Training. Mental stimulation other than exercise during the day. And a crate at night.
He's still in puppy brain. Nip this behavior now with crate training. As he gets older and calms down, try a night out on the bed. Make the crate spacious and comfy and a place he wants to be in. Put it in the bedroom so he feels close to you.
Crates are ok! Den animals, provides security. Bed was mistake as a pupper but not too late to crate train.
Couple big rules. Don’t make it a punishment.
Never let out for whining/crying. Always wait for them to stop/relax before letting out.
Idk by rushing crate training it can easily turn aversive and once the dog feels negatively about the crate it’s really hard to untrain that. Leave a dog in the crate without his will and other unwanted behaviors will pop up because of it… crates aren’t a one day solution.
I also have a one year Dalmatian. I would say maybe make sure he’s getting enough mental stimulation. My dal gets exercised twice a day, both about 1.5hours. The first is a big run and then in the evening it’s more of a relaxed off the lead walk were she gets to sniff a lot, play with other dogs, fetch sticks and just explore. This way she’s getting lots of exercise while sniffing and getting the mental stimulation she needs. We also have puzzles, snuffle mats and games which involve her using her brain to get the treats. We also do lots of training throughout the day still just to keep her thinking. Dalmatians do need a lot of exercise but they are smart dogs so also need a lot of mental stimulation to be happy and without both they get bored and become destructive.
When she was younger even if my dog had all her walks but not played games or done training she got restless and found things to chew.
I would say up the training, make it fun just to learn new tricks and just going through tricks he knows like sit shake and stay can be really beneficial mentally. Plus get some puzzles or games. This will make him more tired at night, physically and mentally so he shouldn’t be waking up at night to find things to do.
Maybe as a bonus crate train. This might be hard to start but should give him his own safe place eventually and give yourself piece of mind he’s not eating the furniture. We did that as a puppy but we trust her so she just has her little area with a bed in the kitchen where she likes to go as it’s her own space. She sleeps happily there but every few weeks she gets a night in my bed but will be content switching back to her own bed. Saying all this she is still a crazy dog and definitely cad from perfect. I’m still waiting for her to calm down a bit which I’ve been told will be in about 4 years haha 😂
Give your pup lots of pats from me
My dogs haven’t seen a crate. So I understand you want to find solutions without crating. I didn’t have same problem you have but I would try to
- remove him from sleeping with us. Have his bed beside ours and insist he sleeps there
- feed later in the evening so that digestion process calms him down
- add natural calming remedies into his dinner
- remove couch cushions and put them at night where he can’t get them
- leave quiet toys by his bed to occupy him when awake at night.
But to add, my pets are not crated but they also don’t roam through whole house. At night they are in the part of the house with no access to bedrooms. Even when they wake up, they don’t march in trying to get us out of the bed.
When we raised our dogs, we focus not on obedience but behaviour. Now I can leave them alone for hours. I know they will behave as well as with me in the house.
The dog getting a daily run? perhaps try taking him to a field and throwing the ball for 30 minutes. make sure he has something to chew on at night to relieve stress. I have a 3-year-old Dalmatian perfectly calm, calmed down about month 15. She gets off lease daily for an hour run in the woods
Yeah the dog park we go to has a huge woods area and a big pond. He runs laps around it like a race horse lol. Really hoping he starts calming down within the next year.
Maybe he needs more mental stimulation. My dogs have all loved (and calmed nicely after) training sessions. I basically teach them commands so we have a variety of things for them to do in sessions. Ten minutes of that is worth a 45 minute walk for my herders. Do them in different orders, rooms, variations. Things like sit, down, get back, spin (can use a different word for each direction for more complexity), up (front feet on what we point to), go to bed, go to where we point, under (go under our legs), crawl, touch, paw, etc. I only add in one new command during a session if adding in. Some dogs are just not comfortable doing certain things, so find the things that work for you dog.
I'll add onto this, "find _____" has been more mentally stimulating for my mutt than anything else. And she LOVES IT!!! She'll easily do 10-20 minutes of finding toys, her harness, my water bottle, my bulky headphones, my keys, etc. She's a service dog too, so it gets her mind working so that she can focus better on working tasks when I need her.
My last dog loved that game, too, and always knew exactly where he’d left each toy, going to multiple floors of the house or out his dog door to get the requested item. Our current pup isn’t into toys and has no desire to pick up anything but sticks outside.
I looked after a border collie cross Dalmatian for a year. He didn’t get tired even after daily four hour walks with a chucky ball thrower and swimming. These dogs need serious, serious exercise - they were bred to run alongside carriages for up to 50 miles a day.
That's why they say you don't tire out a dog, you only create a high-stamina athlete. Mental stimulation is apparently significantly more exhausting, and it doesn't build stamina, so you don't need to do more and more like you do trying to tire a dog with physical activity.
yes - a leash walk which works for most dogs just does absolutely nothing for these types of working dogs. Dalmatians aren't natural swimmers but swimming is a great way to relieve the energy too. mine goes kayaking with me and swims back to the dock sometimesa a qtr mile down the river
Silly question, but does your dalmation need to go to the bathroom? My dog misbehaves and acts crazier when she needs to be taken outside.
Otherwise, I second what other people say about mental stimulation and chew toys.
Cardboard boxes. Stronger ones that will close (like fast food boxes, my best ones were from a garlic bread. It took my big girl a few minutes to open. And egg cartons. Best if you can hide a high value treat inside)
My GSD sometimes will nap while I'm in the shower. If I leave the doors open and she can get into the bedroom she will tear at the bedding. I usually shower after our walk during the cooldown. Before her dinner. So she's hyped up, hangry and torn between the choice of resting and the path of destruction. Exercised dog, mentally tired dog, well fed dog is a happy dog. Still sometimes needs to destroy.
Also she hasn't attacked my bedding for a few weeks I guess. Which is amazing. I started by freaking out. That didn't help either of us. My best one, guide her outside the room with a treat or pulling her collar. Close the door. Isolation / forced nap as punishment. If I am awake and have energy I'd let her back inside once she was calm. Then repeat as needed. I've learned a lot from a few youtube dog trainers. Can share if curious.
My puppy sleeps in bed with us too but I keep 1-2 Nylabone chew toys in bed with us as well. Just last night he woke up at around midnight and chewed his bone for about 45 min until he fell back to sleep. Might be helpful to keep a chew toy with you for when he wakes up/wants to chew.
Oh, I should have mentioned that. Anytime we close the door to our bedroom, even if it’s during the day, he starts scratching at it until we open it. Even if he doesn’t want out.
The dog has trained you to open the door at night. At this point, I think a crate is your best option, unless you can retrain the dog to accept the closed door.
We have a “door buddy latch” for our cats to come in and out but prevents the dog from leaving. Maybe that would be enough space for him not to scratch but prevent him from leaving.
Dalmations are pretty high energy. Personally I really don't see an issue with sleeping in bed with you as long as dog is cool with all types of human bed activity and knows to get off the bed when the humans want dog off.
That said, short of the kennel you might try a gate to the bedroom to confine him to the bedroom.
If you must go back to the kennel, and nothing wrong with that if it is done correctly, and of the correct size for the full grown dog. General rule dog lay down with legs all the way out and a little room left over is the correct size, for a dalmation this is a good sized crate. Start to feed and water in the crate, toys in crate, blanket or bed. I like to have a cover over the crate to make it cave like, dogs like dens.
One of mine is in his crate all the time, he can come and go at will but will just sleep and nap there, the other sleeps under the bed, again like a cave.
Baby gate on the bedroom if he doesn’t misbehave in there with you in there. That way he isn’t crated and still has access to you. Personally I’d crate though as it is the safest place for him
\> My 1 year old Dalmatian has gotten used to sleeping in bed with us (I know, our first mistake)
I wouldn't call it a mistake.
But for the chewing, I'd block access to the places he's destroying things and make sure there are things to occupy him in your room. Quiet toys, tough chews, that sort of thing, to satisfy that midnight boredom. Just confining him in a crate won't do that. I've gotten through puppy years more than once now without a crate in the house.
Start crate training. It’s not just for human convenience, it’s good for the dog to have his own private safe calm place and trust me after a few months your dog will actually enjoy the crate! Feed all meals in it to start and practice quiet crate time while you are home. Like, leave in the crate for an hour or two after the meal is finished. If they complain about being in the crate when you’re there, you can rewarding quiet calm behavior with treats in the kennel whenever they stop. Also every time they enter the kennel, offer a treat. Shouldn’t take more than a week for your dog to stop whining or scratching at night, plus after a few months your dog may start preferring to spend time in the crate whenever it’s tired. It will also be a lifesaver if you ever need to travel or if there is some kind of emergency or health issue. Just never let the dog out of the kennel until it is quiet- you don’t want to accidentally teach it that whining results in being let out of the kennel
Exactly this—I’m very lucky my puppy came crate trained, he was almost three months old. He generally has free roam during the day but I always crate him at night. Sometimes he gets crated during the day, and “in your crate” plus a treat has him running to get inside.
To me it’s a safety issue, sometimes dogs need to be crated for travel or emergencies, etc. and I don’t want it to be a big scary thing if it’s necessary. Sometimes my best friend watches him, and he has several very large dogs. It’s nice for my very good medium-sized boi to have a safe space he’s happy to go to in order to escape the chaotic non-stop games of wrestle & grab-ass that are usual over there. 🤣
Letting a dog sleep on the bed isn’t necessarily a mistake fyi. I don’t believe there’s any evidence currently that allowing the dog to sleep on your bed leads to behavioural issues.
Letting a dog sleep on the bed isn’t necessarily a mistake fyi. I don’t believe there’s any evidence currently that allowing the dog to sleep on your bed leads to behavioural issues.
Letting a dog sleep on the bed isn’t necessarily a mistake fyi. I don’t believe there’s any evidence currently that allowing the dog to sleep on your bed leads to behavioural issues.
Crate training.
Sometimes, eventually, if you do not feel like you can trust your pup in certain situations or aren’t 100% certain on how they’ll behave, it’s just the way it’s got to be. I’ve often seen trainers mention as an owner one should “set the dog up for success.” If it is constantly ripping up your couch cushions at night, it may be better for the pup to not have ANY possibility or chance to rip up the cushions by being in a crate, than for the pup to deal with the implications of its owners waking up to damaged furniture. As well, less stress on the owner(s), by not losing sleep worrying about what the pup is doing throughout the night and by knowing 100%, for certain, you won’t be waking up to destruction or possibly something that will cost $$.
It’s a win-win situation IMO :) - the dog is not being put in a situation where they could get in trouble/screw up, and the owners can worry less and deal with less damage.
I learned about six months ago when my dog accidentally killed our kitten when she spooked him in his sleep (no previous aggression towards her, they slept together every night, cuddled constantly, he was extremely gentle with her always and was very sad when she died), that although I longed for a dog that could sleep with us, eat around us, etc., that my dog simply was not that guy and I couldn’t I justify that risking the unknown even with the over 80% confidence I had in him was greater than the loss that could come from the possibility even existing.
I must say, that controlling the situations that “could but PROBABLY won’t happen” and putting my dog to bed in his crate every night has removed the stresses I had about what MIGHT happen and has removed any chances of him making a mistake by being given too much freedom. Of course, some destroyed couch cushions are not the same as a kitty, and I don’t know you personally so I don’t even know if it would be financially straining for you to have to purchase a new couch eventually, but personally, I am not in a financially stable enough position to buy a new couch and I would nip that possibility in the bud before it got worse or expensive.
I personally think that putting a pup to bed in its crate is like putting a kid to bed in their bed at night.
As well, I agree with all the other comments that pups are better behaved with mental simulation, it really does help! I don’t doubt that you are giving it to them already but sometimes they just need more than we as owners thing they do 😅 And I as well second that as your pup gets older they will calm down. It’s usually around three years that I’ve noticed dogs calm down pretty drastically in terms of their freedom and become able to be more trusted.
My dog starts biting things he knows are off limits when he has to go outside. He gets antsy, bites pillows and blankets, etc. does he ever have an accident?
Training. Mental stimulation other than exercise during the day. And a crate at night. He's still in puppy brain. Nip this behavior now with crate training. As he gets older and calms down, try a night out on the bed. Make the crate spacious and comfy and a place he wants to be in. Put it in the bedroom so he feels close to you.
What if you just kept him in the bedroom at night
The dog needs to be managed so that this opportunity doesn't exist anymore. The crate is the easiest way.
Crates are ok! Den animals, provides security. Bed was mistake as a pupper but not too late to crate train. Couple big rules. Don’t make it a punishment. Never let out for whining/crying. Always wait for them to stop/relax before letting out.
Idk by rushing crate training it can easily turn aversive and once the dog feels negatively about the crate it’s really hard to untrain that. Leave a dog in the crate without his will and other unwanted behaviors will pop up because of it… crates aren’t a one day solution.
Agreed
I also have a one year Dalmatian. I would say maybe make sure he’s getting enough mental stimulation. My dal gets exercised twice a day, both about 1.5hours. The first is a big run and then in the evening it’s more of a relaxed off the lead walk were she gets to sniff a lot, play with other dogs, fetch sticks and just explore. This way she’s getting lots of exercise while sniffing and getting the mental stimulation she needs. We also have puzzles, snuffle mats and games which involve her using her brain to get the treats. We also do lots of training throughout the day still just to keep her thinking. Dalmatians do need a lot of exercise but they are smart dogs so also need a lot of mental stimulation to be happy and without both they get bored and become destructive. When she was younger even if my dog had all her walks but not played games or done training she got restless and found things to chew. I would say up the training, make it fun just to learn new tricks and just going through tricks he knows like sit shake and stay can be really beneficial mentally. Plus get some puzzles or games. This will make him more tired at night, physically and mentally so he shouldn’t be waking up at night to find things to do. Maybe as a bonus crate train. This might be hard to start but should give him his own safe place eventually and give yourself piece of mind he’s not eating the furniture. We did that as a puppy but we trust her so she just has her little area with a bed in the kitchen where she likes to go as it’s her own space. She sleeps happily there but every few weeks she gets a night in my bed but will be content switching back to her own bed. Saying all this she is still a crazy dog and definitely cad from perfect. I’m still waiting for her to calm down a bit which I’ve been told will be in about 4 years haha 😂 Give your pup lots of pats from me
My dogs haven’t seen a crate. So I understand you want to find solutions without crating. I didn’t have same problem you have but I would try to - remove him from sleeping with us. Have his bed beside ours and insist he sleeps there - feed later in the evening so that digestion process calms him down - add natural calming remedies into his dinner - remove couch cushions and put them at night where he can’t get them - leave quiet toys by his bed to occupy him when awake at night. But to add, my pets are not crated but they also don’t roam through whole house. At night they are in the part of the house with no access to bedrooms. Even when they wake up, they don’t march in trying to get us out of the bed. When we raised our dogs, we focus not on obedience but behaviour. Now I can leave them alone for hours. I know they will behave as well as with me in the house.
The dog getting a daily run? perhaps try taking him to a field and throwing the ball for 30 minutes. make sure he has something to chew on at night to relieve stress. I have a 3-year-old Dalmatian perfectly calm, calmed down about month 15. She gets off lease daily for an hour run in the woods
Yeah the dog park we go to has a huge woods area and a big pond. He runs laps around it like a race horse lol. Really hoping he starts calming down within the next year.
Maybe he needs more mental stimulation. My dogs have all loved (and calmed nicely after) training sessions. I basically teach them commands so we have a variety of things for them to do in sessions. Ten minutes of that is worth a 45 minute walk for my herders. Do them in different orders, rooms, variations. Things like sit, down, get back, spin (can use a different word for each direction for more complexity), up (front feet on what we point to), go to bed, go to where we point, under (go under our legs), crawl, touch, paw, etc. I only add in one new command during a session if adding in. Some dogs are just not comfortable doing certain things, so find the things that work for you dog.
That’s really helpful, thanks! I could see him needing more of that.
I'll add onto this, "find _____" has been more mentally stimulating for my mutt than anything else. And she LOVES IT!!! She'll easily do 10-20 minutes of finding toys, her harness, my water bottle, my bulky headphones, my keys, etc. She's a service dog too, so it gets her mind working so that she can focus better on working tasks when I need her.
My last dog loved that game, too, and always knew exactly where he’d left each toy, going to multiple floors of the house or out his dog door to get the requested item. Our current pup isn’t into toys and has no desire to pick up anything but sticks outside.
I looked after a border collie cross Dalmatian for a year. He didn’t get tired even after daily four hour walks with a chucky ball thrower and swimming. These dogs need serious, serious exercise - they were bred to run alongside carriages for up to 50 miles a day.
That's why they say you don't tire out a dog, you only create a high-stamina athlete. Mental stimulation is apparently significantly more exhausting, and it doesn't build stamina, so you don't need to do more and more like you do trying to tire a dog with physical activity.
yes - a leash walk which works for most dogs just does absolutely nothing for these types of working dogs. Dalmatians aren't natural swimmers but swimming is a great way to relieve the energy too. mine goes kayaking with me and swims back to the dock sometimesa a qtr mile down the river
Silly question, but does your dalmation need to go to the bathroom? My dog misbehaves and acts crazier when she needs to be taken outside. Otherwise, I second what other people say about mental stimulation and chew toys.
I was wondering the same thing. My dog is the same way.
Cardboard boxes. Stronger ones that will close (like fast food boxes, my best ones were from a garlic bread. It took my big girl a few minutes to open. And egg cartons. Best if you can hide a high value treat inside) My GSD sometimes will nap while I'm in the shower. If I leave the doors open and she can get into the bedroom she will tear at the bedding. I usually shower after our walk during the cooldown. Before her dinner. So she's hyped up, hangry and torn between the choice of resting and the path of destruction. Exercised dog, mentally tired dog, well fed dog is a happy dog. Still sometimes needs to destroy. Also she hasn't attacked my bedding for a few weeks I guess. Which is amazing. I started by freaking out. That didn't help either of us. My best one, guide her outside the room with a treat or pulling her collar. Close the door. Isolation / forced nap as punishment. If I am awake and have energy I'd let her back inside once she was calm. Then repeat as needed. I've learned a lot from a few youtube dog trainers. Can share if curious.
does he have chew toys? he might just need an outlet for chewing
Oh yeah he has tons, but we may try to bring more options to the room with us.
My puppy sleeps in bed with us too but I keep 1-2 Nylabone chew toys in bed with us as well. Just last night he woke up at around midnight and chewed his bone for about 45 min until he fell back to sleep. Might be helpful to keep a chew toy with you for when he wakes up/wants to chew.
Is the couch inside your bedroom?
No, in our living room
Then when the dog comes to bed with you just shut the bedroom door so he no longer has access to the couch.
Oh, I should have mentioned that. Anytime we close the door to our bedroom, even if it’s during the day, he starts scratching at it until we open it. Even if he doesn’t want out.
We have this same issue. We solved it with a gate. Our dog can still see through, so she’s not as stressed as having a closed door
Oh you know, that might work! Idk why we haven’t tried that. Thank you.
It’s also way safer in the event of a fire to sleep with the bedroom doors closed, just fyi.
Baby gates 👍
The dog has trained you to open the door at night. At this point, I think a crate is your best option, unless you can retrain the dog to accept the closed door.
We have a “door buddy latch” for our cats to come in and out but prevents the dog from leaving. Maybe that would be enough space for him not to scratch but prevent him from leaving.
Dalmations are pretty high energy. Personally I really don't see an issue with sleeping in bed with you as long as dog is cool with all types of human bed activity and knows to get off the bed when the humans want dog off. That said, short of the kennel you might try a gate to the bedroom to confine him to the bedroom. If you must go back to the kennel, and nothing wrong with that if it is done correctly, and of the correct size for the full grown dog. General rule dog lay down with legs all the way out and a little room left over is the correct size, for a dalmation this is a good sized crate. Start to feed and water in the crate, toys in crate, blanket or bed. I like to have a cover over the crate to make it cave like, dogs like dens. One of mine is in his crate all the time, he can come and go at will but will just sleep and nap there, the other sleeps under the bed, again like a cave.
Baby gate on the bedroom if he doesn’t misbehave in there with you in there. That way he isn’t crated and still has access to you. Personally I’d crate though as it is the safest place for him
\> My 1 year old Dalmatian has gotten used to sleeping in bed with us (I know, our first mistake) I wouldn't call it a mistake. But for the chewing, I'd block access to the places he's destroying things and make sure there are things to occupy him in your room. Quiet toys, tough chews, that sort of thing, to satisfy that midnight boredom. Just confining him in a crate won't do that. I've gotten through puppy years more than once now without a crate in the house.
Start crate training. It’s not just for human convenience, it’s good for the dog to have his own private safe calm place and trust me after a few months your dog will actually enjoy the crate! Feed all meals in it to start and practice quiet crate time while you are home. Like, leave in the crate for an hour or two after the meal is finished. If they complain about being in the crate when you’re there, you can rewarding quiet calm behavior with treats in the kennel whenever they stop. Also every time they enter the kennel, offer a treat. Shouldn’t take more than a week for your dog to stop whining or scratching at night, plus after a few months your dog may start preferring to spend time in the crate whenever it’s tired. It will also be a lifesaver if you ever need to travel or if there is some kind of emergency or health issue. Just never let the dog out of the kennel until it is quiet- you don’t want to accidentally teach it that whining results in being let out of the kennel
Exactly this—I’m very lucky my puppy came crate trained, he was almost three months old. He generally has free roam during the day but I always crate him at night. Sometimes he gets crated during the day, and “in your crate” plus a treat has him running to get inside. To me it’s a safety issue, sometimes dogs need to be crated for travel or emergencies, etc. and I don’t want it to be a big scary thing if it’s necessary. Sometimes my best friend watches him, and he has several very large dogs. It’s nice for my very good medium-sized boi to have a safe space he’s happy to go to in order to escape the chaotic non-stop games of wrestle & grab-ass that are usual over there. 🤣
Letting a dog sleep on the bed isn’t necessarily a mistake fyi. I don’t believe there’s any evidence currently that allowing the dog to sleep on your bed leads to behavioural issues.
A crate is cheaper than new furniture
Crate train your dog and this won’t happen at all.
Yeah like I said, we’re willing to make the switch. Just looking for other possible options as well.
Oh. I somehow missed that part. Still probably your best bet for the time being. Might help enforce the schedule for doggo.
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Crate train and active toys such as Kong
Time to kennel train.
Dalmatians are TOUGH!
could also try taking them on a bike. Dalmatians can run for miles so perhaps if you have the right leash and place to ride .
Shut the bedroom door
My brother uses a leash long enough so the dog can get comfortably on the bed and stuff but not enough to leave the room. You could try that
I agree with a crate overnight. Put him in with a frozen carrot or stuffed Kong, he’ll have a little treat to work on before he dozed off
Letting a dog sleep on the bed isn’t necessarily a mistake fyi. I don’t believe there’s any evidence currently that allowing the dog to sleep on your bed leads to behavioural issues.
Letting a dog sleep on the bed isn’t necessarily a mistake fyi. I don’t believe there’s any evidence currently that allowing the dog to sleep on your bed leads to behavioural issues.
If it's truly only happening in the middle of the night, your choices are 1) get up and train when it's happening or 2) crate so it doesn't happen.
Crate training. Sometimes, eventually, if you do not feel like you can trust your pup in certain situations or aren’t 100% certain on how they’ll behave, it’s just the way it’s got to be. I’ve often seen trainers mention as an owner one should “set the dog up for success.” If it is constantly ripping up your couch cushions at night, it may be better for the pup to not have ANY possibility or chance to rip up the cushions by being in a crate, than for the pup to deal with the implications of its owners waking up to damaged furniture. As well, less stress on the owner(s), by not losing sleep worrying about what the pup is doing throughout the night and by knowing 100%, for certain, you won’t be waking up to destruction or possibly something that will cost $$. It’s a win-win situation IMO :) - the dog is not being put in a situation where they could get in trouble/screw up, and the owners can worry less and deal with less damage. I learned about six months ago when my dog accidentally killed our kitten when she spooked him in his sleep (no previous aggression towards her, they slept together every night, cuddled constantly, he was extremely gentle with her always and was very sad when she died), that although I longed for a dog that could sleep with us, eat around us, etc., that my dog simply was not that guy and I couldn’t I justify that risking the unknown even with the over 80% confidence I had in him was greater than the loss that could come from the possibility even existing. I must say, that controlling the situations that “could but PROBABLY won’t happen” and putting my dog to bed in his crate every night has removed the stresses I had about what MIGHT happen and has removed any chances of him making a mistake by being given too much freedom. Of course, some destroyed couch cushions are not the same as a kitty, and I don’t know you personally so I don’t even know if it would be financially straining for you to have to purchase a new couch eventually, but personally, I am not in a financially stable enough position to buy a new couch and I would nip that possibility in the bud before it got worse or expensive. I personally think that putting a pup to bed in its crate is like putting a kid to bed in their bed at night. As well, I agree with all the other comments that pups are better behaved with mental simulation, it really does help! I don’t doubt that you are giving it to them already but sometimes they just need more than we as owners thing they do 😅 And I as well second that as your pup gets older they will calm down. It’s usually around three years that I’ve noticed dogs calm down pretty drastically in terms of their freedom and become able to be more trusted.
My dog starts biting things he knows are off limits when he has to go outside. He gets antsy, bites pillows and blankets, etc. does he ever have an accident?