Black Lab acting odd
My sister and I live together and she has been out of town for the last month and I have been caring for Max, her black lab. Just yesterday he started following me around more than usual and being restless and occasionally making a small whining noise.
I then noticed that he had not drank any water out of his dish and by late evening had not eaten any food. Since she has been gone his eating times have been off but he is always drinking water.
When I tried to get some sleep last night he would pace, then lie down for a minute-get back up pace some more. He did this over and over again all night. I finally noticed that when he would lay down is when he would do the whine-like he was possible injured or something-but nothing has happened to him where he would sustain an injury. Nonetheless I still did a quick check of all his legs-and did not notice anything off.
He would also stare off at nothing and kind of walk sideways to me(he never has done this before)
I am not a dog person so I have no clue what could be the problem. Is he just now becoming depressed due to my sisters absence?
Please help!
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