Excitement level
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 9:49 am
I have a 1 year old male EP and he is a great dog with his obedience in the house and out in the field (not exaggerating) BUT when other dogs come over to the house or if I take him somewhere and there is a dog around that he might get to play with his excitement level is so high that there is no command that can break the excitement, most of the time they don't want to even play with him. At the house If I stick him in the kennel he just starts jumping up and down and barking because our guests dog is running around (usually the dogs we know are of the small type), after he calms down I will try and reintroduce him but his excitement gets right back to a level that is uncontrollable and unacceptable.
Last night my daughter came from out of town with a 15 wk old pup and it's been heck, I leashed up my dog and made him stay next to me all evening, at times I had to really grab him by the scruff and reprimand him which did not go well with my wife and daughter even though they were wanting me to do something, it just wasn't what they had in mind.
I need some ideas, unfortunately I don't have access to lots of other dogs for him to learn to chill. When I run him we go by a few fenced dogs and it is easy to walk past them, he can even be off leash and I can control him but put him in a play type situation and its out of control, his play is fast and scary to other dogs even though he doesn't have an aggressive (mean) bone in his body. My kennel is in close proximity to the function of the home so if he is in it and carrying on it is an issue.
Last night my daughter came from out of town with a 15 wk old pup and it's been heck, I leashed up my dog and made him stay next to me all evening, at times I had to really grab him by the scruff and reprimand him which did not go well with my wife and daughter even though they were wanting me to do something, it just wasn't what they had in mind.
I need some ideas, unfortunately I don't have access to lots of other dogs for him to learn to chill. When I run him we go by a few fenced dogs and it is easy to walk past them, he can even be off leash and I can control him but put him in a play type situation and its out of control, his play is fast and scary to other dogs even though he doesn't have an aggressive (mean) bone in his body. My kennel is in close proximity to the function of the home so if he is in it and carrying on it is an issue.