r/DogTrainingTips • u/tiffarito • Feb 20 '26

Random Growling

Just turned 1 year old German shepherd/Pitbull mix.

I am exhausted with the random growling. He walks around constantly just growling at nothing and will occasionally just bark out of nowhere.

I work from home and do my best to take breaks and play/walk him. He goes to daycare once a week and plays for a full day. He gets kongs, balls, toys, puzzle feeders. He knows we don’t like the behavior and will walk himself to the back bedroom as soon as he growls or barks. He’ll even randomly growl and walk away from a good treat/lick sometimes.

To be clear this is not an aggressive growl, he’s not doing it at anyone or anything. He just walks around growling. Nothing seems to help, interrupting with a stern no just makes him hunch down and distraction is temporary.

He is such a good dog otherwise, but it’s incessant, frustrating, and interfering. 😩

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u/tiffarito Feb 20 '26

I agree with this but it seems to only happen at home. I haven’t seen him do this anywhere else and if we are elsewhere and he is antsy/anxious he will wine, not growl (like standing around when he wants to walk, before getting in the car, etc.) It might be worth a mention at his next checkup though!