Videos and photos are encouraged. Can be mental energy, physical, or both.
My boy is undergoing heartworm treatment currently, so he can't go for walks or play, so it's just obedience training in the home and yard, lots of bullysticks and Himalayan chews, and working his interactive toys for food.
(I'm hoping I didn't post a similar video here recently)
My Labradoodle is obsessed with balls and bones. He's a really heavy chewer, so we have to keep him continually stocked with new Kong balls, and new elk antlers or beef leg bones, and take away the old ones when they get too small or too worn.
In addition to simply chewing, he likes to play fetch with the balls. Even when he's by himself, he plays fetch with himself. He's taught himself to toss the balls with his mouth, and then chases after them.
The youngest, a Brittany, watches for field mice and walks back a forth from front yard to back.
The two older Shepard/ Malamute dogs have guard duty - which means they perform the occasional perimeter search and sleep by the front door occasionally switching off with one on the dog bed.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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Cat vs Dog. Our kitties (I do love them) would sit on the couch, look up at me, and think fuck off. As soon as my job settles down (retirement) I'm gettin' myself a dawg.
My border collie chases squirrels. My springador gets playdates. If I ever figure out how to post a video, I'll put it up.
My collie does not play with other dogs. My springador gets along great with every dog he meets. My he has regular playdates with several of the other dogs in the neighborhood. He also loves to fetch. If you start throwing his toys, you'd better be prepared to do it for a while.
Mine has a softball size food dispensing ball. It has a hole in the size with a partial tube restricting it. Surprisingly, she has not eaten the ball. She throws it at us often though wanting it filled.
She rolls it all around the house with her nose trying to get the little bits of kibble to fall out.
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Originally posted by Jim Shugart: Mine burns energy mainly by snoring and farting. Her farts make CS gas seem like Chanel No. 5.
First thing that came to mind with ours also.
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Originally posted by Oz_Shadow: Mine has a softball size food dispensing ball. It has a hole in the size with a partial tube restricting it. Surprisingly, she has not eaten the ball. She throws it at us often though wanting it filled.
She rolls it all around the house with her nose trying to get the little bits of kibble to fall out.
I used those with my previous dog. Only things I didn't like about them is that I sure were food crumbs all over the floor as a result, and she got pretty rough with them and bashed up the baseboards.
Kong makes the big wobble treat dispenser thingy. It works really good and doesn't get as many crumbs on the floor as they are weighted at the bottom and mostly stay upright. The only problem I have with them is my dog like to let me know it's empty by rolling down our stair case. It's pretty heavy and makes a hell of a racket banging off of the walls and crashing onto the landing by our front door. I swear I see him smile when he does it.
My dog is a rescue, about 7 years old or so. He had taken a load of birdshot in the legs, hips, and hiney at some time. He was captured in Oklahoma, wound up in a shelter here in Ohio. So he went from a home, to feral, to shelters, to my house. In that dog's mind he AIN"T GOIN" Nowhere! Once we established the Alpha, me, he acts like the hound he is: trees stuff, barks his fool head off, eats anything, and sleeps 20 hours a day. His name is The Cisco Kid.
In the summer, we do this for an hour. https://youtu.be/3t_d15RzN8c In the winter Sweet Pea doesn’t like the cold water....imagine that for a lab....we just throw a ball for an hour. Luckily, the hour corresponds with the cocktail hour.
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