01/11/2021
Happy Moving Monday, Everyone!
This week we will start introducing ways to exercise your pet in your home.
Walks are so useful because they provide a lot of things: exercise, brain work (from all the new sights and smells), and bonding time with their human, but sometimes, you just can't walk your dog...
-Flirt Pole
A weird name for a cool toy. It’s basically a dog toy on a rope. You drag it around and get your dog to chase it, letting them catch the toy occasionally. This is a great way to exercise a dog without a lot of space, and dogs go crazy for it. Even some dogs who turn their noses up at fetch can’t resist this game. There’s something about the way a toy on a string moves that satisfies a dog’s chase-kill-destroy instincts.
Get a stick (a wooden dowel, narrow PVC pipe, whatever) and tie a string to it. The string should be two to five feet long, depending on how much space you have. On the other end of the string, attach a dog toy. Stuffed animals and rope tug toys work well.
Then clear the play area of things the dog could crash into, and let the games begin!
