reassurance needed..again

Sky has just got really excited, no reason why, me and my partner are just sat on the sofa watching tv. Sky was playing with her toys happily, went out for a wee, came back in and ran around like crazy, jumped up on the sofa and bit my arm really hard. I shouted NO..she jumped down and she went for my partners toes and was barking which sounded aggressive..I was shouting NO..i had to pick her up ( or more or less catch her mid jump) and put her in her crate, shut the door and said NO BITING..She is now snoring and fast asleep. She is losing teeth though and had a very wobbly one earlier...Did i do the right thing with her? Also she is now almost 18 weeks old what age will this calm down..surely it should be around now..for 10 weeks we have been saying no biting!!! Frustrating!!

She's teething !! And sounds full of energy, try taking her for upto 3 walks of at least 20mins.

Freeze some carrots for her to gnaw on, these are great fir painful gums, other than that stay consistent, she may be pushing the boundaries seeing how far she can go or what she can get away with.

My pup is 17wks, he's pretty chilled out but on occasion where he does get a bit bouncy or nippy I will tell him off and then put him in a separate room too chill out. It does work

Exercise > discipline > love x

Fab advice from Jackie Just a stage that will pass with training.

Reminded me why I prefer an older dog

Ruby is doing the same thing from time to time,shes also teething, shes 19 weeks tomorrow. She has mad moments where seemingly nothing will calm her down. I hate when she nips, buts its getting less frequent thankfully. In the past 3-4 days she really does seem to have calmed down a lot, this time last week she was most definitely more boistrous around the house. Its odd how fast they change when young isnt it

Teething can always be a problem time, but staffs (and most of the bull breeds) have mad 5 minutes where their excess energy just seems to bubble over.

Removing her from the room to give her time to calm down was fine. Don't worry, she will begin to respond to your training soon & you'll see quite a difference.

Just a combination of teething, excess energy and wanting attention. Just stay patient and consistant and she will learn.

I don't believe in shouting at a dog or using a crate as punishment. She may associate that with being punished and not as a safe place that she can go.

I'm with jstaff here; whilst biting you mid zoomies isn't acceptable using the crate as punishment isn't to be encouraged. Also shouting usually means the person shouting is frustrated and if you control a pup/dog with frustration or anger then they quickly learn that's the way to control a situation.

Does she have her zoomies at a regular time or was this a one off?

its about once a day...yeah maybe just putting her in the kitchen and shutting the door may be best then.

If she does it at a regular time then you can try and get in there first and initiate play with her before she has her mad 5 minutes - have a good game of tug or something to use the excess energy she's trying to burn off.

As Caryll said, that mad 5 minutes (or half an hour in Charlie's case!) is so common.

As Galadriel says, if the madness occurs at around the same time every day, you could try redirecting that mad energy just beforehand with a game, or perhaps some mental training.

Of course, frequent exercise will help too, but they really do all seem to have those mad moments each day, especially as pups!!

Zoomies I just love that term and sums up the Mad staffy puppy moments perfectly, you have had all the right advice here stay strong this will pass what we have too realise is too a puppy nipping isn,t wrong they do it too there siblings or in play so it is something that we have too teach them not too do too us, but shouting doesn,t help as much as it sometimes is a reaction as those teeth hurt a firm no avoid contact ignore them and you can place them in a quiet place too calm down, but their crate should be their safe place not for punishment, you will get there and yes exercise is a must but all my staffies had those mad moments even when they were very well exercised x

I agree with not using the crate as a punishment, because it's meant to be her safe place, basically, nothing but positive thoughts for her. Just in a room or outside for a couple of minutes will do. How often do you walk her? She might just need a bit more walking or playing to tire her out, but even so, they do have their mad wild hyperactive sessions.