Hello I have had my dog fo 4 years. Just two days ago she started acting very strange. When I woke up on Monday morning she was curled up in a corner whinning. She acted like something had scared her to death. She never comes up the stairs to the bedrooms latley she has been running up the staires crawling under the beds. This morning as i was getting dressed for work she ran into the bathroom and went into the closet. My husband says maybe we have a ghost that scared her. She is a miniture schnauzer she still eating she dosent bark at anything anymore, and as you know this breed is a barker. I need some advice please help!!!!!

Is it possible that she may have been spooked by a strange noise? Do you have any new appliances or new "sounds" happening in the house? You may want to check with the vet to make sure that there is no underlying medical issue that may cause this behavior. It definitly is something that I haven't heard of before. Good luck!

Oh poor baby, I hope she will be ok. Please let us know what happens.---Aggy

I would get her to the vet immediately for a complete physical but especially have her eyes & ears checked

do you have a doggie door?

[lil mutt]

my friend's dog did something similar... apparently the dog was afraid of the blender's sound... she doesnt like staying in the kitchen and hides underneath the sofa whenever they use the blender... weird...

I dont have a doggie door. She uses the wee-wee-pads. She dosent even go outside. I made her an appointment with the vet. Thanks

You know our smoke detector needs a new battery in the one room she is afraid to go in. The detector is beeping every couple of minutes. Maybe she is afraid of that. We will change the battery and see what happens. Thanks

that could be the cause.

I was thinking if she had developed "floaters" or was seeing shadows from the begining of cataracts that could be scaring her.

let us know how it goes after the battery change

[wishbone]

Hope she's fine now, did you brought her to the vet, any updates?

my dog also do that when he heard some loud noise a gun shots or a fireworks..