Twice a day, usually mornings and evenings, puppies can get wild. A glint in the eye, a playbow with his butt in the air and he is off! Spinning in circles, racing around or over the furniture, barking at you, and generally being completely unruly. This is particularly visible in puppies during the quarantine period before full vaccination and in puppies left alone most of the day. If you have a fenced in yard, get him out into it. If you don't you, can either wait it out, it rarely lasts more than 5 minutes, or attempt to focus him on a toy.
Try to avoid chasing him around, laughing at his antics or stroking him in an effort to calm him down, all those things can be mistaken by your pup for praise, which will make the FRAPs longer and stronger next time.
Yes, he will grow out of it. It is 100% normal and expected behavior. A client coined the term F.R.A.P.ing-- Frenetic Random Activity Periods – years ago and we have used it ever since. :)
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