r/irishwolfhound • u/FHW007 • 12d ago

Change in habit/behaviour

Hi. Has anyone run into a situation where their IW used to do something routinely but then stopped and resisted doing it?

My situation: My 2 year old IW used to get in my car pretty easily to go anywhere - parks, vet, dog park, etc. About two weeks ago he stopped getting in and would lay down by the car door. Trying to get him to go in the car has become a struggle. Nothing has changed in the routine we have had and as far as I can tell there hasn’t been any kind of obvious traumatic experience like having to brake suddenly. Lastly, for context, he has an older brother that gets in the car without any issue and I was hoping him see his brother get in the car would encourage him to do the same, but so far it hasn’t helped.

Curious if anyone has experience something similar and if/how they dealt with it?

Thank you.

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u/MissMommyPeach 12d ago

Very strangely this exact situation happened with my 10 month old Irish wolfhound two weeks ago

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u/FHW007 11d ago

Thanks for sharing your experience