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r/dogs · u/cryptvirus1 de ago. de 2026, 17:09

How can I help my dog?

Hello people,

I don't know how to tag this because It's a strange scenario.

Our family dog Freddie has always been fixated on bugs, as in, if he sees one, he won't stop looking for it for ages. However it doesn't happen super often and a lot of the time it is possible to divert his attention using food or toys.

For the past hour, Freddie has been acting really weird and I don't know how to help him. He's been roaming around upstairs sniffing and scratching at every wall. My room is the worst, he'll sit and cry at me, scratch, try to dig, try to squeeze himself in small places (he's a jack russell cross) and get angry at me for attempting to free him.

It's not just one part, it's almost every corner of the room, as well as behind my bed? And obviously the whole upstairs area too, but it's been bad in my room for some reason.

If I shut him out, he'll whine even more. I shut my door in hopes he would go to another room or back downstairs to get distracted or calm down, but I just heard him cry.

He can't stay still for longer than 5 minutes before pacing again. I don't like to give him food in case he thinks he's being rewarded, but I did, and I've tried to make him forget about it by having him sit with me, but nothing is working.

I really don't want to stress him out, by either letting him do this or stopping it. Our other dog left a while ago because he snapped at her. And I don't want to keep putting my hands on him, stress him out, and I (or him or our other dog) end up getting hurt.

I am finding this funny, but there's a part of me that wants to help but I don't know how, and so I'm a little worried. Is it a him issue, is there like a family of bugs in my room, is he smelling something I really don't want to know about?

What do you do in this situation?

Comentários

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u/saberhagens11 de ago. de 2026, 17:27
So he's a dog bred for ratting and he is acting like he is hearing something in the walls. Obviously take him to the vet to rule out any illnesses but have you considered maybe he is actually hearing something in the walls? He could be hearing rodents or insects. I'd have someone come and check that out too. Because honestly that's my first thought
- u/cryptvirus11 de ago. de 2026, 17:35
  I've been thinking it was insects this whole time, but I thought I would've seen them myself by now, especially with the way he was trying to get behind my bed. However with the way he keeps going to all corners of my room to the walls, you're probably right.
- u/TheRestIsMemory11 de ago. de 2026, 17:58
  This was my immediate thought as well: this sounds like terrier vermin-hunting behavior. Check your crawlspaces/attic for mouse droppings, if you can. (Be careful in your attic in case you have bats.) Get pest control out if you want a professional to do it.
  - u/cryptvirus11 de ago. de 2026, 18:17
u/Embarrassed_Key_453911 de ago. de 2026, 17:34
Has he always been like this? Did you ever play with laser pointers with him?
- u/cryptvirus11 de ago. de 2026, 17:37
  Nope, no laser pointers, nothing like that. When he spots a bug, like flies, spiders, etc. even what he *thinks* is one (cobweb, mark on a wall, something like that) he tends to sniff, whine, and run around for a while trying to get it. Eventually he gets bored. This time around he's really not giving up.
u/TangyApple68011 de ago. de 2026, 19:17
I would play with him more and do more enrichment games with proper level of exercise to give him an outlet. I would stop letting him pace around for 2hrs. That's a really bad mental state for a dog to be in. I would provide more structure. Ex: go for a good decompressing walk with a long line, do some obedience work, and when you get home. You should be able to call him off of this if you have proper obedience. Something like, hey stop. Go lay down.
- u/cryptvirus11 de ago. de 2026, 19:24
  When he was doing this I was trying to be firm with telling him to stop and sit or to leave the room. A lot of this was spent trying to just have him sit and calm down, which he would but not for very long. That might've been on me though He's since played with our other dog and seems to be fine now, but I'll definitely take what you said on board. I try to play with him a lot and he runs about in our garden often, but sometimes when I initiate playing he gets bored really fast
  - u/TangyApple68011 de ago. de 2026, 20:53
u/Particular-Pair-423111 de ago. de 2026, 20:51
sounds like you might have a mouse or something in the walls. jack russells are bred to hunt small critters and that obsessive sniffing scratching and crying at walls is classic when they hear or smell something we can't. my old terrier did this for three days straight before i finally found a nest of baby mice behind the baseboard