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Originally Posted by stephluvsangel6 also how do you start to train them to calm down. |
Reward behavior that you want! Carry a few treats in your pocket at all times. When hyper-pup is sitting or laying quietly, calmly praise him and give him a treat. Repeat many, many times. He'll eventually figure out that calm behavior gets rewarded.
Ignore behavior that you don't want. Be careful that you aren't inadvertently rewarding hyper behavior. Do not acknowledge him when he has the "zoomies". Instead, when he calms down a bit,
then get a toy (or better yet, train him to get a toy on your command) and play with him.
Remember: behavior that is rewarded increases in frequency. Unfortunately, this applies to both good behavior and unacceptable behavior.