addictinganimal
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Heya, folks!
I find it a shame that not many people in my neighborhood, as well as friends', walk their dogs or give them any exercise at all. There are a couple of Australian Shepherds down the street that are stuck in their backyards all day, and a Border Collie I only see tied to a stake in front of his house. :msnshock: These are high-maintenance dogs requiring a ton of both physical as well as mental stimulation. Even a slowpoke Basset Hound needs exercise! Regardless of breed, dogs need OUT.
Tank comes with me nearly everywhere I go. He's with me at school, home, outside, and at any events I can take him to. :msngrin: Every afternoon, at the very least, I take him for a good walk. Alone, it's an hour plus, but for the last two weeks I've been volunteering to take the neighbors' underexercised, overweight dogs as well, which shortens it to half an hour. (They can't go for too long.)
We play Fetch, Tug-of-War, Hide-and-Seek, wrestling, etc. at night, and have training lessons all throughout the day, doing a longer session in the afternoons. If the weather is too bad to go out, or if he's feeling especially hyper, we'll do our Freestyle jumps in a non-training way. [No treats, just pure energy-spending "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" time.
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We also do 10 minutes of Agility before and after class at school each day. Not much, but hey, it gets some energy out until we can do more. :msnohyes: On Sundays we go to the dog park for a few hours. We're always looking for more sports and activities to do, so it's not always the same old routine.
What about you guys? Maybe we'll get some ideas from your posts. :msnwink:
I find it a shame that not many people in my neighborhood, as well as friends', walk their dogs or give them any exercise at all. There are a couple of Australian Shepherds down the street that are stuck in their backyards all day, and a Border Collie I only see tied to a stake in front of his house. :msnshock: These are high-maintenance dogs requiring a ton of both physical as well as mental stimulation. Even a slowpoke Basset Hound needs exercise! Regardless of breed, dogs need OUT.
Tank comes with me nearly everywhere I go. He's with me at school, home, outside, and at any events I can take him to. :msngrin: Every afternoon, at the very least, I take him for a good walk. Alone, it's an hour plus, but for the last two weeks I've been volunteering to take the neighbors' underexercised, overweight dogs as well, which shortens it to half an hour. (They can't go for too long.)
We play Fetch, Tug-of-War, Hide-and-Seek, wrestling, etc. at night, and have training lessons all throughout the day, doing a longer session in the afternoons. If the weather is too bad to go out, or if he's feeling especially hyper, we'll do our Freestyle jumps in a non-training way. [No treats, just pure energy-spending "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" time.
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We also do 10 minutes of Agility before and after class at school each day. Not much, but hey, it gets some energy out until we can do more. :msnohyes: On Sundays we go to the dog park for a few hours. We're always looking for more sports and activities to do, so it's not always the same old routine.
What about you guys? Maybe we'll get some ideas from your posts. :msnwink: