Why is my high-energy dog still hyper and biting after exercise?

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Tikka can get very hyper and bity. She gets plenty of attention and we exercise her everyday for a min 45 minutes a day (off leash of running with the bike). It seems to come out of nowhere and the only way to calm her down is to pin her(if you can catch her). Any suggestions on how to get her to stop doing this? Pet's info: Dog | Wirehaired Pointing Griffon | Female | spayed | 1 year and 2 months old | 50 lbs

Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA · Accepted Answer

I see that Tikka is a young dog, of a very high energy breed - so it's very normal and expected that she will get wild and "bitey" on occasion :). If she has a crate that she is comfortable in, I would suggest giving her some type of special treat such as a bully stick, rawhide, or a Kong stuffed with peanut butter in her crate when she starts to get crazy - this is not meant as a punishment, but simply as a way to help her calm down and relax. Chewing is a very calming activity for dogs. Make sure that you teach her to go into her crate happily for a treat when you ask her to, so that it's easy to do this when she's overly excited. I would not recommend grabbing and pinning her, as this is likely to make her try and avoid you and may also increase her frustration when she is like this. Some dogs will even be one aggressive and start to bite with this kind of handling. It's much better to calmly redirect her to another activity in a positive way.

Why is my high-energy dog still hyper and biting after exercise?

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