Yes, it will get better. Just like Sunny, Boomer has a lot of excess energy at night, too. Just like little kids who don't want to go to bed, puppies fight having to settle down, too. Just too much to do and see and chew. We have found that if we pull a towel or something over the front of Boomer's crate, he settles down pretty quickly because he can't see out. Believe us all, though, when we say, it will get better. By the way, my childhood dog was a standard dachshund named Fritz. He was quite the hunter, and he loved his yard!