{"id":498,"date":"2022-09-23T11:23:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T11:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/?p=498"},"modified":"2022-09-23T11:23:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T11:23:40","slug":"how-to-cope-with-an-excitable-puppy%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/?p=498","title":{"rendered":"How to cope with an excitable puppy\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Provide a safe secure environment where the puppy can go to have some quiet time, for example a crate or a different room. This can help if the puppy gets over excited and needs to take some time out to calm down. Use the safe space\/quiet time if the puppy starts to bite, pull on clothing, jumping up or barking and not calming down.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Direct your puppy\u2019s energy to an activity that is fun and safe for everyone to enjoy, for example a walk, dog puzzles or games to play.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is important to remain calm when your puppy is excited, keep a slow and even tone voice to help calm your puppy down.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If there is a pattern to the excitable behaviour, if possible, try to distract them with a game or activity to keep their mind calm and stop them from becoming over excited before the excited behaviour starts.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Make sure your puppy is getting enough rest\/sleep throughout the day.&nbsp; They need to sleep 18-20 hours a day, otherwise they become overtired and overexcited and struggle to calm themselves down.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provide a safe secure environment where the puppy can go to have some quiet time, for example a crate or a different room. This can help if the puppy gets over excited and needs to take some time out to&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/?p=498\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,203,202,201],"class_list":["post-498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-doggy-day-care","tag-dogtraining","tag-newdog","tag-puppies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":500,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions\/500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsforpets.co.uk\/dog-walking-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}