My hyper puppy chases cats and chickens. How do I calm her down?

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Lido is a very hyper puppy that loves to chase chickens and cats... She is driving me crazy, any tips of how can I train her to calm her down? Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male | unneutered | 8 months and 17 days old

C. Rathjens, DVM · Accepted Answer

Sadly, this is nearly impossible to train away. It's a situation where nature trumps nurture. If you want to try, I'd recommend working with her instead of sit, laydown, and watch me commands. Once she's amazing at them inside, take her to an indoor public place to get good there, then an outdoor place with no animals, and then out in to the general world. Once she's really really solid with those basic commands you can use them to try to get her attention before she sees the chicken or cat. In the mean time, don't let her practice this behavior (ie keep her on leash at all times and calmly but quickly remove her from the chickens or cats if she starts to go crazy). It's a very uphill battle, so good luck!

My hyper puppy chases cats and chickens. How do I calm her down?

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