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? :)

[Bryony2014]

Hi Tony wonder if you can shed some light. I have 2 gorgeous boxer boys, brothers of 6 months. I have had them since they were 8 weeks old. The last few days one of them randomly whines. And I can't figure out why. They get walked once a day, play outside when it's dry, play inside together most of the time and with their toys. Are feed 3 small feeds and get some sort of kong treat or chew one a day. They also do their puppy training. As they are boxers I am very aware that they need lots of things to occupy them and am very lucky that they do not chew any of the furniture etc. I cannot find anything to explain his whining as I have worked part time since we've had them and now on maternity leave but still go out at lleast once a day to prevent them getting use to me being around too much. They have each other for company so are fine being left and good overnight. Only thing I am wondering is if it is my pregnancy as I'm due any day now but I was already 5 months gone when we got them so surely they wouldn't know any different. Have been neutered at 5 months and finished all checks with vets and both healthy and happy.
Is there anything I've missed you think could have started his whining ?

[tonyb286]

Did you go to the vet?

Tony

[jetsssnut]

Well went home at lunch, seems a lot better
No crying, played like she normally does.....still weird on couch
with her toys, with not letting other dog near them...but dug a big
hole in yard while I was home too and buried her ball in it.... she ran..peed, drank....hopefully all just anxiety...... I will keep a watchful eye on her.......
but seemed sooooo much better...almost back to normal......
even barked at the vacuum.....which is all normal for her...

[jetsssnut]

I go home for lunch pretty soon.....as I do every day...my girls are only alone in the morning, as I go home at 1, my husband at 2 for lunch and my daughter gets in from school at 230....

Hopefully will be good news.....

I checked every body part on her, ears, feet, teeth, lol.....
Thank you so much for listening, and I hope it is nothing.....

[tonyb286]

Hi again. I think we can solve this problem, BUT it is extremely important to have her checked out physically first, just to be certain it isn't a physical ailment. I understand from your prior post you are at the  with her today. Let me know what the vet's assessment of her physical condition is - please make sure he does a full blood panel test.

Tony

[jetsssnut]

she is my second skin....... never leaves my side. wherever mommy goes, Sadie goes..... but she just seems still a little off.... shes eating, playing, a little crying..... but still has the toys and lay on them on the couch....she always sleeps with me... I hid the suitcase...she played a lot last nite outside with her ball....but still is OFF..... just IDK...seems sad...weird for me to say that....but seems sad.... even laid in bathroom today while I showered..... hopefully she snaps out of it..... I just worry nothing physically wrong, but with all the jumping and playing and running, my guess I have an emotional dog....my other dog missing her...senses something is off and is distant with her these last few days... Just don't know how to snap her out of it....