Meet the husky who has developed a fear of - wooden floors.<br /><br />Three-year-old Levi never had a problem until May last year, owner Chloe Ellies, 31, says.<br /><br />But he woke up one day and refused to walk on the wooden floor in her home.<br /><br />Levi, a rescue dog from Iran, will walk on the wood for a few seconds before rushing off.<br /><br />Chloe has built carpet bridges so he can move around.<br /><br />A social media marketer, she said: "He never had any issues until we visited a friend's house that had very dark wood floors. <br /><br />"I think they were so dark it just looked like a black hole to him.<br /><br />"I had to pick him up to carry him and his heart was beating out of control."<br /><br />Chloe, from Barrie, Ontario, Canada, had to adapt, said she previously managed to coach the fear out of him.<br /><br />And he had been fine for months - until his fear came back last week.<br /><br />She thinks it returned after a visit to her partner's parents.<br /><br />Levi was playing with their dog when he slipped and hurt himself, she said.<br /><br />Chloe said: "I trained him to walk on some spots and he was fine for months until he decided out of the blue he was scared again.<br /><br />"We went to my boyfriend's parents house and he slipped. I think that was what scared him."<br /><br />Now Levi is improving quickly thanks to Chloe's efforts to retrain him<br /><br />She spends a few hours a day on the project. <br /><br />And she believes he will be back to normal in a few weeks - but doesn't know when he will develop the fear again. <br /><br />Chloe said: "He's doing really good!<br /><br />"I brought his friend Arlo over so he could learn that it's OK to walk on the floor. He's getting really confident with it.<br /><br />"He's absolutely going to overcome it. I think it will take a couple of weeks but he's a good boy - he'll get there."<br /><br />Chloe says Levi had a tough start in life - which could explain his personality.<br /><br />But she doesn't blame her beloved pet for his many quirks.<br /><br />She said: "He's also scared of stairs; we have to carry him up and down stairs.<br /><br />"And he'll hold his pee for days to avoid touching wet grass. <br /><br />"He's scared of his own shadow. But that's the thing with rescues - you never know."
