Hey everyone!
My name is breia, my family has had a King Charles (Bowie) for about a year now. I wanted to join the group because I have some questions and wanted to be able to connect with more experienced King Charles owners, with us being relatively new to this breed of dog. I hope itās okay to ask some of these in an introductory post.
So, Bowie seemed to train up pretty quickly on potty training, sit, kennel, etc. However we have noticed in the last few months he has completely reverted in potty training. At first he would hide and do it, and then he became bold about it and started going right in front of us. To pre-address any questionsā¦heās been to the vet and is perfectly healthy, no change in environment or food, and I work from home so heās actually being taken outside many, many times a day to walk and play and go potty. We have a routine with going potty and we havenāt changed that at all.
Second, he seems endlessly hyperactive. Even more so than other puppies when we go to dog parks and such. He never stops running, jumping, moving, zooming, etc. We cannot for the life of us, no matter how much training we doā¦get him to stop jumping up on people or even get him to listen to us about anything when anyone not from home is around. Like, at all. All listening and training goes out the window. And believe me, we continue with the same training when someone new is around. Heās so hyperactive his eyes like bug out of his head, like huge wide eyes to the point where people comment on it like ājeez man, your dog is so insane his eyes are bugging out of his eye socketsā. He wonāt lay down and relax unless heās locked in his kennel. Heās been in our house for over a year now and is still constantly sniffing everywhere all the time in fast circles around the house like there is going to be a new smell but there isnāt. Even as I type this his eyes are so wide you can see well into the white part of his eyeball and heās zooming around the house repeatedly. There is no one but me here. Heās moving so fast heās slipping and slamming into walls (hardwood floors).
So I guess Iām wondering if anyone knows why heād revert in potty training, and if the extreme, endless hyperactivity is normal?
Thank you!
My name is breia, my family has had a King Charles (Bowie) for about a year now. I wanted to join the group because I have some questions and wanted to be able to connect with more experienced King Charles owners, with us being relatively new to this breed of dog. I hope itās okay to ask some of these in an introductory post.
So, Bowie seemed to train up pretty quickly on potty training, sit, kennel, etc. However we have noticed in the last few months he has completely reverted in potty training. At first he would hide and do it, and then he became bold about it and started going right in front of us. To pre-address any questionsā¦heās been to the vet and is perfectly healthy, no change in environment or food, and I work from home so heās actually being taken outside many, many times a day to walk and play and go potty. We have a routine with going potty and we havenāt changed that at all.
Second, he seems endlessly hyperactive. Even more so than other puppies when we go to dog parks and such. He never stops running, jumping, moving, zooming, etc. We cannot for the life of us, no matter how much training we doā¦get him to stop jumping up on people or even get him to listen to us about anything when anyone not from home is around. Like, at all. All listening and training goes out the window. And believe me, we continue with the same training when someone new is around. Heās so hyperactive his eyes like bug out of his head, like huge wide eyes to the point where people comment on it like ājeez man, your dog is so insane his eyes are bugging out of his eye socketsā. He wonāt lay down and relax unless heās locked in his kennel. Heās been in our house for over a year now and is still constantly sniffing everywhere all the time in fast circles around the house like there is going to be a new smell but there isnāt. Even as I type this his eyes are so wide you can see well into the white part of his eyeball and heās zooming around the house repeatedly. There is no one but me here. Heās moving so fast heās slipping and slamming into walls (hardwood floors).
So I guess Iām wondering if anyone knows why heād revert in potty training, and if the extreme, endless hyperactivity is normal?
Thank you!
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