[Lilie]

I agree with LaRen, exercise, exercise, exercise. When my 6 month old male gets silly headed - I quit what I'm trying to do with him and throw his ball. If I try to keep his attention when he is being silly, I'm just setting him up to fail. His brain just can't handle the excess energy in his body. After a while of fetch, the length of time depends on him, then we settle down to business. Almost always he is eager for the rest!

I'll even take him out to our fields and let him just run - he is rewarded every time he returns to me. Then I send him out again. When he stops leaving, we'll walk back to the house and do something fun, but quiet.

I wanted to edit to add that he always does best when kept on a schedule. Even on my days off, I keep our same schedule. Once he is older, I'll be able to sleep in again. But for now, if I change his schedule with a variance of say more than an hour - he'll stop sleeping through the night.