Hi all,
I'm the owner of a Beagle/Springer Spaniel and am looking for any and all advice I can muster because I am almost at wit's end.
I don't know what I am doing wrong. I've watched Cesar Milan, this is my second dog and I learned many things from that show with what I did wrong with the first dog. I thought I was on the right path, but now this dog is starting to act just like my last dog and I am at pains with WHY!!!!
He is constantly ON. He does NOT settle down, he did when we first got him (11 months) but as he's getting older (1 year and 1 month) he is now starting to whine all the time. He's fed, he's been out for his business, he's been on walks every other day because I just can't every day.
We go for walks in a conservation area and it takes me an hour to walk him through. In the house he is cuddled, played with, and when taken out for business is also played with - every night (except long walk night), for at least 30 mins.
I don't know what to do, I am getting to the point where I am thinking of giving him back to the adoption agency I got him from because I just ... don't ... know ... what ... else ... TO ... DO!!!!
The rough list from Cesar's show, is (if I remember it right):
-Exercise
-Discipline
-Affection
-Exercise
I have bent over backwards giving him exercise, so much so that I have injured myself (knee) from walking too much (old injury has resurfaced after 4+ years). As far as affection goes, he's on my chest asleep getting scratched while I watch TV in our down times. In the house, when he's not asleep on me, we have to tether him to the coffee table because he roams roams roams roams roams roams roams alllllllll night - into areas we can't see so he gets into trouble.
My biggest fear is we can not provide enough exercise for him, which is 30 mins to an hour every night of intense running and playing and chasing. I've read this hyperactivity is the Beagle side and not the Spaniel, so I'm starting here first.
I'm the owner of a Beagle/Springer Spaniel and am looking for any and all advice I can muster because I am almost at wit's end.
I don't know what I am doing wrong. I've watched Cesar Milan, this is my second dog and I learned many things from that show with what I did wrong with the first dog. I thought I was on the right path, but now this dog is starting to act just like my last dog and I am at pains with WHY!!!!
He is constantly ON. He does NOT settle down, he did when we first got him (11 months) but as he's getting older (1 year and 1 month) he is now starting to whine all the time. He's fed, he's been out for his business, he's been on walks every other day because I just can't every day.
We go for walks in a conservation area and it takes me an hour to walk him through. In the house he is cuddled, played with, and when taken out for business is also played with - every night (except long walk night), for at least 30 mins.
I don't know what to do, I am getting to the point where I am thinking of giving him back to the adoption agency I got him from because I just ... don't ... know ... what ... else ... TO ... DO!!!!
The rough list from Cesar's show, is (if I remember it right):
-Exercise
-Discipline
-Affection
-Exercise
I have bent over backwards giving him exercise, so much so that I have injured myself (knee) from walking too much (old injury has resurfaced after 4+ years). As far as affection goes, he's on my chest asleep getting scratched while I watch TV in our down times. In the house, when he's not asleep on me, we have to tether him to the coffee table because he roams roams roams roams roams roams roams alllllllll night - into areas we can't see so he gets into trouble.
My biggest fear is we can not provide enough exercise for him, which is 30 mins to an hour every night of intense running and playing and chasing. I've read this hyperactivity is the Beagle side and not the Spaniel, so I'm starting here first.