I give her plenty of rest (and praise), I'm trying to keep to the schedule of: wake up; go for a walk outside (10 min), give her food, train with treats for a few minutes, play time, walk outside, train time, crate. ( about 1 hour) than 2 or 3 hours rest in her crate. Sometimes this goes perfect without mouthing but sometimes she's just too wild from the moment she wakes up.
I gave her the bottle with treats and the sheet tangled with treats for her playtime, fingers crossed this will be a success
We absolutely agree with the problems being due to owners that's why we are on this forum, to figure out what we can do, where we can correct our behavior.
What I mean with the "rough play" "wild play" is: (games that make her excited/wild) I'm not rough handling her by pushing etc. ( but I am indeed guilty of encouraging her to go beserk in some games
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1) Her chasing after me/herding when we are outside.
2) Her chasing me inside (here she gets overly excited/wild)
3) me getting her rowdy with a toy that I trow away and getting her more excited by asking her to bring it back in a super excited voice.
So stop all the games that get her in this wild state of mind right? Even the herding outside?
I hope the mind games help! I remember how crazy Honey was as a pup, it was exhausting sometimes! But, crazy as it seems you'll be a little sad when you notice she's calmed down.
Another game Honey and I like is the muffin tin game...and bonus it works on scent training and can be interactive for both of you. If you take a muffin tin and a bunch of tennis balls you can place multiple pieces of food in some of the tins and cover them with the tennis balls...she has to figure out which ones have food and remove the ball. As she grabs a piece and eats it you can replace the ball so she has to do it each time to get the food. (until they get tricky and stop lifting their heads as they grab it)
A fun way to do a little light agility work, which doesn't take up much room, is to buy one of those kids play tubes. You can encourage her to do laps through it, or have her nose a ball down it.
When we were playing outside, I'd let Honey chase me, but the minute she started biting or barking we'd stop and pause and I'd make her sit. It helped teach her I didn't want her barking and worked on her obedience.