walking a puppy

[boomer]

We have a 5 month old lab puppy , he is 67lbs. we take him for a walk twice a day , his morning walk goes fine but the evening walk is fine through almost all of it until we are a block or two from home , then he becomes very agitated , he tries to run every direction and if you get too close he has a very vicious sounding bark and tries to jump on you , I don't understand why he is doing this, any help would be appreciated. THANK YOU, BOOMER

[deidra]

Is there any other dogs barking to make him aggitated?

[lab fan]

Perhaps he doesn't want to go home,and wants a longer walk (a 5 month old puppy needs a lot of exercise)!

[boomer]

No barking dogs where he does it, earlier in the walk there is but he ignores them. It could be that he just wants to go further , we judge his distance depending on the temps, we've had a lot of 90's lately he usually goes between 1 and 2 miles, when it's really hot we do just one mile. He loves walking and he's a real sweetie . He also gets excercise playing in the yard with balls . Thank you boomer

[deidra]

I would try a different route and see if he still does it.

[BigBrownDog]

You might try 30 minutes of fetch before you go on the walk - then he may have the edge off of his energy level and may behave better.

Have you tried a puppy k class or beginning obedience?

[boomer]

Thanks for all the tips , tonight we tried playing in the yard with him first and then we changed the route and he was fine . thank you all boomer

[Beerfish]

I would actually try shortening the walks as I have found my current pup and my 1st dog when he was a pup would act up when they got tired.

[Dio's mama]

fetch before you go on the walk

This really works! I do this with Dio and it has helped a lot!! Also changing up the route, since it's boring to walk the same path day after day...

[Samson]

Puppy classes ?