High energy 11mo puppy

[dreamtwister302]

Are all newf puppies so high energy outside? Indoors, we have trained her to be fairly quiet, she gets to chew cow femurs and work some dog puzzles, but her exercise requirements have always been sooo high (reminds me of a lab..), and I am always scared of exercising too much because of the joints. Should I Stop worrying and just exercise her a lot all the time? I want her to be able to pull sleds and carts, so I dont want joint problems. But she needs sooo much exercise!! a 3km walk does not calm her down the slightest, she needs to jog one of those KM's (at least). A jog here is me jogging.. she is doing a really fast paced walk! She gets to socialize with other dogs when at off leash dog parks for walks (Ella is still on a leash there, usually a 30-50' leash that we dont hold on to, otherwise she will sprint after other dogs and not come back....) and this doesnt calm her down either, after we come back home. So far the only thing that works is letting her dig huge snow craters and playing in the snow since she loves it. Anyway, just curious if this is normal for newf puppy.

Edit: she is also an extremely excitable dog. If a stranger pets her for more than 2 seconds, she goes berserk and wants to jump on them.. even though she never succeeds at this since we are there with her. It is so easy to get her energy going..

 

[Angela]

No, some are laid back! Owain was the puppy from hell, very high energy and destructive. I walked him much more than was recommended, just for my sanity. I also found a second hand treadmill which he used a couple of times each day.

Can you take her to obedience classes? That also may help.

 

[lmfoltyn]

Mine have all been high energy...I was wishing for a couch potato but no such luck...

 

[Denali's Mama]

Denali can be high energy at times, especially when we take him to an off-leash dog park; he loves it!! But usually after a long walk in the morning and a long walk in the evening he mellows out and typically takes a long nap afterwards. I loved what Angela shared about the treadmill!! Maybe something like that would be helpful? I've gotten a lot of advice/caution from our vet and others regarding too much exercise, so I have no idea about how much exercise is too much exercise Wish I could be more helpful! Best of luck!

 

[Brandie&Maggie]

Ruby will be 2 in February and is like that. I highly recommend an obedience class if you haven't done that recently. Working their brains helps make them tired too!!

You could try some agility and things and play games outside so she's engaged more than just physically if that makes sense.

A one hour obedience class (with about 10 minutes of play time before and a few minutes of agility play after) will tire out Ruby for 6 or so hours afterwards.

As far as getting excited about strangers, etc, she's a puppy and that's normal. But she does need to learn self control. For example, at Ruby would do exactly what you describe. But we made sure she was ignored until calm. So now she is still very very excitable, but she'll sit for her pets. She'll be totally vibrating with excitement, but her butt stay on the ground!! It's getting better.

(We got Ruby just 5 months ago and she had no training prior).

 

[Bailey Boy]

Bailey was my wild child so know what you are going through. Our friends would always say Bailey could come and play but couldn't stay. We could have hired him out to baby proof anyone's home he was into everything.

I personally wouldn't force exercise on a pup especially running that will do more damage on their joints then running and playing in the yard for a couple of hours. Do you have someone close by that you can set up play dates with? We found several playmates for Bailey when he was going to puppy training classes, they were a life saver for both of us.

 

[NinaA]

Obedience school -- at least two levels. Helps you know how to manage them and helps them learn to know what you want. Best thing to help create that perfect Newf. See - here's the perfect Newf to the left. Contrary to what the picture indicates, I can take her anywhere and lead her around the house/yard with one finger under her ear (something she started - not me and it works beautifully).

 

[dreamtwister302]

Thanks, I'm glad I'm not the only one, I will look into doing obedience training again, no one seems to offer it during the winter over here though. All our neighbors have dog(s), will have to arrange something more often!

 

[victoria1140]

None of mine have been easy ,its why l call them the baby hellraisers.

If you have clean water nearby,swimming is great for them.

Otherwise its lots of training exercises outside