Dog you can't live with? - Page 2

I'm wondering if this is more of a nerve issue?  Many dogs do well when given something to focus on ie. training.  But when left to their own devices they have trouble settling.  Every noise gets them up and searching the house.  I have a dog like this, 100 mph or sleeping.  This dog does not do well in the kennel.  She is now the house dog.  We have a 40 ft. cable line attached to a pin in the ground.  Her first 10 minutes outside is filled with searching her perimeter.  Well its more like charging down the steps in a hope to catch whatever small game may be in perimeter. Then she will lay on the back porch or the ground surveying the land.  She will even sleep in the open yard.  Put her in a kennel and she will  pace for a min. of 2 hours before she settles.

You can train a dog all you want, but nature is nature.  If its a nerve issue you can stop the yelping and pacing but it will come out, albeit upset stomache (stress), licking of paws, hotspots and or tail chewing.

Sometimes it is what it is.  The best way I have found to get them to settle is giving them a bone to chew on,  Once the marrow is gone, I put peanut butter in the hollow bone.

Kyle

yup. a good knuckle bone, a comfy crate and a cover if necessary.  sometimes even a little easy listening music or the tv turned low.
pjp

what the op is talking about is a high drive erenergy puppy need lots of exercise after a year things calm down

Took 5 years for mine to start to calm down.

real active work should probably be enough then? no?

Also is it that the dog is too high drive/energy, or that the owner is too low drive/energy.  On days I give my dog enough exercise either walking, chasing ball, swiming or whatever.. he's awesome in the house.  On days that I've got 14 places to go and things that just have to get done and he doesn't get the attention/exercise he needs then he can be a real pain.... is that fault in him??  or in me?  

*Don't bother ta answer as I know the answer is me!*

windwalker my girl is same how old is your dog? when a dog paces it didnt get its exercise well from what ive seen personally.  If i exercise my dog she never is a pain.

1st picture he was just over a year old, 2nd one he's just short of 2 years, showing SG1 under Herr Scheld in Buffalo this spring. He's solid as a rock in temperament, with "no back up" in him as the cowboys say.   100% solid nerves.

Don't confuse a High Drive/Energy dog with a nervy dog.  High drive/energy dogs are fine as long as they get enough exercise and stimulation. A nervy dog is the nerotic pacer, tail chaser etc.

.....if someone is not happy with the dog for what ever reason..they are just not clicking with him/her (it's like a chemistry thing between man and women) if there is just no connection, no bond, it would not matter what the dog does it will always drive you crazy or irritate you...he/she will never understand what you want and you will never be able to properly relay the message....so you can give him to me. I will give it a shot...LOL

just saying...

I know that a dog that is good at relaxing at home has to have a problem with nerve issui but just maybe that the dog is a very active one or is not good at lying down or maybe he always has an active lifestyle