Kozmo
Posted : 7/1/2006 11:13:33 AM
We got her a big chew bone.
also a Kong.
the empty Kong did not hold much interest to her. We will fill it and give it to her later today, probably in the kennel.
The big bone with what seems to be smoked meat on it? (from the pet store) keeps her very busy. after 1/2 hour or so we took it away. how long chewing the bone is too long? is as long as wel like/she likes is ok?
Outside, she is good. plays, chews, twigs, toys, is pretty mellow to active fetching toys playing with us or by her self.
when inside (out of kennel) she is limited to the livingroom/kitchen area. kinda a U shape (1954 1 1/2 story house). and she gets bite crazy - worse as the day goes a long.
In the morning, this is mild, she catches herself - she goes to the palm plant, sniffs up and down the 2 palm stems, kinda opens her mouth, but not bite. once in a while tries to bite a couch cushion. responds well to NO BITE. then falls asleep.
In the afternoon, she gets more wild. more biting of cushions, more faster running, etc. but managable.
In the Evening, after dinnner, when in the house, Crazy frenzy of rocket blast running flying aroudn teh rooms jumping up on everything, biting everything, no listening, not settling down, just crazy. she even starts to turn/bite (not too hard) us as we are trying to pull her off cushions and give her a rope bone, etc. only thing that works is to go back outside or put her in the Kennel. like an over stimulated cranky kid on crack or something. it's just an insane level in the evening. morning inside mild, afternoon inside medium, evening inside is a wild crazy frenzy,e tc where I'm afraid for our house, belongings and her own safty. she jumps, leaps, runs like crazy tumbling off of furniture, jumping on to th ecouch over the side arm on to a side table and then on to the floor! all at balistic speeds then add in the clamp the jaw on a cushion and chew, clamp on a wood table and she is well out of control. I do not want to feed her at 7-9 in the evening. I've tried to handle her with NO BITE, pullling her off, giving toys in place, etc but she just does not respond/listen like out of control frenzy. so I take her out to potty, bring he in, play for a minute with a toy, then throw 3 toys in teh kennel, toss in a treat while saying kennel, and in she goes. then she is settled down. she will fuss a bit for a minute or less, then I hear her chewing toys, but she is better.
Our plan is to try to kennel her during the day, so I do not want to have to put her in the kennel in the evening too, but that seems liek the best thing for all of us. she is a sweet angel sleeps in our bed at night (no chewing, no biting stays in bed, no potty problems, she cuttles, give kisses, etc. (let her out once or twice during night) she is very good except for this night time frenzy insane time when we wish she would chill as we could read the paper, a book, go on the computer or watch Movie/TV. We do take her out and play after the afternoon kennel/dinner time.
Is this Frenzy standard puppy evening behavior? or does she have a problem? our last Dog was 2 1/2 when we got her, so we never had any of this Puppy stuff before.