My 9 month old golden sometimes drives me absolutely crazy with this behavior. I'm having some trouble managing his energy and accidentally getting him over tired and he turns into the devil. He's really mouthy and will jump up and try to hump me. Sometimes reverse time outs work, other times he will still be there by the door waiting for me 10 minutes later. I feel bad putting him in his crate when he's like this because he's still riled up and barks for a long time and I don't want him to see the crate as punishment. I'll wait for him to calm down a bit and make him sit/down for a while before letting him out again. Of course all this stuff usually happens at night.
Our routine is wake up around 7-7:30. Hang out for about 30 minutes and then out to potty and go on a 30-45 minute walk. Then I'll give him his food and he just chills and napa for a while. Back out for another potty break around 130-2pm. Since it's hot, I keep it short. I'll mix in some training sessions throughout the day and also give him stuff to tear up and/or chews (bully sticks/pig ears/frozen carrots). Usually another nap until Around 5pm when we go out and play fetch for like 30 minutes. Dinner is at about 630 or 7pm. He'll get bitey/humpy and usually I take him out to poop around 8pm. Depending on how he seems it'll be a chill sniff and casual stroll or a walk around a few blocks. A lot of the time he will act like a terror when we get back.
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