PapaverFollis
Well-Known Member
When you bring him back in... keep him on lead, have his bed next to your chair and a tub of kibble discreetly in reach. Sit down in the chair and ignore him. If he looks at his bed calmly place a piece of kibble on the bed. Do that everyone he even looks at the bed for a bit. Keep all movement slow and calm. Place each piece of kibble quietly down. Start expecting him to be stood on the bed before the next bit goes down. Vary delivery times. 2 seconds, 10 seconds, 7 seconds, 20 seconds. Don't look at him or otherwise interact. Do this for 5 minutes or so. Then ignore. If he starts going bonkers again I would, personally, pop him back in his car safe space for another time out. Before trying again. Others might disagree and I'm happy to be wrong there but that's what is in my toolkit and tolerance level. I would hope that eventually he'll either exhaust himself or get through to the relaxed place.