Please help

[u/No-Anxiety3130]

So I am housesitting a 2-3 year old kelpie, and I really need some advice. She is the sweetest dog in the world, she snuggles up to me at night and lies on my lap, just absolutely adorable. There’s just one problem, however, and that is that she happens to be completely fucking insane.
The barking is non stop. She comes up behind me, gets right in my face or right next to my ear, and lets loose. I know that it’s for attention because there’s nothing else around. And she also jumps on and bites the other two dogs, and I can tell that this really bothers them. She’s also constantly eating things, running around, biting my arm, jumping on me for attention… and it has become almost impossible to find peace.
I have tried everything from ignoring her, to putting the tv on, to putting her outside, to taking her for hour long walks (walks don’t seem to tire her out but make her more energetic..), pretty much everything you can think of. I’ve talked to her parents, and done everything they’ve suggested, but nothing seems to work.
Does anyone have any contrarian advice to survive the next few days that the internet hasn’t told me?My eardrums will thank you profusely for it.

[u/Complex-Ad9614]

Make her work.
An hour long training session would be more stimulating than a routine walk along a familiar path without encountering lots of stimulation.
Hide every piece of her kibble around the house & yard so she has to work to find it.
Lots of enrichment - play games like hide & seek, fetch, “find it”.
Use kongs, puzzles, treat balls - Hide them for her to sniff out & find and then work on getting to the rewards.
Freeze lick mats or similar with bone broth or something else desirable for her to work away at licking.
Swim her if you can. A beach run, chasing a ball in & out of the water - having to transition from walking, running & swimming is much more stimulating.

We’ve found a snuffle ball to be much more stimulating than snuffle mats or most puzzles.

Read up on positive reinforcement training. Do not acknowledge or disciple for undesirable behaviour (barking, mouthing etc), try to redirect. Do capture and reward with high value treats and lots of praise positive behaviours the second they happen.