Our dog has taking to stopping and sitting or lying down for about 30 secs when we take him out for a walk. He only does it once a walk and not every time but it seems odd behaviour. He isn't out of breath when he does it but no prompting will get him moving until he's ready. Does anybody else have a dog that does this? I don't know whether I should be concerned or put it down to one of his idiosyncracies. Apart from this he is perfectly fine.

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Have him checked at the vet it could be anything or nothing.He might be having a protest.Do you take him to the same place every time?He might be bored and letting you know.

No he shouldn't get bored. He has five different walkers and no one walk is repeated again next time he goes out.

At the moment I am at work and he is probably sauntering up the garden to pick the best warm place to lie down in the sun before he goes out for a walk. Either that or waiting for his breakfast supplemented by whatever he can scrounge from everyone else.

Thanks for the concern.

I think it's normal.
Our Dog does the same, In our case, the dog runs a lot and just needs a breather.

HERE (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/viking99/ingrass5.jpg) see.

I think it's probably normal as well - thanks for the reply.

probably just feels like having a rest.

try ignoring him and just walking on.

I don't want to scare you or anything, but last time Brude did this, he had a hot-spot in the middle of his back (just where his ribs end). It turned out to be a back injury from falling off the armchair/windowledge. The other telling symptom was him mincing about with an arched back, just before he started limping/walking stiffly.

The vet gave us anti-inflamatory tablets and he was confined to his cage for a week to ensure he rested. I also packed the hot-spot in ice-pack - which seemed to work.

The inflamation was crushing his spinal cord and causing the 'limp'

Of course, in your case, it coud be just nothing

My dog does it too - usually on the way back from the walk so i put it down to a bit of a breather!

He flops, sometimes rolls in the newly cut grass :loopy: and then jumps up again when he's ready. I just keep walking slowly and he's up and in front of me in no time.

When he was younger, he used to have 'sit down' protests if he didn't want to come home! So he has longer walks now and is usually ready for home and a drink - just like me really!

dont mean to scare you but how old is the dog? ours used to do that and she had developed a heart condition.ok with treatment though....

How old is your dog? It could be he just needs a bit of a rest or he could just be admiring the scenery!

If he seems otherwise fine and in no pain or off his food or any other symptoms I wouldn't worry.

Like Strix said though it may be a good idea to pop to the vet if he starts behaving more out of character, a recent trip to the vet after a cut paw due to standing on glass brought to light a cancerous growth in our dogs foot that hopefully we have caught early enough to give her a bit more time!

my golden retreiver used to do this when she hit the 11 year age. It was just old age and kidney problems making her knackered.

It used to be quite odd because she would pull all the way there and run around just like a puppy then slowly slow down untill she would sit and refuse to move and there is no way I was carrying 4 stone of dog all the way home so I just used to have to wait.

Eventually the walks became shorter untill two years later she refused to walk and we had her put down as her kidneys had totally failed.

She must of been pretty ill to sit down on a walk as she'd had quite a few mishaps over the years she snapped ligamets in her back leg ( that cost £600 to correct!) and she would still quite happily hop along if it meant a walk even though it must of been pretty painful!


I hope your dog is ok, it is most likely old age if not get them checked out at the vets.

Also don't want to scare you but I had two labradors who would do this, it turned out they were diabetic, does the dog seem to need to drink a lot of water? I think a trip to the vets would put you mind at rest. If the dog is running around alot or over weight its probably simply tiedness xx

Our dog does this too. All of ours dogs have been the same but it`s usually when they`ve done a fair bit of running around and also it`s far warmer outside now and they can get a little overheated. Just to be on the safe side i would visit your vets but i doubt it will be anything bad but put your mind at rest.

I've taken Colin to the vets to see if there was anything the matter with him and it turns out that he has got a pronounced heart murmur which will need treatment. Firstly he has to see a cardiologist for a series of tests in order that he can receive the right treatment for his heart. Looks likely that with treatment he can have a good quality of life. Without treatment he will just deteriorate.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply. At the moment I'm dogsitting an Akita in Pitsmoor for a week - quite a change from taking a clapped out Border Terrier for a walk.

I`m so sorry to hear about poor Colin, here`s hoping that he can have a normal happy life, i`m sure that with you to care for him and give him all the love he needs things will be fine.

Totally brilliant name for a dog. There is a chap who occasionally walks his Basset and a wiry thing with long legs in Graves Park. They go by the names of Colin and Rodney. Doesn't get much better than that. Makes me sound really middle-class and up myself as my dog's called Theo. But then I suppose I am. Och well.

Can't claim any credit for the name. He was given that name by the RSPCA when they rescued him from an abandoned squat in Pitsmoor. We could have renamed him but with six females in the house it was pretty unlikely that there would be any agreement on another name.

Oddly enough, it seems to suit him quite well. Most incongrous name for a dog I've come across was a dog in Millhouses Park. It looked like a cross between a Great Dane and a Rottweiller and probably existed on a diet of Yorkshire Terriers and was called Daisy.

At the moment I'm dogsitting an Akita called Shandy which seems as good a name as any.

our dog does this.
but i dont think its cos she is tired. we will be walking and as soon as she sees a spot of grass she starts sniffing at it, wags her tail and then dives on it. she then just rolls about in it sniffing at it and wagging her tail...