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Puppy crazy in the evening

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Whywhywhy1 · 19/08/2019 22:43

Puppy is 10 weeks old and we’ve had him for 2 weeks. At the moment, he is absolutely crazy in the evening. From about 7pm, after his last meal, he just spends about 3 hours going nuts around that house. We’ve tried
Playing with him to give him stimulation but then he just never calms down
Sitting quietly ourselves, watching tv, hoping he’ll chill a bit - he barks, growls, carries in flying round the house, sniffing so I get up about 50 times to take him out to the toilet
Not sure if there’s anything else I can do or if this is just normal puppy behaviour?
I expected a certain level or amount of evening time with him being energetic and playful and we do play with his loads but I didn’t expect 3-4 hours of it non stop. Was I naive in thinking this?

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moobar · 19/08/2019 22:44

Normal, known here as the puppy zooms. I suppose a little like witching hour with a baby. It will pass.

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Whywhywhy1 · 19/08/2019 22:44

Meant to add, lots of the times I take him out he doesn’t go to the toilet but I go regularly to stop the accidents indoors

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Whywhywhy1 · 19/08/2019 22:45

Moobar thank you, that does give me reassurance. I just don’t know how he sustains that level of crazy for 3+ hours

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LottaHogs · 19/08/2019 22:45

Exactly what moobar says, it’s zoomie time!

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Whywhywhy1 · 19/08/2019 22:46

🙈love the names it’s given. How long does this last? Can you tell this is my first dog?

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moobar · 19/08/2019 22:47

Yup it can be impressive. Like they are possessed. Mine used to bite my ankle as well. Ouch.

moobar · 19/08/2019 22:49

Gosh, I can't remember. Not that long, then they turn into wonderful perfect saints and you get all smug. Then they become teenagers and it's back to this again!!

Signifyingnothing · 19/08/2019 22:49

If you were naive, I was too. Getting a puppy was a complete shock to the system. It was chaos with razor teeth and it nearly broke me. I considered returning him at 8 months because I felt like everything I was doing was wrong and he was just uncontrollable.

A month later and something had shifted. We both relaxed more. And now two years down the line it's like we can read each other's thoughts. I adore him. He's not perfect, but he's perfectly mine and I'm so glad I kept at it.

I don't have practical advice, except we got a really highly recommended trainer to come to us and it was reassurance that his behaviour, although trying, was normal and that we were doing the right thing. Could you try something like that?

Sometimes a bit of impartial validation goes a long way. Good luck.

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Whywhywhy1 · 19/08/2019 22:49

Oh yes, he bites anything and everything- feet, ankles, hands, clothes whatever

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Whywhywhy1 · 19/08/2019 22:51

Signify- thank you. I am going to start puppy training classes and see how we go with that and then maybe get a 1-2-1 trainer but yes as a novice it feels like I must be doing something wrong, he isn’t happy here and this is never going to get better and end.

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Whywhywhy1 · 19/08/2019 22:52

Moobar, I look forward to feeling the smugness

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IamMummyhearmeROAR · 19/08/2019 23:06

My pup has been with us 2 days- the house is in chaos, can’t get a thing done. It’s just like being a new mum again

GrowThroughWhatYouGoThrough · 19/08/2019 23:09

A stuffed frozen kong was the only thing which kept me sane 😂

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Whywhywhy1 · 19/08/2019 23:20

Iammummy - I’ve been feeling the same
Grow- I will try this

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Whywhywhy1 · 19/08/2019 23:26

Also on the puppy front, what rough times would you feed your 10 week old puppy? At the moment I’m doing 8, 1 or 1.30 and 7. Does this sound about right?

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Cherrysoup · 20/08/2019 00:32

We fed first thing, so 6am, then midday then snacks during training mid afternoon then 6pm last feed, snacks late evening.

The trick to stopping mad puppy zoomies in the evening is to tire them out during the day. I took mine everywhere, stables, give them to everyone to cuddle, Pets at Home, again, cuddles with everyone, drive somewhere, let them look but don't put them on the ground until they've finished their injections, obviously. Invite people over but don't overwhelm the pup with handling, just let them meet and greet. Anything new totally wiped ours and still does. We're renovating the kitchen, they just can't cope!

purpleboy · 20/08/2019 00:46

We were told by our behaviourist the evening zoomies were due to the puppy being overtired, quite like a baby, young child. It seemed to make sense are we were all so in love with our little guy, we were constantly playing with him and he was getting no rest.
So we started doing a early morning walk then leaving him to sleep and rest for a good few hours, same in the afternoon, we never had the zoomies again.

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