I have my female, intact 7yo AA rescue now for one year. She lives in a family with me and my wife and our two teen boys.

Im clearly her main person, i also did 100% of the training and 98% of all walks. She shadows me, is always an arm reach away, sleeps next to me on the ground etc.

Now she started to refuse walks with the rest of the family. They can leash her but as soon as she should leave the garage or yard to go on a walk, she sits or lays down and looks back. I was away for two days and they couldnt take her out (luckily we have a backyard) and she didnt touched her food.

When i am around they can take her out but i need to come with them (Not holding the leash). If i go back home or dont follow outside, she blocks again.

I mean its kinda cute but this behavior developed couple days ago. A bit earlier i noticed that she started to walk in heel most of the time with almost no pulling anymore at all (she walked fine already but theres a noticable even better change). She seams normal otherwise. She has her zoomies playing catch with me, she explores and sniffs during our walks, she has her head and tail high and her feces looks and feels normal too.

Edit: she also started to need a little pause when we walk back home uphill. In this case i sit down next to her for a minute or two and pet her, then ask her calmly if we shall proceed. She is also changing to her winter coat right now, i guess she warms up a bit faster already before the temperature really falls down. I dont know how my wife handled it, she told me also that she started to pause on her walks. Maybe i am more understanding and now she refuses to walk with anyone else because of this?