Cranky Corgi

Our corgi, Abbey, is 5 months old and is definitely a handful as most other puppies are. Our main issue is in the evening. When Abbey gets tired, she refuses to just lay down. If she feels herself getting tired, she will jump up and just run around. She starts to nip more and just becomes cranky in general. Does anyone else seem to have this issue? How can it be resolved? All she wants to do is lay down since she looks exhausted, but won't!

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Comment by Cassandra on July 17, 2010 at 8:53am: She sounds just like my three year old neice! LOL! Do you crate them? I think putting her in her crate should do it. Once she no longer has the opportunity to run around and be naughty sleep should come naturally. She'll learn to recognize that the most comforting thing to when she starts to feel that way is to take a nap.

Comment by Monica, Orion, and Laika on July 17, 2010 at 8:01am: Orion gets tired and likes to relax and definitely knows when to stop but Laika and Finn (my brother's dog) don't have an off switch so we separate them and put them up for naps because its good for Orion (he'll try to sleep and the other two will harass him because they want to play and he gets grumpy) and its good for Laika and Finn because they can nap before they turn into monsters. So like Bev said, putting her to bed is probably the best idea.

Comment by Bev Levy on July 17, 2010 at 7:55am: overtired children often behave like this too. Sparty was like this as a youngster and I found that putting him to bed (which in our case was the kitchen) helped him learn to just lay down and go to sleep. Sometimes they just have trouble finding that "off switch"!