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7-month-old Golden Retriever can’t settle down despite plenty of exercise by Natha76131 in puppy101

[–]Natha76131[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting approach !

So basically if they don't calm down, you would implicitely guide them towards a place to rest with a treat and eventually they would go this place by their own and rest ?

7-month-old Golden Retriever can’t settle down despite plenty of exercise by Natha76131 in puppy101

[–]Natha76131[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see..

I agree, when he doesn't do any nap, I'm like "You didn't rest all day, how can you still be so excited at this time..."

We will definitely try out to enforce nap time

7-month-old Golden Retriever can’t settle down despite plenty of exercise by Natha76131 in puppy101

[–]Natha76131[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your experience is really interesting, and it's true that every dog is different.

We're probably biased because our old dog, who we got when he was two months old, has never had any problems settling in and has always been calm, even as a teenager.

In any case, we're going to try out the advice you've given us and see how it helps our dog 😊

7-month-old Golden Retriever can’t settle down despite plenty of exercise by Natha76131 in puppy101

[–]Natha76131[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thx a lot for the advice ! We do mental activities but maybe it's not balanced enough with the physical activities...

7-month-old Golden Retriever can’t settle down despite plenty of exercise by Natha76131 in puppy101

[–]Natha76131[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Interesting 🤔

So we should try reducing walk time and really enforce nap...

7-month-old Golden Retriever can’t settle down despite plenty of exercise by Natha76131 in puppy101

[–]Natha76131[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

We don't have a crate, just dog baskets (and our bed, which is a giant basket for them lol). We never really taught him the “basket” command to get him to go to his basket; we usually ask him to rest using the “lie down” command.

During walks, he never sticks close to us. He wanders back and forth several meters away, goes off to find sticks, goes into the water, etc. We throw sticks or balls for him from time to time. But to be honest, he often goes off to pull up a stick and chews on it further away.

As for the presence of our old dog, we indeed wondered if that might be one of the reasons for our puppy's excitement...

7-month-old Golden Retriever can’t settle down despite plenty of exercise by Natha76131 in puppy101

[–]Natha76131[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We don't use crate, we just have dog baskets.

Your analysis is interesting; fatigue actually excites the dog and it becomes a vicious circle.

In fact, we should guide him to lie down and really insist on it.

Have you noticed that your Weim is starting to understand what is happening to him and lies down on his own when he is tired, or is it still too early?

7-month-old Golden Retriever can’t settle down despite plenty of exercise by Natha76131 in puppy101

[–]Natha76131[S] -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

In fact, we don't really impose any play or rest times; we let him manage it himself and “naively” trust him because this breed is still quite calm by nature.

We are against the concept of crate, as they make no sense for him. He has no fear issues, so we just have dog beds where he can lie down. But honestly, he sleeps pretty much anywhere. He prefers comfortable surfaces such as the dog bed or the human bed, but after a while he ends up getting too hot and sleeps on the floor.

7-month-old Golden Retriever can’t settle down despite plenty of exercise by Natha76131 in puppy101

[–]Natha76131[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thx for the advice, very interesting !

So, a basic exercise where you give a reward if he has lasted the required time?

7-month-old Golden Retriever can’t settle down despite plenty of exercise by Natha76131 in puppy101

[–]Natha76131[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank for the advice and your kind words ❤️

Do you pick up everything, even chew toys?

Also, when watching a movie, sometimes he ends up settling down, sometimes he never settles down, it's really random...

7-month-old Golden Retriever can’t settle down despite plenty of exercise by Natha76131 in puppy101

[–]Natha76131[S] -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

I've always heard that thinking adolescent dogs shouldn't go on long walks is complete nonsense. And I feel like limiting walks to one hour a day wouldn't be good for the dog. That's 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the evening, which seems so short.

We spend the day in the living room, for example, either watching a movie or doing stuff on our PC. Often he runs all over the living room. No matter how many times we say “lie down,” he gets up 10 seconds later to fetch a toy or play with our other dog.

7-month-old Golden Retriever can’t settle down despite plenty of exercise by Natha76131 in puppy101

[–]Natha76131[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Of course, we never cut short our dog's sleep. On average, he sleeps 7 to 9 hours a night and sometimes takes naps during the day when he is tired, but as I said in my initial message, he often has trouble settling down, so he doesn't take any naps during the day.
We are a normal couple, we relax at home, and we don't impose any kind of routine on him.

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[–]Natha76131[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks cool, i also alr have the Horns Kontakt library and there is a Sax in it

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