dog help!!!

[Great-Kazoo]

You own a puppy and not spending time? Has anyone mentioned EXERCISE??
Dogs don't train themself. you need to be there and work them. If you don't do it now, i wager within 6 months you'll be trying to adopt her out.

[DD977GM2]

I take her on a walk maybe 2-3 a week I now it's not enough but the hard thing I leave for work at 430am and don't get home till shy of 6pm. By that time she's already done work on the yard. I hate to put her in a kennel now that she's used to being outside

Gonna have to start with every evening. Maybe incoporate that into your nightly relaxing time.
Walks can be very relaxing!!!!!!

[gonz13]

You own a puppy and not spending time? Has anyone mentioned EXERCISE??
Dogs don't train themself. you need to be there and work them. If you don't do it now, i wager within 6 months you'll be trying to adopt her out.

Damn now I'm a bad person.

Either way. They do get walked and plenty of fetch in the back yard. I'm thinking being a puppy she's really attached. I step outside to get mail or go to the bathroom and she's by my side. Hope she just misses me!

[Monky]

Damn now I'm a bad person.

Either way. They do get walked and plenty of fetch in the back yard. I'm thinking being a puppy she's really attached. I step outside to get mail or go to the bathroom and she's by my side. Hope she just misses me!

I plan on my puppy being asleep before he gets home. I'm bringing him into the office to be babysat and socialized and worn out.. Oh yes.. It's all planned out.

[Great-Kazoo]

Damn now I'm a bad person.

Either way. They do get walked and plenty of fetch in the back yard. I'm thinking being a puppy she's really attached. I step outside to get mail or go to the bathroom and she's by my side. Hope she just misses me!

Not that you're a bad person but not attentive enough to train and work your dog.
I had to do a double take on your name. For a minute it thought this was one of ronin's post.

[gonz13]

Not that you're a bad person but not attentive enough to train and work your dog.
I had to do a double take on your name. For a minute it thought this was one of ronin's post.

Lol i was joking. I wish I could take her to pt with me. That way she be tired and lacking of sleep like me

[reno316]

so i have a pit/staffordshire probably something else too ...

... i dont get to walk her a whole lot but im thinking its a restless thing.

Yep. 100%. That's a dog with more energy than outlet for the energy.

Got a bicycle? Put her on a leash, ride your bike, let her trot/jog/run beside.

Get her good and tired. Then kennel her (no, 6 months is NOT too old.)

To help the kennel thing: Let her skip a meal or two, get good and hungry. Stuff a Kong ball with some raw ground beef, then throw it in the freezer. Get her tired on the bike, let her hydrate after, and then into the crate. Throw the stuffed Kong in the crate, and soon she associates "Exercise = energy release. Energy release = rest in kennel. Resting in kennel = RAW MEAT! MY FAVORITE!!!!11eleventy!1"

[reno316]

I take her on a walk maybe 2-3 a week I now it's not enough but the hard thing I leave for work at 430am and don't get home till shy of 6pm. By that time she's already done work on the yard. I hate to put her in a kennel now that she's used to being outside

1. I know it's hard, but, honestly, dude, you signed up for this when you got a young, high energy dog. Get a 12 year old Bassett Hound, you won't have this problem.

2. Why would you hate to put her in a kennel? Do you think the dog knows a difference? The only... ONLY difference between a kennel and a fenced in yard is the SIZE. To a dog, a fenced yard is nothing more than one big damn kennel. She STILL wants to go WALK, and explore, and see (well, sniff) the world. That's what she's missing. That's what fixes this. Exercise OUTSIDE of the yard.

(Owner of, at various times, a Kelpie, a Huntaway, two Huskies, a Flat Coat Retriever, and a Basset Hound. And one cat that doesn't like me anymore.)

[cebeu]

"...another question is 6 months to old to kennel train?

Already answered but FWIW...no...I have a hard-headed Beagle rescue that we trained later in life, she does great and frankly, she likes her kennel so much she uses it as a "private space to retreat to" quite often. When we leave the house the Beagle "Kennels up" without exception, she can be a little s*** just because so that's the way it is.

Can't speak to your mix though, unsure what it will take to be effective.

Common-sense PSA side note but what the Hell: If you leave em' in the house confined ensure you have notices for emergency services visible on the structure, that you have instructions in your car denoting pets locked away so should the worst happen, somebody can retrieve the animals pre dehydration / starvation and that you even consider a similar note on your person (wallet, purse, etc.). Should the owners become incapacited or dead, someone needs to go after the animal(s) in your absence.