Maybe your dog just has no concept of boundaries 😆🤍

[00:00:00]Your dog is probably not guarding you in the bathroom. Dogs are highly social animals and social animals naturally pay attention to movement and proximity. So, when someone in the house suddenly gets up and disappears behind a closed door, a lot of dogs instinctively want to follow and investigate.

[00:00:16]For some dogs, it's social attachment.

[00:00:18]For some, it's curiosity. And for others, it's simply learned behavior.

[00:00:22]Because if following you has historically led to attention, food, interaction, outside access, or anything at all interesting happening, dogs learn that staying close is worth it.

[00:00:34]Some dogs also become extra interested in closed doors because access suddenly changes and they can no longer monitor what is happening. And to be fair, it's also totally possible that your dog is just a very loving roommate with absolutely no boundaries.

[00:00:52]To your dog, being near you is normal.

[00:00:54]So, you randomly disappearing behind door is actually the weird part.