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If it was something as large as a cat, raccoon, opossum, rat, cavity-nesting bird you'd probably be hearing it too. Depending on the structure, you might hear a very active mouse or bats. Take a walk around the outside of the house and check the eaves, stem wall, siding, etc. You might find clues.
Ok, well, if that's the case, then I won't worry that it might be a stray cat stuck in there somehow. I'm not particularly interested in checking the eaves at this time. There is a gigantic black widow that has built a really strong web under one of them - and appears to have gone ahead and created a spider baby cocoon or whatever it's called. I've tried to kill that disgusting thing multiple times, but nothing seems to phase it.
I have to kill it and that baby nest soon, though, because I am not having a house filled with baby black widows.
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GHOSTS! Your place is Haunted!
lol no. That was the half joke I made to my dog - but I don't actually believe in ghosts.
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Mosquito? Could be anything. Dogs are weird. I wouldn't let it freak you out unless it persists
Nah, no mosquitoes. Flies, bugs, mosquitoes, light reflections - these are all things that happen on a regular or somewhat regular basis. I've seen my dog with flies, mosquitoes (considering we used to live in the Everglades), various bugs, and all kinds of different lights. The only light my dog has ever reacted to is lightning, and that was when she stood at the window, on her spindly hind legs, paws on the sill, acting like Cujo because she wanted to kill that lightning.
I said that what she did is unusual. Nothing about bugs or lights are unusual. I've had my dog since 2010. When I say that this is not normal, it means it has nothing to do with a fricken bug, or lights, or anything that a dog might normally encounter.
I really think it's something in the walls - which, even if that is also something normal, it's not normal to me, it's not normal to my dog, and it's a little freaky - even if whatever it is, is harmless - like a little mouse or something. It's just creepy.
Sometimes my dog ignores bugs, other times he follows it around obsessively. I'm going with bug, light reflection, or something small in your walls.
Sometimes really weird things will trigger Dante (Steve does not factor in, he is: Do I kill it? No? Then I will ignore it.)
He has been triggered by shadows, a plant in the wind, bugs, and the most odd? A woven hat from Thailand that has been on the wall for 3 years, all of a sudden he freaked out at it.
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Sometimes my dog ignores bugs, other times he follows it around obsessively. I'm going with bug, light reflection, or something small in your walls.
Sometimes really weird things will trigger Dante (Steve does not factor in, he is: Do I kill it? No? Then I will ignore it.)
He has been triggered by shadows, a plant in the wind, bugs, and the most odd? A woven hat from Thailand that has been on the wall for 3 years, all of a sudden he freaked out at it.
The only problem with this bug/light insistence is that she's been doing it all day today - and there's no damn bug around. It's not light reflections. I'm amazed that people think I don't know my own dog and her behaviors after having her around for 9 years.
The way that she's acting fits with there being something in the walls.
You might have something inside the walls. Mouse maybe.
This is what I was gonna suggest. It does remind me of when my dog is looking for or following a fly. But if it’s not something visible to you, it must be something inside the walls.
We have birds fooling around in our rain gutters all the time and it is hard to figure out where the sound comes from. If you are used to it, you'll tune it out, but the dog won't and it will be confused. My guess it is something like that - a critter of some sort probably outside or under your house making a subtle noise the dog can't quite pin point. Might be a rat in the wall also. Give it a few days. You might look around outside your house for signs of a critter getting in or under your house.
She is definitely hearing something. I would be willing to bet that you have squirrels in your walls or in the ceiling.
Another possibility is bees or a wasp nest up under your eaves. Take a look outside at the wall she is watching to see if there are any holes or insects flying in and out, especially up near where to soffit meets the outside wall.
Another vote for hearing something. I'd call an exterminator to check for any entry signs outside. Squirrels, raccoons, and the like can make an awful mess by the time you realize they're there. I'd be kind of creeped out about a giant bee or wasp nest. Something similar happened at my daughters house and the exterminator found a hole chewed under the eaves that a squirrel was using. Good luck!
I'm thinking some critter in the wall. Bees, some four legged animal.
How about your neighbors who share the wall. Are they or their pets hearing anything or acting differently now?
That picture window she checks...look inside and outside under the sill (as in get down and look back up at the underside of the window sill) and around it and see if there are any openings or any debris from something digging or any stains dripping down from a tiny critter. Same around the top of the windowsill.
Your dog looks a LOT like my dog Emilee, who I had to have put to sleep. When I saw your videos, I thought "Aww! it looks like Emilee!"
I see your dog has terrier in her. IMO, ALL terriers are a little bit squirrely. LOL My dog used to stare intently at her dog bed. There was nothing in it. Maybe a tick? Maybe a flea? I'd fluff the bed up, and I'd wash it...but she still had the same behavior.
I'M wondering if maybe your dog is hearing a low frequency hum, or maybe there's a slight vibration. Maybe your neighbors have put an appliance up against that wall that runs all the time...like a refrigerator or maybe a fan or something?
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