Lol, we got this Sheltie that is "intense." He's coming on to 18 mo old and needs some serious play time every day. We toss a ball for him in the living room and he loves it. Also The Kid does not walk him, he runs him, outside on leash! I'm looking into Invisible Fencing. Other times, like now, the pup lies quietly at my feet or on The Kid's bed, just chillin'. The quiet times are getting longer as the dog learns to settle. Once the fence is installed - and the weather improves - we hope to try some agility exercises!
He sounds awesome!! I think agility would be good for him.
I think sometimes young dogs in general can be pretty intense for a while. My friend has two Goldens. One is around 5 or 6 and very calm, typical Golden, always has been, was basically trained by 6 months, came from a breeder.
The other is a bit of a wild child, they got her at about 3 or 4 months from some college girl and the dog had already had 2 or 3 owners before them. Was likely a drunken pet shop purchase or something. They found her on Craigslist and the poor dog was in a tiny crate a lot of the time. So not the best upbringing or genetics but she is 2 now and she never quits! LOL
Also super smart and loves to work so a bit of a handful. Luckily they trail run in the woods and stuff all the time and take them but they’re not great with dogs and haven’t really worked on inside manners or an off switch hah should probably be in a working home but she’s also a very anxious dog so probably wouldn’t thrive there either.
We also got a Lab at 18 months old one time from a family who had little kids and were kind of afraid of him and just kept him in the yard, couldn’t handle him. He was a handful at first.
My dad had to hit the tennis ball for at least an hour just to get him somewhat manageable for my mom before he went to work. We were pretty little at the time. And he used a tennis racquet to get it all the way across our
huge yard and he’d be going uphill to bring it back over and over and over so not like he just tossed it 2 feet in a backyard. He was hard running/fetching for forever and would go forever too
My grandma hated him because one time he ate her fur coat.
Another time he stole an
entire ham of the kitchen counter and we had to go out for dinner that night.
He was drinking water for
days after but was fine.
He also used to run off and go roaming and would give you this look as he did it like “screw you”
BUT.
He ended up being the
best dog ever. So sweet and gentle. Great dog. Everybody loved him.
Those adolescent years are
rough. 