We've had our golden for 4 months now and he's just turned 6 months. He has on and off been a sweet little angel but nearly the second he turned 6 months he has become an unruly energy demon!! He has a dog door, we have a dog walker come in during the day, we visit him at lunch, we take him out again after work, but the more we walk him, the more energy he seems to have! He has ripped up most of the kitchen lino, tears his bed apart and humps it all day, digs up the garden and barks. He must have 50+ toys at this point but he loses interest in them quickly. We can't find any chews that he can't eat in under 5 minutes (he's a big guy, not overweight, just very large and strong). Even full sized pigs ears he can now crunch through in 5 minutes.
We are really struggling to find ways to use up his energy / keep him entertained. Any ideas?
Also if you have had a male golden retriever, when did they start to calm down? He has so much energy he does zoomies round the kitchen and jumps and bites from excitement!
We don't want to get him 'done'. We will eventually if we have to but not until he is full grown at least.
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6 month old male golden retriever with endless energy
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Miffymeow · 07/02/2019 11:10
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