Dog on the brink

[tigerlily11]

My dog is a cross breed and he's driving us nuts.
Just recently at about this time of night and after his last walk, he has been doing his crust over something.
He struts about huffing a gruffing. he won't settle.
most of the rest of the day he is fine but he keeps looking at my husband like he expects something.
He doesn't like high pitched noises but there are none.
He has had the snip so I was wondering if he is responding to a local female.
What ever it is he's acting like a nutter right now and I don't know how to calm him down.

[weeal]

tell him theres still 7 mins left ffs lol

[bigmamma]

My dogs are wanting out but although the lab is fine with fireworks the JRT isn't .

[dot.hawkes]

My dog Bingo is agitated, are there fireworks going off?

[tigerlily11]

Not at the mo. but he isn't bothered by them any way so its not that.
I meant to say he hasn't had the snip.
He keeps looking at the living room door. He's been like it the past week every night around now.

[woofgang]

when one of mine gets silly I put him on a lead and make him do a downstay beside me...not harshly, just firm. It seems top break the excitement cycle and makes him (or both) fall asleep. Skullcap and valerian tablets also help to calm a dog

[kita1]

I would guess he is responding to a local female!!!!

My dog is exactly the same at the moment (all night!!). My boy is 13 now and has arthritis, but this afternoon dragged me at 90 miles an hour round the walk. I was up all last night with him, took him out and half an hour later had to take him out again as he was woofing loudly (next door have young children).

Nothing you can do to shut them up - afraid this over rules everything, just sit tight and it will eventually go away. When they get really crazy and howl at the door it is very nearly over (within a couple of days).

This is when it really annoys me that people take their female in-season dogs out last thing at night (like midnight) and then again first thing in the morning (like five/six). Maybe it does avoid male dogs on the street but when they walk past my house it takes me about 4 hours to calm my dog down and then they walk past again!!!! I get no sleep!!!!

They can also go off their food - so if he is not eating much don't worry.

Oh, and if he is young enough book him in for the snip it will cure any future problems!