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I posted this once, but then put it back into 'pending review' because, well, this has just been a hard time. But now I kind of have some confirmation of what's going on, and a bit of a happy ending, so I edited the post and here it is once again.

This morning I took Kody outside three times. The first two times, I opened the door, he went to the door, and stopped like he didn't want to go out. Then, with great trepidation he went outside, peed in a flower bed right next to the door, and went back inside.

I knew he must have to poo, and he acted again like he wanted to go out, but once I opened the door, he didn't want to go out. I finally gently coaxed him out and he ran to the end of the leash and pulled me to the front yard where he found a place to poo, I picked it up, and then he dragged me back to the front door.

But then, I could hear it. There is a faint hight pitched sound coming from the fire station. I put Kody inside and went out to investigate. I could hear it from our front door but it was definitely coming from the fire station. I walked around to be sure and it was much louder by the station.

I went back inside and thought, could this be what's bothering Kody so much?

I got up the nerve to go to the fire station and ask them. They said it came on once a week for the generator, but one of them said it would be fixed. I told them my dog seemed to have an issue with the fire station but that it started in the middle of the week so maybe that's not it.

Well, I was still not sure so I found a way to take Kody through our back yard to go on a walk. Sadly I had to let him walk at the end of the leash most of the way because I wanted him to be free to go where he wanted. It felt like a big setback, but now at least I had a way for us to go on walks.

The hardest thing about this is that Kody has brought out all of my parental instincts. To have this thing that I don't control that is making it uncomfortable or maybe even painful for Kody to leave the house is bringing up painful emotions that I've never experienced. Imagine your kids who are normally happy all of a sudden one day don't want to go outside and are begging to go in when you take them outside. Even worse, dogs have to go outside to go potty.

Well, the somewhat happy ending is that we just went out and the ringing had stopped. Kody was so happy and went outside to pee and then spent a bunch of time looking for a pine cone to bring back in. (It's a game we play, he gets to trade the pine cone for a small treat.) He didn't find one, so a little while later he asked to go out again. He walked all over and was sniffing and jumping around and having fun. Finally he found a pine cone and was so happy and ready to go in and trade it.

To see him that happy again outside was just the best. I never thought I would be so happy about a pine cone. That gave me hope, and I know we'll figure this thing out, somehow.

Part of the reason I pulled this story is that it's so crazy. I mean, with all the stuff I've been through with Kody, now this? I'm so glad I was able to hear the sound finally, and that the firemen knew what I was talking about. It seems like from there, we can solve the problem.