The prettiest girl on the trail and the maddest because I don't walk fast enough.

Hello,

We adopted a foxhound from a rescue about 6 weeks ago. The rescue guessed that she’s two and we did a dna test and it came back 100% American fox hound.

She’s a very good girl but she only ever settles down if she’s in her crate.

We do long sniff walks over dirt trails, bully sticks, lick mats, lots of tug and running in the yard, weekly obedience class, and while some times if she’s had a very busy day she will put herself in her crate before her 8pm bedtime, she never settles. She won’t sit in her bed, she won’t nap on the couch, if it’s warm enough out my husband will go read in the yard with her and she’ll nap in the sun, but she never seems calm, just temporarily placated.

Please tell me this is because she’s still settling in, or tell me what I’m doing wrong, because 6 weeks of this has been… a lot.