[NAGDU] Keeping the dog entertained

[Tracy Carcione]

Krokus would love a pet!  He can't even go down a few blocks to visit his
shepherd girlfriends, poor guy.

Rox, hoof hockey sounds like a blast.  And that's so sweet, your golden
puppy taking your hand and leading you to whatever sound she's alerting to.
I think Krokus would be taking my hand and leading me to the kibble barrel.

Danielle, those are some good ideas.  Maybe I could teach Krokus to locate
dropped objects.  I am working on making him wait for my OK before we go out
in the backyard.  He tends to get overexcited about that.  And we're working
on straight street crossings, less sniffiness, and good harness positioning.

Stay safe everyone.
Tracy


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I think I have the perfecdt answer to your problem. Get Krokus a pet! Look
at what fun Rox's dogs have. LOL. Fisher is so old I think he sleeps away
the boredom.

Cindy Lou Ray
cindyray at gmail.com

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Subject: [NAGDU] Keeping the dog entertained

I'd be interested to hear how people are keeping the dog entertained in this
time of lockdowns.  

I am working from home full-time.  Before, I was working from home 3 days a
week, but we had 2 days of going into New York, which kept us both sharp.
Now, I try to take a walk every day it's not actually raining.  However, I
keep away from the main streets, because Krokus naturally has no idea about
social distancing, and there are still some people walking around on the
main drag.  There are some on the backstreets too, but I can hear them
before we come up to them, so we don't get too close.  It does rather limit
our walks, though.  I try to go around the big circle different ways, make
different turns, etc, but it's still the same big circle, and he knows it.

I've also started taking Krokus into the backyard on his Flexi-leash.  On
his own, he always eats bark and dirt, then throws it up at 3 AM.  On his
Flexi, I can keep him away from those snacks, and he seems to enjoy having a
nice sniff around.

And of course we have some play sessions.  But I still think he's a bit
bored (as are many of us.)

Tracy

 

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