Way too much energy
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| Welcome to the forum.
How old is your dog, and is he neutered? |
| he is 3 yrs old and yes he is neutered |
| Wow.
The good news is he's three, so he may start to slow down a little bit... But I'm really stumped. I hope someone else can offer some guesses. |
Quote: My dog runs the fence line all day long and I mean non stops for hours at a time, then when he comes in the house he is still wound up, even after walks in the park. I beleive he could run all day, the only time he calms down is when its bedtime. Congratulations! You have trained an athelete! What you have here is self-rewarding behavior. He loves to run the fence and so gets himself all wound up by doing it. It is like an addiction, now. The only way to stop him form doing this is by not allowing him to do it. Keep him inside the house when not supervised. Otherwise, he wil continue to do this. What this does is get him on a high, and that is now the norm for him. He doesn't settle down because he does not know what that means or how it feels. Mentally he is always on the go. He need to have some down-time and learn how to do that. On top of that, now that he is so well-excercised he is muscular and fit. He has the energy and running pwoer of a long-distance runner. And you continue to keep him in tip-top shape. So, he needs less excercise, and more down time. Reduce the activity level and bring him down to an acceptable level. Give him lots of opportunity to do nothing but relax, but he will need to learn how to do this. Quote: The other problem i have is when we or anyone else comes in the house he dribbles everywhere, I had to rip up my carpet and finish the wood floors it is so bad. Any suggestions would be great.
If this is what I think it is, it is submissive urination. It is him submitting to your or whoever comes in. Do not scold him for this, but when people come in or he is greeting anyone keep it very low-key and it may even help to ignore him, and pay no attention until he is calm. Gotta run out for a New Year's getogether...Hope this helps.. |
| My Fozzy, too, is a perpetual motion machine. To keep him calm while in the house, I let him amuse himself with stuffed Kongs, Buster cubes and other interactive toys. Also nothing works better than a raw beef bone. Busy Bones are nice, too. |
| sounds like a familiar song.
put him on a leash and make him heel, he still gets to walk, but he has to listen to you and move at your pace.....should build a better bond and slow him down a bit at times. |
| Hi!
Understanding this breed and whether it will calm down and stop running fences seems a relatively simple solution. First off this dog is a working dog. They are intellegent thinking dogs. Until old age they are busy. Running fences would imply that it needs a job...running fences is just giving him something to do. I would recommend that you put him/her in some kind of a class, agility, herding, obedience or maybe a take your dog to work program? But, finding something to entertain this dog would be important . I am betting that if it has some activity that it will find some balance! Good luck |
| I agree, I think the dog is just bored, and lacking anything better to do has given itself a job.
Spending more time with you, either in a class, or trips to a dog park, or just playing with a frsibee or a ball would probably do wonders. |
| First off I would like to thank everyone for there advice, we have cut the dribbling down a lot by not petting him as we come in, as for the fence, I did forget to mention that there were at one point two boxers that use to run with him, now there is only one, but that one still seems to get his attention very easily. We have tried the ball, frisbee, me running around the back yard with him, but nothing can pull him from the fence. I can walk down the middle of the street with him by my side, no collar, no leash, with cars coming down the street, and kids riding bikes, and he will obey every command and never leave my side, but the moment he enters the backyard his brain turns to dog poo, I had an oes growing up and playtime and walks were enough to keep him occupied, this one must need much more, I am starting to think I need a treadmill. |
| Have you tried Bach's Rescue Remedy? It sounds as if this could be an anxiety related issue as well. |
| Also, my wife is a stay at home mom and he goes on walks with her and our child and our yorkie all the time, he is never alone for very long, and like I said before he could run at the park all day and still come home and run the fence, with dog poo for brains |
clyde wrote: I am starting to think I need a treadmill.
You wouldn't be the first! Having just studied all the photos in the gallery, I was reminded of this one, posted by Barefoot Lady38: 
I'd like to see her using those dumbbells! |
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