When Did Your Husky Calm Down?

My husky, Blue, is turning 1 in two days! I’m curious, when did your husky start to settle down?

Before, even with 3-4 daycare days a week and multiple 2-3 mile walks on non-daycare days, he still had crazy energy and it felt impossible some days to stimulate him enough. But about a month ago, he got Giardia and had a rough one month recovery period with no daycare, but just walks and mental stimulation actives instead. During that time, he also seemed to go through a fear period, something spooked him on a neighborhood walk, and now he refuses to walk in our neighborhood, and even gets afraid if he thinks I want to take him on a walk, but is fine once he realizes we’re getting in the car and also taking walks anywhere else he does great.

Now that he’s better, he plays at daycare like normal, he’s active if we go out, but on non-daycare days, he just lounges around most of the day and only needs a short 1-2 mile walk in the afternoon. It feels like a drastic shift in energy, and I’m not sure if this is just a natural phase of maturing and I should be thankful or if it’s something I should be worried about.

Has anyone else experienced a sudden change like this with their husky?

My husky, Blue, is turning 1 in two days! I’m curious, when did your husky start to settle down?

Before, even with 3-4 daycare days a week and multiple 2-3 mile walks on non-daycare days, he still had crazy energy and it felt impossible some days to stimulate him enough. But about a month ago, he got Giardia and had a rough one month recovery period with no daycare, but just walks and mental stimulation actives instead. During that time, he also seemed to go through a fear period, something spooked him on a neighborhood walk, and now he refuses to walk in our neighborhood, and even gets afraid if he thinks I want to take him on a walk, but is fine once he realizes we’re getting in the car and also taking walks anywhere else he does great.

Now that he’s better, he plays at daycare like normal, he’s active if we go out, but on non-daycare days, he just lounges around most of the day and only needs a short 1-2 mile walk in the afternoon. It feels like a drastic shift in energy, and I’m not sure if this is just a natural phase of maturing and I should be thankful or if it’s something I should be worried about.

Has anyone else experienced a sudden change like this with their husky?