Hello--
I have a few questions. I have never had an intact female dog before. I've always had male dogs, neutered and unneutered and they've always been very happy, loyal and never moody. Well Eowyn is still intact and is starting to get very moody, especially when she doesn't get her way. She's 15 months old. She's not aggressive moody, but sulking a lot lately. She always hiding in the bathroom now. We go for walks and she's VERY happy, but straight when we come inside, she skitters on into the bathroom and sometimes stays there for HOURS on end. We have to go looking for her sometimes because she's been gone for most of the day and we find her in one of the bathrooms. She doesn't hide in any rooms, just bathrooms. We have three of them and she's always in them lately. She use to be such a happy dog, but now, she's always sulking. Our 4 month old Borzoi makes her seem worse because he's such a happy little thing and is always willing to stay out by your side. But, Eowyn on the other hand is starting to really annoy me.
She's sulking and not eating, and is only happy when I take her on walks. I can't walk her 24/7. She gets plenty of walks, and not just walks down the sidewalk on a leash. We go up high into the mountains and the wilds and let her run and run. We stay out for hours on end with them outside until they are ready to go home. We go camping and long road trips to new places. But, right when we come home, she gets sulky and moody and hides in the bathroom like she wants nothing to do with any of us, not even play with Vladimir the Borzoi pup and always growls at him. The only time she comes out is when we have food and she starts to beg for it because she's starving and won't eat her own. I've started to close the doors for she can't go in them, but she sits near them. We have a small corridor going down to the downstairs bathroom and she's always by that. Sometimes she just lays in the living room and sits there or tries and squeeze behind the TV. When we call her name, she just stares off like she's dead. Our nana once was calling her name and she didn't respond so she shook her and lifted her up and she was all limp and staring off. Our Nana had to literally YELL her name to make her respond. She just looked at our Nana and flopped back down like "Leave me alone." I don't know what is wrong with her. Is this typical of intact female dogs? I'm getting her fixed on the 24th of this month, will this cure any of these symptoms? I've read it does help. Any help? Thanks!