http://www.dogster.com/answers/question/suddenly_scared_during_walks-68087 I have an 8 year old jack russell / chihuahua mix. A month ago he suddenly started exhibiting a new behavior during his walks. Normally, his walks are about 20-30 minutes long, and gets two per day. Now during almost every walk, he'll get scared by a loud noise just a couple minutes into the walk and want to run home. Things like distant cars backfiring, a screen door slamming, someone hammering, or a motorcycle driving by etc. Not loud or close, but low pitched. A fire truck siren doesn't bother him. Our neighborhood isn't any noisier than usual, and sometimes I don't even notice whatever scares him. He doesn't tremble (like he does for fireworks) when he gets home, and will go out again later - he's never reluctant to go out. I can't think of anything that would have caused this behavior change. What can I do to make him confident on his walks again? This is also a problem because if he doesn't walk enough he won't use the bathroom, and he won't do it in the yard at home. en-us Copyright Dogster 2013 Sun, 19 May 2013 15:46:56 GMT Sun, May 19th 2013, 08:46 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dogster.com dogsters@dogster.com dogsters@dogster.com http://www.dogster.com/answers/question/suddenly_scared_during_walks-68087#answer-178595 hello..it sounds like he had a bad experiance sometime in the last month..maby a noise and a bee sting happened at the same time and he is relating noise to pain??...keep walking him and dont react to his tension when hes calm reward him...good luck

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