I have been pondering this for a while now and would like to get some input. Mandy does things at night while I am sleeping that she doesn't do during the daytime. She did this before puppies came and I thought it might be nesting behavior [0]. Puppies have been off her for 2 weeks now.

Last night as soon as I laid down to sleep, I heard her barking. It was a playful bark, not an alarmed bark. I went down to check on her and there she is acting all innocent. I let her out to see if she had to do potty, etc and went back to bed. This AM the laundry is in the floor where she unfolded it and put it there.

She is also chewing at the garage door. It's a wooden folding door, not an overhead garage door. I don't know if she's trying to let herself out or just needing to chew. Last week she took the padlock off the door and let herself out in the fenced in potty area. I think it was just lucky jumping on the door to get the lock off but nevertheless I was still amazed. IF she had wanted to escape, she could have easily done so while I was asleep. Instead, she took her toys outside and destroyed the seat of the chair I sit in.

I am wondering if this is puppy behavior in her. Maybe she never has been inside, never had toys or her own bedding. And/or could this be something she learned while living feral in the woods for eight months? I mean, my dogs sleep when I sleep. They don't stay up all night goofing around like she does.

I have tried to interact with her in play and she's clueless about it.

If this is feral behavior, will she become civilized over time? If I can get a leash on her and get to a deeper level of trust, I believe she would benefit tremendously from coming upstairs and seeing how it's really done as far as living inside.