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[quote=Anonymous]OP, this is the worst of it. You have an adolescent, energetic dog. Within 6-12 months the dog should calm down immensely. As a teenager, he’s pushing boundaries, forgetting seemingly trained commands, and has ridiculous energy. All completely normal.

If you can hang on until maturity, you will likely have a nice dog. If you can’t, then you learned your lesson and can skip a dog until the kids aren’t as needy.

We currently have an 8 month old Australian shepherd mix who just wants to run run run for hours a day. We taught him frisbee (exercise with a retrieve which is a built in recall!) and it has helped immensely.

It’s also super helpful to have a dog who can settle in a crate. Gives you a break from the leash. My puppy spends a couple hours in the crate every day as forced relaxation with chewies and a bed and has learned it is a place to be calm. Life saving!

But at the end of the day if you’re all miserable, then the best thing you can do is rehome. Expect it to take a while though—the market is saturated with dogs right now as return to office continues and people rehome dogs they got during work from home.[/quote]

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