How to calm down a hyperactive teenage dog

“So Me and my girlfriend got a cat 2 weeks ago and its been going well, she wasnt scared at all when we got her and has been treating us like she has known us for her whole life.”source ↗

“Shes pretty crazy.”source ↗

“she also needs a lot of attention, but we have work so we cant obviously give to her 24/7.”source ↗

“In December, my cat started chasing her tail. Not aggressively at first, just sort of walking in circles (like a dog) chasing it - that quickly escalated to full attacking with damage.”source ↗

“No effect at all from anything except the bupomorphine, and that really was because she was just zonked - not because it helped.”source ↗

“We are at the point now where we are scheduling tail removal, but have been warned that this really isn’t a great solution because if it is neurological, the cat will just move on to biting the stump or back legs — but we want to at least try.”source ↗

“I dont know how to get him to calm down. I just want him to be happy and calm”source ↗

“If I stop he rips up cardboard or paper which I believe he does to get my attention.”source ↗

“Even after an hour of play he wants more.”source ↗

“I have a German shepherd, 13 months old. I've had her for about 10 months and things that weren't a problem have become a problem.”source ↗

“She's stalled in her training and I don't know what to do anymore.”source ↗

“I'm at the end of my rope and honestly I'm starting to hate her.”source ↗

“i can’t take him out for a long time cause he has FREQUENT outbursts and it makes walks unenjoyable for the both of us.”source ↗

“he’s been an absolute menace, i’m just wondering if it’s just an adolescent thing or is this a bigger issue?”source ↗

“My Terrier Mix (F | Spayed | 10mo) wasn't the terror I thought she would be when she finally hit that "teenager phase" but now at 10 months old, she is a hellion.”source ↗

“Potty training had been going SO GOOD the last few weeks and then this weekend it was like all hell broke loose.”source ↗

“She figured out how to get on my computer table, broke into a crafting cabinet, and can reach so much more now.”source ↗

“Anyways, I am frustrated so I figured we could share all the things our puppies have destroyed during their worst phases.”source ↗

“When we got her (10 weeks), we tried taking her for a walk in the morning and a walk in the evening. We noticed that whenever we walked her in the morning, she turned into a total jerk - nipping, barking, just generally being bad.”source ↗

“She is a 100% a-hole today. She's about the worst she has been.”source ↗

“My 8 month old puppy is driving me crazy. He's always doing something he's not supposed to. He's trying to chew the skirting boards off, he's ripping open his toys and swallowing the fabric, he's chewing my furniture, he can't have any bedding because he eats it.”source ↗

“I'm following him around constantly going no no no, I can't leave him unattended outside of his crate because he'll shred my couch.”source ↗

“I can't keep constantly occupying him or else correcting him it's making me insane”source ↗

“He is desperately in the throes of adolescence and I am slowly losing my mind and becoming more and more impatient.”source ↗

“The demand barking is INSANE and nothing we do is helping with that.”source ↗

“Sometimes it’s so overwhelming that I’ve convinced myself this is how he’s going to be forever.”source ↗

“Recently, she’s started eating poop. She beelines straight for it and somehow finds some that I didn’t even realize was there.”source ↗

“Not long after that, she started having accidents and stopped letting us know she needed to go out.”source ↗

“She also barks every single morning. At 8ish, she starts barking her head off.”source ↗

“She’s also resource guarding! She eats literally anything and everything off the floor and one time consumed almost an entire rubber duck (yeah, that was fun!) so we are quick to grab anything she has before she can swallow it. She bit my husband today.”source ↗

“I just have no idea what to do with her. Help, please.”source ↗

“I’m really drowning lately.”source ↗

“I love her so much, but she is a nightmare.”source ↗

“I’m just so tired. I’m worried this will never end and this is my life.”source ↗

“She’s adorable, she’s cute, she’s loving, but just an absolute menace who does not seem to be picking things up”source ↗

“He is super super jumpy when he encountered other people and dogs. I always hold him back but worry if we don’t let him socialize, he’ll never learn to calm down.”source ↗

“He’s always jumping paws first so I worry especially with little kids”source ↗

“Hi all! My puppy is 7.5 months old, and this week has entered a new era of puppy teenagehood.”source ↗

“She LOVES other dogs, and this weekend, just started barking at other dogs she sees on walks that she doesn’t get to say hi to or greet.”source ↗

“If they walk off or I continue walking with her, she starts whining.”source ↗

“This past week, she also started to get more vocal and bark more in my apartment when she’s excited.”source ↗

“Any and all training advice on these areas would be greatly appreciated!!! - Leash pulling - Barking at other dogs on walks - Barking in general in the apartment”source ↗

“Now everything seems to have changed. She’s incredibly bitey, worse than before, we know she’s teething badly and we are giving her frozen toys and chew toys to help.”source ↗

“Her barking has gotten worse, she used to bark for a minute or two and then settle for a nap, now she can bark for 30 mins plus and doesn’t seem to want to settle at all.”source ↗

“She’s more chaotic on walks, trying to eat everything (paper, wrappers, general rubbish) and pulling in all directions.”source ↗

“She’s had 3 accidents in the house in the last two weeks - despite previously starting to be bell trained and letting us know when she needed out.”source ↗

“I am genuinely about to lose my mind - please tell me I'm not alone!”source ↗

“I think my guy has hit the teenage stage HARD. He's so much more vocal, has insane drive, has decided he cannot tolerate a singular sound in the garden or else he must bark at the source of it, HATES windows being opened HATES spray bottle sounds etc.”source ↗

“I feel like I'm failing him and I'm trying so hard. Every free minute of my day is spent researching on how to best help him.”source ↗

“He is 13 months now and we recently had a house move where he went a bit crazy (running out the front door, bringing things into the garden to get us to chase him ect). He also completely lost his recall for a few months, but I'm working on it all with his trainer.”source ↗

“I feel like part of me keeps thinking that he will just suddenly turn into the perfect dog once he matures, but is anything close to that even reasonable?”source ↗

“However, I’m having difficulty with his regulation and settling behaviours, and I’ve been questioning if I’m doing something wrong. When he enters a high-energy zoomie state, he struggles to calm down.”source ↗

“Right now, I mostly use treats to get him into the crate, and sometimes a Kong/chew to help him settle.”source ↗

“It feels overwhelming, especially since he’s only 12 weeks old, and I don't expect a perfect puppy.”source ↗

“the issue i’ve been having is that when it comes to other dogs he starts going crazy, jumping, humping (which i know is a dominance thing he’s always done that), barking when the dog leaves and just being all in the other dogs face/space and trying to crawl across the dogs.”source ↗

“any tips for a girl who just wants to be able to go on walks and not feel exhausted mentally by the end of it?”source ↗

“Koda is my exactly one year old Labrador Retriever, working line. He literally is the sunshine of my life but lately adolescence has been coming strong at us.”source ↗

“He becomes very frustrated if he can't say hi to a dog when he is on leash.”source ↗

“Just still, I feel so bad. I am thinking I must have caused his behaviour "problems". There must be something I did wrong when he was younger that caused his social stress.”source ↗

“We both work from home and are struggling to get anything done during the day, apart from the 4 hours she sleeps.”source ↗

“She’s clearly bored and restless because she spends her time awake being naughty ie. Stealing stuff from the sides, biting me,,refusing to settle, chewing skirting boards.”source ↗

“She refuses to go in the crate unless she’s tired and barks endlessly.”source ↗

“We’re dealing with crate regression, personally. It’s very frustrating - but they’re going through a lot of mental & hormonal changes around this time.”source ↗

“The last couple of days, he's been WAY more reactive to seeing other dogs, trying to chase rabbits, and pulling.”source ↗

“Full lunging and ending up on his back legs against the leash.”source ↗

“How do you tell a fear period vs. having done something wrong in training (like maybe too much too fast?) vs. just being overtired vs. being in a regression period?”source ↗

“My dog was and continued to be reactive around other people and dogs, especially on walks.”source ↗

“13 months is still pretty much peak teen for a golden and you likely won’t have full adulthood until 3 years with noticeable maturing around 2 years.”source ↗

“It's pretty gradual but I'd say I can see a big difference in my dog between 12 months and 18 months. He settles much quicker and some of the old triggers have gone away.”source ↗

“my boxer lost it at a kid on a scooter when he was about 7 months, full lunging barking mess, and he'd been around kids since he was tiny too.”source ↗

“it’s strange because he’ll see people on day on a bike and not react then the next day he’ll see the same scenario and completely lose it. it’s pretty unpredictable”source ↗

“My mini schnauzer mix made his reactivity pretty clear at the same age. Even though he grew up around other dogs and other people, his reaction to new dogs and people never stopped.”source ↗

“his reactions primarily starts with a low growl, a bark, and a full lunge. i’m usually on top of watching out for his triggers but other times i don’t see a trigger and it’s 0-100 REAL QUICK.”source ↗

“I had my Labrador in a routine but slowly my partner has changed it and now we have a demanding 11 month 32kg puppy who now demands everything my partner changed and my partner doesn’t like how demanding our puppy is .”source ↗

“However recently if we are also in the room (and sometimes when we are not), he’s moaning to get out much sooner than he used too (I think it’s FOMO) and sometimes I have to take his decision making away and enforce a crate nap with the doors closed, and a dark cover over the top.”source ↗

“Walking him is a nightmare, he pulls the leash (no matter if he’s choking, and is extremely reactive (not aggressive) to cars, dogs, anything that moves really.”source ↗

“...now he won’t stop barking at everything and my neighbors complain, which means potty breaks of 15 mins (apart from the walks).”source ↗

“...if I can’t fix this I’m gonna have to give him away due to my neighbors calling the police on him.”source ↗

“The main problem is excitement barking. He gets VERY excited when certain people come over, when he sees dogs he knows, or when something exciting is happening.”source ↗

“Now I’m questioning whether I’ve trained him well enough, whether I’ve allowed him to become a “barky dog”, or whether I’ve missed some crucial developmental window.”source ↗

“If we have a walk that's mostly off lead, especially if it involves interaction with other dogs, she comes home and is able to settle in the house. If she's only off lead in the park and on-lead for the rest of the walk, she is mouthy and hard to calm down in the house.”source ↗

“The problem is I have to call her *constantly* to the point where I can see her becoming sick of me because she just wants to run and run and run and will go out of sight”source ↗

“It genuinely seems like the only thing that can make her happy is just to be allowed to run riot constantly”source ↗

“He's a good dog in general but we would like him to calm down a bit more.”source ↗

“Still going into zooming in the park, jumping on strangers(and us) in greeting, and waking up startled and barking from a sound outside. Also barking at dogs as they walk by.”source ↗

“He just seems to get so excited he doesn't slow down even with that.”source ↗

“I guess I am just anxious for him to grow up and mature.”source ↗

“i want a fix or management esp im a full time worker.”source ↗

“The main problem is when i let him out. Like i said above, those behaviours, once hes out of the crate, he will explode.”source ↗

“But he cant settle if im near lmao. He dont have separation anxiety but a really bad case of FOMO”source ↗

“a friend’s samoyed pup was the same at 9 months, still working through it after months of training”source ↗