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Originally Posted by 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.
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Trainers get most of their calls from owners of pups between 5 and 6 months old. Exercise should be a huge part of the solution but it is the age where bratty behavior increases.