New Puppy, Has anyone seen this behavior?
I just got an 8-week old golden retriever I've had her for six days and she's incredibly sweet and loving. However, she likes to sleep in my bathroom. It's a few feet from my home office and she always comes when I call her. She has recently started this, once I started leaving the door open. She has to lay on a piece of clothing (I sometimes leave dirty clothes in there after I shower, oops). When I'm off work she'll happily lay on the couch with me, have playtime and cuddle with me on the floor. She never eats my clothes or chews on them she just sleeps on them, she likes sleeping in her crate at night but I have two huge dog beds from my Lab who passed away a few months ago but she won't lay on them (I did wash them). I've just never seen this behavior before?! My lab had to be next to me, I thought since she was a golden she would be slightly similar...
Wow, it’s probably safe to assume the lab was an adult, if not senior. Just like people, dogs have their own personality and you ought to know how unrealistic it is to place expectations on any breed just bc it’s a certain breed. Hopefully this poor dog wasn’t made to become neurotic.