golden lab

rising_from_the_ashes

Shepherd1 wrote: »

Sorry I thought you meant she was a bit hyper when out for a walk not wrecking your house. Mine is actually fine in the house it's when she is out she gets really excited but once she has burned off her energy she is fine.

Yup - mine is the same ..... and she's 6!

Raksha wrote: »

How old was she when she was speyed? The younger they are the longervthey stay giddy. 8ne of mine was done before I got her at 6 month's and was daft til the day she died

What a load of toss that is!

Who on earth told you that?


OP I can't believe you don't even know the name of the food you feed her ... seriously?

How much time have you spent on training?

How much exercise does she get a day?

If she's not getting enough exercise / stimulation, then she will be absolutely hyper!

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

piglet74 wrote: »

She isn't too bad on the lead, it can be getting her onto it in the first place, she runs, jumps, runs some more, etc

As soon as she gets into the house, she darts around ALL over the place, jumping on everything! Up and down...bouncing around etc.

Then after 5 or 10mins she will calm down and lie down and sleep.

I might try and take her in on the lead, and keep her on it for 10mins or so, and then let her off it and see if that works.

Keep her out for another 20 minutes. That might help.


Sounds like she needs more exercise and stimulation outside.




By the way, neutering doesn't affect general temperament remotely in my experience. The insane beagle was entire his whole life. He only slowed down in the last weeks. The idiot cat here is no less mental for being neutered. The other cats were all neutered/spayed and they remained playful as well.

It does, however, significantly reduce the likelihood of them getting into hormone related trouble in addition to normal mischief.


But I agree, it's probably not a good idea for the OP to have a go at breeding. I wouldn't want to get a dog from somebody who was a little vague on the name of the breed, as they may have done or not done quite a few important things to ensure the litter's health due to simply not knowing about it.

z.n

Long haired GSD calmer from age 5. Still waiting on labradoodle age 3. Both benefit from time off lead-even 10 mins gets the jumping beans out. Also, mental stimulation from toys helps-and plenty of chewing material. We do hide and seek of named family members/find my pair of shoes when hidden seperately (where's the other one of these?)/ oh no I've lost my keys where are they/hunt for the tennis ball once thrown but don't let the dog see where?. GSD loves to find, labradoodle loves to fetch and parade with prize. Mentally exhausting and fun. Walk in a different location with new smells. Go along a busy road with plenty of people-lots of mental stimulation.

Paradigm

piglet74 wrote: »

I think we might breed her at some stage

For what reason?

piglet74

suki1964 wrote: »

My bad, missed the last one


OP, you don't even know what you feed your dog, nor know how to train it, I don't think breeding is best suited to you

The dog meal gets delivered every month, I don't know the name, my husband sorts that out,

U will notice I said WE in one of my posts,

I work 2 jobs, run a home, my husband works out of the country a lot, I was asking the question "when do they grow up".. I wasn't asking "am I suited to training and breeding dogs"

Thanks for ur advice... NOT!

Why is it when u ask a question on this place that u get all the snide comments that are not any help to ur initial question?

piglet74

For all of you having a dig at my dog knowledge and "training" ability,

Fyi, my husband was a dog owner, trainer and breeder for YEARS tho not for labs, for racing dogs,

The lab was bought as a pet for me, not for me to expand my (pathetic) knowledge on the whole breeding and training of a dog

I was looking an answer from anyone who keeps dogs just as "pets", I walk her, feed her, play with her, I have no notion of entering her into Britain got talent! Her food is delivered along with the other animals food, I can't believe me not being able to recall the name is such an issue for some of you, the food is transferred to from its packaging to a container.

Good god, u ask a simple question, and u got shot down in flames,

What a pedantic lot u are!

aliasojo

Raksha wrote: »

How old was she when she was speyed? The younger they are the longervthey stay giddy. 8ne of mine was done before I got her at 6 month's and was daft til the day she died

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

What a load of toss that is!

Who on earth told you that?

There's actually quite a lot of stuff on the net about this being a possible side effect of neutering too early.

Here's an excerpt from one animal behaviourist....

I noted some seven years ago that the incidence of frustration, lack of attention, and puppy like behaviour, appeared to be far more prevalent in dogs that were castrated and spayed at a younger age, rather than those that were allowed to mature naturally before attempting this operation.

Many animal behaviourists agree on early neutering being problematic.

UKTigerlily

People have given advice and in my case asked questions to get a better understanding ie which food

piglet74

My question was "when, if ever, will she grow out of being "bouncy"

I don't require any advice on what to feed her, how to train her or even less so, how to raise a litter,

She is a pet, end of.. Purely a pet.
Someone to walk with, play with, keep me company when I am home alone,

For anyone who did answer my question, thank you. I know realise there is no set in stone answer, she may or may not ever grow out of it.

And might I add, my husband and his family have breed and trained a great number of prize winning dogs, so one expert in the field in the family is enough, but this dog is my pet, and that's all she is ever going to be. She wasn't bought to be trained up to be anything else but a pet.

Raksha

Just being a pet is probably one of the most difficult jobs a dog can be expected to do. Just as any other job, they need training. If you don't teachbthem how to behave in a kitchen, or when everyone us chilled and watching tv, then their behaviour may well annoy you.