Chickentrain's Dog Q&A

[chickentrains]

Yeah I like doing a big long walk in the afternoon hahah with maybe some swimming and definitely lots of running, sniffing, training, fetch, etc. lol we usually go for like an hour or two I think.

afternoon walks will soon come to a halt with how hot our summers are! I'll have to go out in the evening or early morning

 

[chickentrains]

I like that idea, but it doesn't really seem realistic for me to be able to spend time training in the morning, unless I was in a job where I could set my own hours.

yeah, thats fine.

if you cant train with your kibble, put it in a toy or at least a slow feeder. I don't like using dog bowls. A huge missed oppertunity for enrichment

 

[ShrekDawg]

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Same concept?

Really? I have like no concept of several things, including:
-estimating sizes/distances
-how tiring things are
-how tiring things are for dogs

Well I mean I both enjoy workouts and math, so if we say like an hour at the gym or an hour of math class, the gym is probably more tiring (but depends on what I'm doing)

Maybe? Lol though I think that first person was joking but yeah basically lol and yeah, training, nose work, tricks, obedience, etc. is all super tiring lol

yes! same concept HAHA


So the running gets out the crazies and the extra stuff they have,, MOST dogs wont be able to come out of the gate and work. Mine especially needs to let it loose for a bit first.

your dog will tell you when its tired. It will slow down. When my dog starts being a little bit slower to get the tennis ball, we stop, and we train. Just listen to your dog!


you will need to balance it. A happy dog is not only physically tired, but mentally tired. A physically tired dog might snooze for a bit, but a mentally and physically tired dog will snooze for hours. You can't really compare the two "math and gym" because they exercise two different parts of your body, same for dogs.

Yeah, true, but I was more just using it to mean they both get the dog tired cause a lot of people think only physical exercise will hahah

 

[ShrekDawg]

afternoon walks will soon come to a halt with how hot our summers are! I'll have to go out in the evening or early morning

Thankfully our summers aren’t too hot although they are to me hahah

 

[chickentrains]

Thankfully our summers aren’t too hot although they are to me hahah

it gets up to 80-100 here. Its brutal

 

[chickentrains]

poodle

 

[black_cat]

Based on that article that I think that the Dawg linked, it says that there are ways to teach your dogs to just relax (even on command) would focusing on those from a young age and making sure that your dog is regularly calm and relaxed be beneficial in high energy breeds?

 

[chickentrains]

Based on that article that I think that the Dawg linked, it says that there are ways to teach your dogs to just relax (even on command) would focusing on those from a young age and making sure that your dog is regularly calm and relaxed be beneficial in high energy breeds?

yes, teaches them self control and allows them to relax. it also keeps you sane

 

[black_cat]

yes, teaches them self control and allows them to relax. it also keeps you sane

Okay, sound great!

 

[Nero70002]

But what I was mostly asking was if one of you guys could make a support ticket for me?

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