If you are the owner of a dog, you may have asked yourself at some point if your pup can see things you can’t. It may be that there is a mouse in the ceiling and while you can not hear it, he can hear scratching or tiny squeaks. Acute collapse is a sudden loss of strength causing your dog to fall and be unable to rise. A good place to start is grabbing a chair and sitting next to your dog. I would like to know why my dog randomly keeps looking at my stairs. It s like he see something out of the corner or his eye. Like other animals, dogs get tons of information about their environment based on what they smell. Your dog might even get shy around strangers if they remind Rover of somebody who abused him. Sometimes it will scare him and he will run. Yes, because if you don't know what your dog is looking at, it HAS to be a ghost. He is going to the vet in a couple days but I want to know … It may be some degree of confusion after a sleep. I couldn't possibly be anything else. This includes children, seniors, men, women, etc. To get to unwanted critters! Hell, my dog is constantly looking around the room. 5. Dogs do that; they are animals. In other words, a lingering look may indicate that your dog is processing matching emotional signals that you're giving him, such as a smile and pat on the head. Dogs have much better hearing than humans do in order to hear their prey. He will be sitting down and looks around the room like something is here. I had this happen. We were laying on the couch, he woke up, and looked at my stairs 10 times. https://www.petmd.com/dog/behavior/dog-staring-everything-you-want-know If your dog stares intently at a wall, door, ceiling or a corner of the house, put your investigative hat on and try to see if there's something triggering such behavior. This will also help them from forming a bond with just certain people while still being fearful of others. Of course all I can find on the web is along the lines of paranormal stuff. Why won't my dog stop smelling my friends? Accidentally stepping on your dog’s tail or paws also might make your dog terrified all of a sudden. I know it is hard to fathom, but maybe, just maybe, your dog is looking around the room because it's a dog? It took me weeks to figure out why my dog was barking at the ceiling once in a while. Mixing up the kind of people your dog is around will eventually help them to realize people will be friendly to them. It’s even spookier when the dog is looking directly at a wall or area of a room while barking, and you see nothing. Then one day, I heard scratching. This is called fainting or syncope. Sitting up and staring in that direction is a way to concentrate and “listen” better to determine what it was your dog heard. Allow your dog to interact with all different types of people. He is a 9 year old westie. Help. Other than that he is perfectly normal. Some dogs that suddenly collapse will actually lose consciousness. 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