She has often had the normal puppy crazy half hours where she runs round like mad, but yesterday this lasted all afternoon and all evening, with maybe only a total of an hours peace in several hours of craziness!! We tried tiring her out with some training, playing with toys, and puppy ping pong, but none of it worked so we just had to keep a real eye on her as she was into everything!! We had visitors over last night to meet her and they were introduced to her full level of energy with her pouncing, running, woofing and chewing!! Luckily they still seemed to like her LOL!!
We thought she'd never settle in her crate last night, but actually she was very good and was very quiet and then when I woke at 6.30 this morning she still wasn't making a sound...I think she had completely tired herself out!!
She has been much calmer today! I went out and left her in her secure area for nearly three hours this morning while I did some shopping and she was completely settled in there when I came back, which is great.
Because she has been chewing so much I bought her a new spiky chew toy and a new bone to chew on while I was out shopping, which she seems to like. Guess she might be starting to teeth (? not sure what time this happens really). I also bought a football shaped cushion for her to play with! It's nearly as tall as she is but she has been having great fun dragging it round and shaking it!! Hopefully she'll be able to use up some of her excess energy on all her new toys, rather than on furniture and visitors LOL!! It seems to have worked so far as she is currently curled up quietly at my feet!
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Aww Inko is so cute with that football!!!!! You might like to give Inko a cardboard box... Our guys LOVE them and will chew them and rip them up - keeps them occupied for HOURS! You just have to clean up the mess later... Hehehe!! Our guys have free access to our recycling box (bottles, cardboard, paper...) and they love it. We have tiled floors though so it's very easy to clean up!
Jedi started to chew on us around 11-12 weeks and really, really teeth at 4 months (grumpy, sore teeth, the whole lot...). He lost his first tooth at around 4 months old. He was pretty normal in terms of time frames if that helps?! :)
Great idea - thanks Nik. We've got a huge pile of cardboard that has been sat up out of the way for ages waiting to be taken to the recycling centre so I might try her with some of that today!
It sounds like, at 10 weeks, Inko is probably still learning her bite inhibition rather than actually teething yet! Despite big 'Ows' from us, to try and show that she's hurt us, she is still very much chewing, but obviously that is normal puppy behaviour that we just need to persist with. No holes in trousers, sock, hands or ankles yet LOL!!!!
Hope your studying is going well :)
I've just caught up with Inko's blog, I do enjoy reading it. When Taivas was a pup she had a few mad episodes when she just wouldn't calm down. I finally realised that they ocurred when she'd had treats with artificial colours in. Keep track of what Inko has for treats and see if there is any connection.
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