Quality Time Spent with Your Dog
How to spend more quality time with your dogs
Dogs have their own personalities. They get bored, hyper, show excitement and even sadness. This is why it is important to give your dog quality time each day. Everyone has a busy schedule these days, and sometimes that means your dogs walk gets pushed to the next day. A lot of behavior problems are caused by dogs having too much energy and no way of releasing it.
What does a dog do to keep its self busy? They chew on your shoes, tear up the couch, chase their tail, bark at everything, jump on you and don’t listen. If you can make time to spend with your dogs, you may find that it’s a bonding experience for the both of you.
Here are a few ways to make extra time for your dogs.
√ Get up an hour earlier to take “Fido” for a morning jog. This not only helps the dog drain energy, but helps you stay in shape as well.
√ Don’t sit down and relax after coming home from work, instead walk in and take your dogs for a nice long walk. If you relax, chances are you will be too tired to get up and take a long walk.
√ After dinner make a family event, by spending some time outside playing fetch or obedience training.
All dogs are better behaved when they can drain their energy. By getting them involved in activities it will help your dog be balanced and happy. There are a great number of fun things you can do with your dogs.
√ One hour daily walks
√ Going to a dog park
√ Hiking
√ Competitions, such as Dock Dogs
√ Dog Training
√ Visiting with other dogs
√ Exercise
√ Playing hide and seek or other games
√ Taking them along on camping trips, or family outings
√ Grooming
Your dog is a part of the family and they need quality time to bond with you. The more time you spend with them, the more they will want to please you. Each dog is different and enjoys different things. Take some time to figure out what your dog loves to do. If perhaps your dog is a tracker, then hide a treat in the yard so she can find it. You will give your dog a fun and healthy activity to drain all that built up energy. Once you start making this a routine you may find her sleeping more, getting into less trouble, and being an all around better behaved dog. Making some extra time just takes a few changes in your daily schedule. You will come to find it’s well worth it in the end!
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