Hi. At 11 weeks, right... should still be with his mom... so act like she would to teach him. Show your teeth and growl at him.
My first puppy was hyper and wouldn't sleep alone. After many nights, I finally tried her in bed with me. Well, that went real well. After an hour or two of chewing, playing, licking etc., etc... and me trying everything including pulling the covers over my head, I thought well she's not understanding any words in English, French, Spanish or German so let me try Dog.
So I growled at her. She stopped in her tracks and looked at me, head cocked and all cute. That was hard to ignore, but I was so tired. She started up again, I growled louder. You'd have thought I hit her over the head with a 2 X4. I looked, she laid down next to me and went fast to sleep.
That was our first bonding experience. As she got older, she learned what words meant, and eventually I never had any more problems with her not respecting me, and dropped the growling at her. It really worked like a charm.
And as for dogs getting hyper, please don't allow this. I rescued a 3 Year old, and this was a major problem. When she reached a certain level of excitement, she went into Red zone biting and snapping... totally out of control.
I taught her that quiet time was fun, too. I hold her in my lap for hugs and kisses, gives her time to quiet down. She was never taught that, all she knew to do was play to get interaction from me, and she never knew when to stop.
And please, don't poke or hit or tap a puppy. They have no concept of what this means. Moms nudge them or growl, until they understand your language.
Maybe a walk in a safe area, leash training and obedience training, then playtime afterward to burn some energy. Teach him how to 'Fetch' so he can run to burn that energy up, and be doing something constructive at the same time. |