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niki_the_tiger
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posted April 28, 2004 08:13 PM
We recently adopted a german shepherd/samoyed mix breed from the local shelter. Her name is Shasta and she's a year old. She's pretty well trained. She needs a little reinforcement training and as she was trained in french, she needs to learn the proper commands in english. She has a little difficulty with "come" for some reason though she's slowly getting better at that...
My only complaint about her is this: every night she goes crazy... racing all around, barking, jumping on the bed, the couch, round and round, trying to get us involved... I don't know if it was a game with her old masters or what... but we have neighbors... and this usually happens around 11pm-midnight.
The only way we can get her to calm down is actually to pin her down and hold her down until she realizes you mean business.
She's really not much of a barker (which is great!) except when she gets excited like this...
Does anyone know why she gets so excited?
At first I thought it was because we didn't exercise her enough... so the next day we took her on a long long walk and gave her lots of exercise (and exhausted ourselves!!)... but she was at it again!! No matter whether she's out exercising a lot or stuck in the house... she does this every night!
What can I do to make it STOP?
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posted April 29, 2004 06:32 AM
It's a trained behaviour being reinforced by you giving her attention. When she does calmly put her in a "SIN BIN" and ignore her. When she is calm and quiet she can come out.
May take a week or two for her to "GET IT" but she will.
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niki_the_tiger
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posted April 29, 2004 07:56 PM
Yesterday when she was doing it, I tied her up and it calmed her down... I'll keep doing that and hopefully that will work. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Any other advice would be appreciated!
I'm starting to wonder if maybe every night her prior owners played with her or something?
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posted April 30, 2004 04:28 AM
Hi! I dont know if I could actually relate this to my situation but my 4month old pug gets these crazy moments when he just suddenly runs around the apartment and jumps up the sofa then down the floor as if someones chasing him! He does that though during late afternoon and since he's still very young, he also starts ti nip alot during this phase. I once thought he might be deaf since he just wouldnt listen to my commands but figured I guess this is how sme dogs are and as along as it doesnt mind me much then I let him be. My other pup, a male shih tzu, acts crazy like this right after a bath. He just starts running around the whole place, like a mad man! Its just so unfortunate that yours does that during the night when youre all too tired too. I saw my vet selling a relaxant, the brand is Oxyfresh. You can check out the web if they've got a website. My vet says alot of pet owners use that to relax their dogs before a vet visit...I guess you can use that for your prob. A friend told me to put a bit of lavender oil in the tip of their ears to relax them a bit too. I've not tried that but she says it works ![[Wink]](wink.gif) Hope that has helped even a bit.
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posted April 30, 2004 05:29 AM
I wouldn't really suggest medicating a dog for it's playful behavior, especially a dog only one year old, she is still a puppy. Just keep consistency in how you deal with the situation. Is she playing enough during the day or when you get home from work? Perhaps if you tried to change her schedule so she can play like crazy at 6:00 or 7:00 instead of 11:00.... I really do not think medication is the answer to puppy energy. Do we want our dogs to be as medicated as today's children are? Ritalin for puppies now? I really hope not
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posted April 30, 2004 08:09 AM
My puppy also has those crazed out periodes. He's closed up in the kitchen all day, so when we get home it's normal to "wig-out". So we let him out in the yard and let him go crazy. At night when we're in bed reading or in the family room and he starts up, I tie him out back for 1/2 hour to an hour. He usually comes in and is quiet.
[ April 30, 2004, 08:09 AM: Message edited by: Civeng ]
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niki_the_tiger
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posted April 30, 2004 08:00 PM
I tie her up now when she gets too hyper at night.
For example tonight, we brought her for an hour walk... thought that would settle her down... It did, for about 1/2hr but as soon as my hubby left for work and 11pm came around, she started getting hyper again. she's tied up now though so she's quiet.
No, I wouldn't medicate her cuz of it... she's just a puppy still and excited... we're trying to get her trained to NOT do it.
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posted May 01, 2004 06:06 PM
Dogs have an uncanny sense, my Ellie will get off the chair and stand by the front door, tail wagging at exactly 4.05pm every day, the reason: my kids come off the bus from school at 4.10pm.
I would guess to say that maybe the previous owner may have worked shift, and returned at around that time. Probably over time your dog will realize that nothing different is going to happen at that time of night and stop the behaviour herself. My advise would be a distraction, get a kong, fill with peanut butter, freeze, then give it to her 10 or so minutes before the behaviour starts, put her in your laundry or such place and ignore her. Talk to your neighbour, tell them your problem and how you are fixing it, I'm sure they will understand for a few nights.
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posted May 02, 2004 04:54 PM
My dog does this after her walk at night (after she eats) and wants to play. You need to play enough with your dog in early evening for it to get rid of the access energy she has. If you will do this on a daily basis, she will probably will not get that burst of energy at 11:00 P.M.
I hope you don't live in an apartment,condo, or townhouse!
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niki_the_tiger
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posted May 03, 2004 01:24 PM
Yes, we do live in an apartment!! ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
But my neighbors have been very understanding. They say she doesn't bother them, and that their cat gets hyper at that time of night too.
I don't have a laundry room to put her into ignore her... we live in a one bedroom apartment that has 3 rooms and a bathroom. She has a back patio she has free run of, but she gets bored of that quick.
Also, like I said in my other posts, no matter how much we tire her out she still gets that hyper.
The tying her up thing has been working great.
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posted June 03, 2004 09:46 PM
LOL...ah the joys of puppy-hood. Our trainer told us that's called the "puppy zoomies" and they do it at night to burn off extra energy. Our boxer would go WILD! To the point of almost knocking over the couch! She suggested playing with him & helping him burn off the energy, you know give him something constructive to do instead of just going crazy.
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