how to calm a puppy down
 

my aunt got a puppy about 2 months ago. we don't think the owner of it did anything with it and left it with the other dog brother. the puppy is 5 months now and she still wont calm down no matter what we do. we even try the thunder shirt it does help a little but not much. and she been fixed and we thought that might help. since that did help my little yorkie but she wasn't that bad as my aunt little one. we just don't know what else to do to get her to calm down or how much longer it going to before she does calm down. if any of u have any idea that would help us to calm her down. thanks for taking the time to read this post.

Mine didn't calm down until he was about 10 months old, but to help him calm down I wore him out, long walks and lots of play time. Burn off that puppy energy. Also training helped to wear him out mentally.

They can take awhile to calm down. Each one is different. The more exercise she can get the better it is.

I agree. Mine is 5 months too. Sometimes she has a CRAZY amount of energy, so I let her run it off, and dont try to settle her down until its necessary, like bed time. My dog loves fetch, that usually does the trick.

I agree with everyone above -- lots of exercise!

Having a daily routine helps too. The dog will fall into a rhythm of when to expect things. Have a little schedule of doing things at about the same time each day: play sessions, walks, meals, rest, and so on.

I haven't been as good about getting my boys out the door early in the morning for a walk before it gets hot. They go a little nuts waiting all day for their evening outing. It makes such a difference to have the morning walk.

My girls made a big change after they finished teething- 7-8 months.

Lots of exercise, Joel was so good as a puppy because I would exercise him till he couldn't help but fall to the floor lol:)

Exercise, like everyone else said.

Also, when Lola gets too hyper she gets very bitey, so I grab her and hold her so she's standing on her hind legs with my hand on her belly under her arms and her legs are standing on my leg, so she can't bite me. I let her go after she calms down and then we play.

My going on 2 yrs old girl Luma is *still* just as crazy as she has always been and she goes to agility classes or runs around the dog park almost every day.

My 7 month old pup Rosie is one of the calmest dogs I've ever seen.

So...I guess I have no advice but to agree with others about letting them exercise. Play with them. Engage them. They'll tire eventually.

she does play with her all the time and she does try to training her some too. I do know that my step uncle run after her in the house. she does know something already. but we think that she was so use to having her brother around to play with. and too I think he was bigger then her so he got what he wanted out of her when they did play.

I will tell her that she need to exercise her more. and play with her more then she does now and see if that don't help. I just hope she does calm down.

after all her teeth are out and the news are all in and that will calm her down. but part of me don't think she will. I don't think she use to other dogs and people since the other owner didn't do anything just left her in room with her brother. just only come in clean up and feed them and give them water.

I just hope something does work soon. she can't hold her sometime for all the moving around it does take a very long time before she stop all of this. she can't even bush her out for all the moving going on. she got crazy when she see other people or even my little yorkie that is almost 2 years old. she try to scare mine not to long after my aunt had her at home. and mine didn't like it. she had other dog to do that to her when she was about 9 months to run after her but she was on her led and it was still hard to get a hold of her when she was run that fast away from other dog.

There is a difference between play and real exercise that gets the heart and lungs working hard for an extended period of time. When a dog gets to run or walk very fast for at least 20 minutes a couple of times a day it helps them to use up that excess energy they have. A good walk in the morning and then later in the afternoon along with some hard play, like fetch, will give both the pup and your aunt a break.

The pup just has that energy that it doesn't know what to do with. When you tire her out she feels better and you do to because she will want to take naps and will not be getting into trouble. When they have that pent up energy they tend to go looking for things to do. They do have active minds as well as active bodies and that is why they get into trouble with that extra energy.

Some hyperactivity can be genetic. It may improve with age but then you may find other odd behaviors as well. Hopefully that is not the problem with your aunt's pup.

If the pup was never socialized properly it is going to take some concerted effort on your aunt's part to train the pup. Lots of gentle physical contact is important. Things like picking the pup up and holding her/him gently until she calms down several times a day will eventually help the pup learn to accept human contact and develop a trusting relationship. If your aunt finds the pup sleeping she can put the pup on her lap so it will sleep there for a while. The more she interacts with the pup with gentle and loving physical contact the more at ease the pup will get. If a pup like that is not socialized like this the chances of it ever being an affectionate little pet are slim. The pup needs help developing a relationship with humans. Pups that are left to themselves the first weeks of their lives do not feel comfortable with human contact because they were never introduced to it at the time when they were developing social instincts. Sadly, people will blame the dog for being "stupid" or "difficult" when it was actually the neglect of the breeder that created the situation.

she does play fetch that's one good things that she is good at and sitting I think is other and staying maybe other I am not to sure. she fallows my aunt all around my aunt house. she does that with me when I am over there. she don't break at me that much any more not like she does my aunt youngest son. I try to play with her when I am over there for a little bit. but sometime she just lay down on her back. when she does do that with me I just pick her up and try to hold her. but she does like to jump up on chair or other things if u let her. at time I think she like to show off for me when I am over there. but it's kind of hard for my aunt to take her out on long walk or even just a small one at that. but she does take her out for a ride in her truck everyday. she does say she does fine lot of the time every now and then she act up on her.
yeah I think my at want to blame the breeder for not doing anything with her just left her alone with the other dog. she does even have problems when she get her hair cut. since the lady don't want to do full puppy cut yet since she still to crazy and she don't like a bath either. she think that the one that does her hair now might not want to do her any more. but she the same one that my little one goes to at petsmart that the only one that I really like over there right now. we did try few others but they didn't do a good job like she did on her.
but she does seem fine when I had her on the led and walking her around the store for a little bit. but I am use to it. every now and then my little one don't want to listen on the led she want to pull me. but I keep after her to listen and she had class. I do know that my aunt don't want to spend the money on the class. I just hope something will change with her sooner then later.

I doubt Winnie will be anything but energy. She is almost 11 months now and can chase her tail for hours sprint from room to room in a blink of an eye. Dont think its cause she has no exercise, I am a stay at home puppy mom and walk her 4 times a day. Winnie will be chasing her tail at 20 I'm sure.

dang I don't think my aunt could hand that for years on in. all we can do is wait and see what going to happen few months from now.

With Gizmo, i wait for him to wake up and go potty on his potty pads, even though he is younger, I am teaching him a routine with a playpen. I take him out, play for around 20 to 30 mins now, he loves fetch and tug of war, so we do a lot of that. After playtime I put him in his playpen where he immediately eats food and drinks water after playing so hard, then I cover about 3/4 of the playpen so it feels like a den to him with a blanket, signaling to him that it is nap time, he lays right down and naps . I do this all through the day, and he also sleeps the whole night through. I think if the pup will learn, repetition could work :-)

If your aunt doesn't want to spend money on training classes, she can watch training tips on youtube. Or this site. It's full of good advice on training. If the pup is food driven, it'll probably be easier. Even with social interactions, use treats to let her know that meeting new people/dogs is a good thing. Some are more stubborn then others so it might take longer but be patient and it'll happen.

Btw... a lot of dogs hate bath or any kind of grooming. But again, patience and they get used to it enough to put up with it. When I first tried brushing Magnus, it good me 30 min to an hour the first few months. He SLOWLY understood that if he lets me do what I need to do, he'll get treats during/after it's done. :)

I do know she has a playpen but she use it when she is bad like don't want to listen or bits and she leave her in there for a few min something like that. that's what we use it for when my little yorkie was bad or when we have people over that didn't like it when she was crazy as some people put it. but she only does it when she happy to see u when I or dad go some where with out here. but after a few min she fine.

that's not the way with my aunt little one. she was trying to bit my aunt to get over to my little one. so that other reason why she don't want mine around her because of that. but if she don't see other dogs and watch how they act then she might never get any better. but at time we think that she like her this way. I know she don't want her outside to much since we got dogs running around this town and they go in my aunt yard.

around my house we have the big birds I can't remember what they are called that would pick her up. but my aunt think that mine is to big where they wont want to pick her up. but we still don't want to take a changes so we just leave her on the led every time we go out or I just care her to the car and put in her carseat. my aunt little one got one too. but my little one love to go for car ride all u have to say to her want to go bye bye or go see my granny or my aunt. she love to go over to my granny house. I think my granny love having her over there too.

but my aunt does play with her at time I just don't know how much she really does play with her over there. but I do know she does take that little one out for a ride all the time that one thing she been keeping up far as I know of.

my aunt don't have a computer or internet either so she can't do the youtube thing. I even forgot about that. and she can't get on here and ask for help that's why I am doing. but I think the book about yorkie terrier have training dvd. I did watching one time all they way till the end. but I never really did what it said. since we did the class and we took the same class over again since it didn't take with mine. she really heard head sometime. at time mine don't want to come when we call her. but she does it more often then not and she still go after my feet or my mom from time to time. but not much like she did when she was a puppy that for sure.

but I might look up that dvd and see if my aunt want to watch it. but at time I don't think she want to do all the work. its just a feeling that all. but then again we don't know what she really doing over there since we are not there. all we can do is ask for the help on here and tell her what everyone said and let her do what she want with it.

Another thing that helps to calm Gizmo is, when he is super hyper and starts getting nippy, I will lay him on his back and cradle him with my arm like a baby and give him a belly rub starting right between his front legs and then down a few inches. He can't help but relax and start to fall asleep :-) I do ths very softly so it's super relaxing for him. It's funny sometimes he catches his self dozing off and jumps up like he thinks I have tricked him haha. He's still much more relaxed afterwards though :-)

she does go on her back when she don't want her brother to play with her any more or something that what we think she did with him when she was at the owner house. she does that with me from time to time. but when she does that I just pick her up. I don't know if she would let my aunt hold her in her arms like a baby and rub belly. but it something new to tell her to try and see what happens. but then again she can't even hold her to much in her arms with out her going crazy it seem like she going to jump right out of her arms sometime. it look that way when we see her do that. but at time I think she trying to get to me our mom or even my yorkie. at time I think she want to play with mine that we call fancy her cousin. my aunt yorkie name is brandy but we don't want her to since she may play to hard like she did with the brother. till she calm down some and she need to stop biting. fancy don't really bit it's more of a nippy then really biting where it hurts or anything. but brandy will bit to hurt that's what my aunt said but she never has done anything like that to me so far any way.

Draco is 6 months and still has so much energy! My mom doesn't like it and wishes he was calmer, so we walked the 3 short miles to her house one morning with some sprints, and we got there you wouldn't have known it! He was crazy, you could barely pet him because he wanted nothing to do but to play.
The only thing that really tires him out is hours of play with other dogs, if he goes into daycare i'm getting a pooped puppy back.
Some dogs don't take on a calm personality until after about 2yrs old.
I'm not sure how old your aunt is but she could find a dog babysitter/walker who could tire the pup out for her.

It is going to take a lot of work with the pup to get it trained. It is kind of dangerous for a dog that does not like to be groomed to go to a groomer. If the dog acts wild at the grooming salon the groomer could hurt her while trying to get the job done. I understand why someone may not want to do it since you really need a dog to cooperate when working on it.

Combing the dog at home at least a couple of times a day will help to get the dog to accept grooming. If your aunt starts out doing it for just a couple of minutes at a time and gradually increases the amount of grooming the pup will eventually accept it. If she is bad at home about being groomed she will be even worse at a grooming salon so your aunt needs to really work with her.

I understand she doesn't like to do these things but that is what training is about. Doing these things often on a regular basis will help the pup to learn. It won't happen quickly, it takes a lot of patience. I have worked with a lot of feral animals and basically a pup or kitten that has not been socialized early in life acts much like a feral animal in many ways. Being patient, kind and gentle is really important but being consistent is equally as important.

my aunt little one is 5 months. I don't think she want her around other dogs since she bits that why she don't want my little one around over there. but that one has run after my little the first time I let mine down in the house. but when mine was little one was about 9 months other dog did that to her. but she don't mind other dogs at time. every now and then she don't want to have anything to do with other dogs. I do know my aunt does play fetch with her. I don't know if she wanted to pay someone to walk her little one for her and too don't know if that would help much either. if she was going to do that then I would go over there and walk her and see if that would help.

my aunt just scared that the lady over at petsmart wont want to keep working with her that's all. but she does try to work with her at home. soon as she get done bushing her out she goes and mess it up again. mine does that ever now and then. but at time I don't think my aunt has the patient anymore. but she still trying. it could be the age my aunt is. she does play fetch with her all the time. it just hard to bush her out since she wont sit still for her so far.

It's always good to make it a routine to groom a puppy at least twice a day, if they need it or not. That way they get used to being handled and get accustomed to the grooming routine. The more you do it the more they accept having it done.
Gracie likes to mess her hair up sometimes, too. I always give her a treat when I am done grooming her so maybe she just wants another treat.:)

I don't know how many time she does try to bush her out in the day. but I never to tell her to give her a treat to see if that would help. but that something she could try. we will find out how she did today since she getting cut. I do know that my aunt want more cut off. but I don't know how much that the groomer going to cut if she think that brandy would let her do it.

I hope everything went alright. If her coat does get cut shorter it will make it easier to work on combing her a couple of times a day. It is easier on the dog when the coat is not all tangled and they learn faster that grooming can be a pleasant experience instead of painful and something to dread.The treat when you get done does really help.
Gracie used to run off when I got done grooming her. Now she sits right there and waits for her treat. I keep a small container right there where I comb her so I can give it to her as soon as we are done.