24/10/2025
Great post by The Ladies Working Dog Group
10 common things that actually keep your dog wired 🐾
Save this post and share it with another handler who’s desperate for calmer walks and quieter evenings.
We talk too much during dog training, keeping their brains switched on when silence would say more.
We play when they’re already buzzing, adding more adrenaline instead of calm.
We rush from one thing to the next ... walks, retrieves, training sessions, never giving them a moment to settle.
We think tired means calm, when it really just means overstimulated.
We fuss and feed when they’re bouncing, rewarding excitement instead of peace.
We forget how much rest working dogs and gundogs truly need, then wonder why they can’t switch off.
We change the rules, sometimes the sofa’s fine, sometimes it’s not, and confuse them.
We overtrain, pushing for progress when rest would help more.
We get frustrated and they mirror it right back.
And we forget to teach stillness, because doing nothing doesn’t feel like training, even though it’s the most important part.
If your spaniel, labrador, or any working breed struggles to relax, you’re not alone. Calmness can be taught and it changes everything.
Comment “switch off” below and I’ll send you the link to our calm dog training bundle so you can start building real calm today.
