Why is my dog so hyper in public?
Tyrel Schowalter
2025-07-22 09:21:12
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For a happy family life, it’s important that dogs learn to relax and have time on their own. It’s hard for your dog to learn how to settle when there are distractions, so it’s best to begin practicing somewhere quiet. Some dogs will take longer and might struggle to stop pulling on the lead or staring at you. If this is the case with your dog, you’ll need to take things more slowly by rewarding behaviours such as standing quietly, disengaging from people or sniffing their blanket. Add in distractions Slowly start building up distractions by practising the ‘settle’ in increasingly busy areas or ask a helper to create a distraction by walking past, progressing to more exciting activities like sweeping or skipping. If your dog becomes unsettled or gets up, ignore them and wait until they settle again before rewarding them. If they won’t relax and settle, increase the distance from the distraction or make the distraction less interesting. Once your dog has learnt the basic objective of being settled, try training in different locations with more distractions. Try to resist telling your dog what to do during training, the aim is for them to learn for themselves to be calm and to relax.
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