“My dog, Koda, is usually fearless, but at the intersection near my apartment, she freezes every time. No cars, no people—just won’t move.”
“At first, I thought it was nothing. But when I saw three different guide dogs react the same way at the same place, I started to wonder.”
“I forced Max forward once when he refused to cross the street. He went, but his whole body was shaking. That night, he wouldn’t stop staring at my door.”
“The official response is that it’s just ‘environmental stimuli.’ But if that’s true, why are certain locations triggering refusals across multiple cities?”