Overstimulated / Impulse Control

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Ranger22

Discussion Starter · 23 d ago

Our 5 month old, Ranger, started at daycare - passed the assessment and his third time there we were told he couldn’t come back until he learns impulse control. Apparently he goes hard all day and doesn’t know how to stop/cues from other dogs that they don’t want to play anymore. They also said he gets stressed out in a kennel or pen when they try to separate him. We don’t have any issues with his crate at home, he sleeps in it, has naps/breaks in it. He can calm down quite quickly at home. Any suggestions on how to teach him to play nicely and not get so overstimulated?
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texasred

· #2 · 23 d ago

Ranger is being a normal vizsla puppy. Every single one of them I’ve known, or owned acted that way at that age. The are just a high energy breed, with a short attention span at that age.
I’m sure they know what cues the other dog is giving, they just try to get them to keep playing anyway.
Just this weekend (at a year old) Heifer finally decided to listen to a dogs cue. Before then she would have just leaped on them, to try and force them to play.
As far as the crate.
I’m sure he just wants out to play. It takes time for them to be able to settle in new places. Especially when a lot of things are going on..

Just to add
Heifer has been traveling out of town with me. Staying in hotels, and in the field with other dogs since she was 3 months old. She started doing ongoing weekly classes when she was 4 months old. I think she was 7 months when she started showing in the ring. I only mentioned the above, because she still didn’t start to respect new dogs until a year old. That was just this weekend. Who knows, she may decide to go back to her old ways next week.
As owners we just keep working with them. It takes as long as it takes. As long as we don’t give up, one day we will have a well rounded dog that we are proud to take out in public.

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Gabica

· #3 · 23 d ago

very similar experience and learning path as mentioned by @texasred

from my two boys Bende went to daycare till he was 2 years old. it was several different places, the first place only took puppies and neutered/spayed dogs if above 6 months, so he outgrew it eventually. the next several places were 1-2 dogs allowed types only, where the owner just needed a high energy play mate for their own dogs (in all cases they were sporting breeds), and during adolescent age that has worked for us the best as it helped us and the daycare owner`s dog(s). so maybe something to look into, if you can, not every daycare situation is the right fit for every dog.

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samsmom

· #4 · 22 d ago

Ruby passed her trial to get into daycare at a place I take her when we are in SC. But gets put into “timeout “ a lot because she gets the other dogs riled up. Watching her on the video feed - my husband describes her as a ping pong ball😂
At home in WV her daycare is a lot more casual or relaxed. It’s just two women who watch the dogs- they just let them run all day. She does fine there and comes home more tired and calmer than the other place.
Vizslas like to run and play!

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carlamariaroots

· #5 · 21 d ago

Ranger22 said:
Our 5 month old, Ranger, started at daycare - passed the assessment and his third time there we were told he couldn’t come back until he learns impulse control. Apparently he goes hard all day and doesn’t know how to stop/cues from other dogs that they don’t want to play anymore. They also said he gets stressed out in a kennel or pen when they try to separate him. We don’t have any issues with his crate at home, he sleeps in it, has naps/breaks in it. He can calm down quite quickly at home. Any suggestions on how to teach him to play nicely and not get so overstimulated? Thanks!

Hi there. Honestly I feel like if you don't have a Vizsla puppy you don't know the breed and think that they are crazy impulsive and would think that they are too crazy. Maple my vizsla puppy is 8 months old now and she plays all day long and wants to wrestle all the time but in a nice and sweet way, she shows never any aggression. It's just the baby phase. Vizslas are prone to be mature later in age around 2-3 years old and as we all know the are suuuuper high engergy dogs! I think that it iss so normal and good for them to be playful, so honestly I wouldn't blame Ranger in any way! He is so young and playful. It's like to try and tell a 6months old to sit still. I would maybe check another day-care out that knows the breed well and maybe the have another Pointer GSP or Vizsla in the group! What helped Maple a lot is going to the dog park often and get used to a lot of dog breeds. I went almost everyday for a few weeks. Hope that helps.

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Dan_A

· #6 · 21 d ago

Everyone already said what I would have said. Just came to say it took Ellie to about 1.5 years to start respecting others dogs when they say “stop”. Even now at 2.5 years she will push hard and doesn’t want to give up. She will play with another V and burn out two doodles all in the same day.

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gunnr

· #7 · 21 d ago

To expect a puppy of any breed to have "impulse control" at five months is a pretty unrealistic expectation. That's why Vizlsa's are still on check cords at that age, and non hunting breed dogs are on leashes. That expectation is simply to high.
As for the play all day,,, that's never going to stop.

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InTheNet

· #8 · 20 d ago

Our first Vizsla Zoltan was kicked out of a dog park at around 7 months. The owner of a young adult Belgian Malinois complained he was beating up her dog.

We currently have 3 (2 1/2)V's and when they are playing you would think they are killing each other from all the growling/snarling /bared teeth. But rarely is there a yelp of pain and so far no blood! V's play rough.

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doublecbob

· #9 · 14 d ago

carlamariaroots said:
Hi there. Honestly I feel like if you don't have a Vizsla puppy you don't know the breed and think that they are crazy impulsive and would think that they are too crazy. Maple my vizsla puppy is 8 months old now and she plays all day long and wants to wrestle all the time but in a nice and sweet way, she shows never any aggression. It's just the baby phase. Vizslas are prone to be mature later in age around 2-3 years old and as we all know the are suuuuper high engergy dogs! I think that it iss so normal and good for them to be playful, so honestly I wouldn't blame Ranger in any way! He is so young and playful. It's like to try and tell a 6months old to sit still. I would maybe check another day-care out that knows the breed well and maybe the have another Pointer GSP or Vizsla in the group! What helped Maple a lot is going to the dog park often and get used to a lot of dog breeds. I went almost everyday for a few weeks. Hope that helps.

You mentioning Wrestling cracked me up. My V is 11 months old and we wrestle every day. I get down on the floor get her into head locks. etc etc

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