or hear too? Any pack animal (such as dogs) will often try to communicate with other animals in the neighbourhood making calls in the night, either to protect the household or just to make contact with other packs in the vicinity.

Just a thought.

Tony

[lucyandsimba]

Hello to who ever can help,
I have a 1 year old male boxer, for some crazy reason and only at night or the middle of the night, he goes outside and cries, he wakes us up every single day for about three weeks now, he was doing it a while back and stopped, but now he started up again, we have had to close the doggie door so he doesn't go outside, when he is inside he doesn't cry, it only happens at nigh, HELP,

[tonyb286]

Hi. The one thing you CAN do is get your dog neutered. This will help prevent the female from becoming pregnant should the two dogs ever come into contact with each other now or in the future - or indeed, with any other dog. There are too many unwanted dogs in the world (and thousands end up being euthanised or live miserably in dog shelters), and most are due to a lack of owners spaying or neutering their pets. He may well be whining simply because he is aroused by the female dog being on heat.

Tony

[MelissaKistan]

Good day please help my neighbours female dog would normally come to my yard and play with my male dog. They have now seperated their yard and their dog cannot visit anymore. And since then my dog is not eating and crying all the time. I am not sure what to do. The female dog is on heat at the moment and my dog is not spayed.