noahdabear Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Hi , does anyone elses dog have witching hour ? Tiras the 12 weeks rotty has witching hour from 6pm till 7pm every night . I think we have it sussed , he gets heaps of exercise but during this hour goes mental and bites everyone and everything , terrorises us and the other 2 dogs . I have started taking him for an extra walk ,fast around the block just when he starts to arch up . Does anyone else have any good ideas ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 yep .. maybe instead of one little obedience session each day .. he has two ..just 5 minutes .. but mental exercise is very tiring! also .. as that time approaches .. pull out a special toy ..a soccer ball, or juice bottle with a few bits of kibble inside ... or a cardboard carton .. something he can kick around . If he learns that when he gets excited you will take him for a walk...then heaven help you!! :p (and he probably has already learnt it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_meg Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 yep we have witching our t about 8pm but Oberon takes the brunt of it and enjoys it so all good then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tara8430 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 What's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktig Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 ours is between 5.30 and 7pm. Absolutely nutty. Tried walking him then, didn't really help, he still enjoys doing zoomies around the house and the backyard then regardless - plus it's pretty cute. We've stopped the mouthing that seemed to go with it a few weeks back, so now he just tears around letting us know just how awesome life is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest donatella Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 ha ha we call it Happy Hour in this house, but probably because my dog weighs 3kgs and is pretty harmless in terms of biting she just goes a bit mental until she tires out, i find it cute. i just play with her, throw toys and wear her out double as quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shags Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 We have it around 5.30pm also. We have a 12 week white (pied) staffy. We call her the white rabbit when she decides its time to go mental and dart around the house, ears pinned back, sliding on the tiles with a big grin form ear to ear. Its like she has a private "stash" somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 (edited) Yep - not really biting though just crazy hyponess and zoomies, I try to channel it into training while she's enthusiastic Or I just give in and play with her in the back yard. I blame it on my routine though (work all day - dogs sleep, get home go to training or play or walk) it's inbuilt! ETA but mine is no longer a puppy, she's 2.5 years old Edited November 8, 2011 by amypie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyStar Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Only when I get home from work. The pair of mine are sloths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOCTRL Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Ours is around 6-7pm also ... i think i read somewhere dogs are most active at sunrise and sunset so that may explain it? Sunrise is way too early for us, or Arby as he's usually snoozing on our bed with us :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noahdabear Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 yep we have tried 3 1/2 hour walks a day , everything he seems to be a bit better but need to get out of this mouthing . yeah cute when they are little , Tiras is already 13 kgs . scary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trojka Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 You're taking a 12 week old puppy on 3 1/2 hour walks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyBlue Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Perhaps the op means three times 30minute walks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianca.a Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I used to suffer with the witching hour too! Molly was an absoulute brat no matter what exercise or training we had done! To me it seemed like a toddler who is fighting sleep and just is a brat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal House Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Three half hour walks is way too much for a pup. I'd be inclined to do two 10 minute strolls on soft ground. Mental exercise is good for tiring puppies out, again, keep it brief (5 minute training) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebanne Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 put the pup outside to run off steam, let it back in when calm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjelkier Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Mine are put outside when they go silly and run their maddness off out there. It's usually just zoomies though, biting is not tollerated in this house and they would be put in a time out to calm them down if they did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minyvlz Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Do puppies outgrow zoomies? Mine seem to have stopped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esky the husky Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Mine are put outside when they go silly and run their maddness off out there. It's usually just zoomies though, biting is not tollerated in this house and they would be put in a time out to calm them down if they did that. Not meaning to derail the thread, but how do you enforce this. Seperating the dogs if they are mouthing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvsdogs Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 yep we have tried 3 1/2 hour walks a day , everything he seems to be a bit better but need to get out of this mouthing . yeah cute when they are little , Tiras is already 13 kgs . scary I would not be walking a 12 w/o puppy 3 1/2 hours a day, VERY BAD for those young growing bones & joints especially in a large breed puppy. As stated much more beneficial to exercise the brain. I recently went to a 4 day conference on dog training & 1 of the speakers said that just plain walking does nothing to exercise the dog, much better to take a casual stroll & let it sniff around (read it's newspaper) & learn what's going on in it's world. My puppy also has zoomy time & hares around the backyard like a lunatic much to the disgust of the older dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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