| Hi! Boy that hyper pup at bedtime sounds familiar, the more I corrected, the more she thought I was "playing" She seemed to get "hyper" when she was ultra tired. Trying to play with her seemed to make her worse, as she was tired - I sort of compared it to the "fusses" my children had as babies, getting crabby right before they went to sleep. I use a product called "bitter apple" to stop the nipping. It doesn't hurt them and its non-violent, and one shot does it, aim directly for the mouth! What helped me the most was some "puppy obedience" with food, if she was watching me and I would work on stays and comes with the food, seemed to help slow her down into bedtime and the "crate". Not too much food, don't want to get up sixteen times a night! Take heart, she still is the most "up" in the evening, and again I take advantage of that to work obedience, but she is a great girl, with NO nips, just licks at 19 months. Kay |