Comments on: How To Calm An Over Excited Puppy

By: Sammie@LabSiteHQ

Sammie@LabSiteHQ — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:23:45 +0000

In reply to Rosemarie Thornton. Hang on in there, it does get easier!

By: Rosemarie Thornton

Rosemarie Thornton — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:52:25 +0000

Thank you for all your help and support! Dealing with a14week old lab at present who has decided to pinch things off the worktop so no sandwich for me today as pup stole the bread! Over excited and now asleep in his crate.

By: Sammie@LabSiteHQ

Sammie@LabSiteHQ — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:46:53 +0000

In reply to Karen. Sorry to hear that Karen. Hopefully some of the tricks in this article will help you.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 21:49:03 +0000

My 5 month old puppy is so calm at home but when she has her lead on outside she is so excited and barks and barks in her walk – we cannot take her anywhere

By: Reb

Reb — Thu, 22 May 2025 22:31:32 +0000

Great! Thank u, informative.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 21:49:26 +0000

Useless guide. If you put them in a crate or dark room when excited they will just start screaming and howling for at least 20 mins.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:15:54 +0000

Do,you,do,the,same,for,pug,pup

By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:53:11 +0000

Hi Pippa,
My 9 week old black lab Bauer is constantly biting. I am hoping it is a phase, but i want to teach him to stop when he gets too excited. I’ve tried a few of the methods in this article as well as in the excessive biting article, but he pretty much has two modes: sleeping, and excitable/bitey. I can’t even walk across the room without him biting my pants or toes. I try ignoring and giving no attention, and he just bites my feet or legs (which i cannot ignore since it actually is quite painful!). Sometimes we will put him in his crate when he gets overly excited, which calms him down, but as soon as we take him back out he is right back at it. He also sometimes takes the toys when we try to trade off from hands or legs for a toy, but not for long. As soon as we walk away he comes right back at us. Any ideas of what else we can do?

Thanks,
Kristina

By: Amanita Zadra

Amanita Zadra — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 18:40:32 +0000

My 10 week old Lab puppy who we got at 7 weeks old will not stop biting my older dog in the jowls and on the legs, my poor boxer is such a sweet guy he doesn’t want to hurt the puppy so he doesn’t stick up for himself enough. He makes the boxer bleed and is stressing him out a lot. Does anyone have any ideas. And there is no calming the puppy down, putting him in his kennel just upsets him and makes him more hyper.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 17:46:23 +0000

In reply to Chris. I have a 1 and a half year old lab mix who was a dream to train. She frequently relaxes in her crate and enters it when she is afraid. We also use her crate as punishment, to leave the house, when answering the door, feeding (only because we recently got a new puppy who was starved so until she learns not to eat everything she sees we feed the dogs separately to ensure safety and adequate amounts of food intake) and even when playing hide and seek with her. She has never been confused by the use of her crate. The important thing is to reassure your new puppy so that she knows her crate is still a safe place for her to be. Placing toys or treats in her crate can encourage her to use it to relax or to ensure she still associates her crate as a good thing. I have trained dogs my whole life and I am only 20. I don't agree with most dog trainers due to the fact that they like to change things too much and will sometimes not consider what the actual owner would like to use as far as equipment (crates) or gestures. I do hope that this helps though.