Helping your dog to stay fit isn’t just about cutting down his calories intake nor doing rigorous exercise. With that said, dog fitness programs don’t have to be boring, restoring to just walking and jogging. As a matter of fact, a good fitness program which uses fun and interactive games not only keeps your dog healthy but it also stimulates his thinking process. It doesn’t matter if you’ve a lap dog or a working dog, there are plenty fun exercises and games for any dog under the sun.
Published Jun 16th, 2008
By Renée
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Summer’s here and you’re armed with plenty of activities to do with your dog. However, your energetic dog seems to be lagging behind after a 10-minutes jog. This can’t be right, you fed him a “well-balance” diet only an hour before.
What many don’t know about running with their dogs is ...
Published May 19th, 2008
By Renée
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Playing treasure hunt is especially good for puppies or young dogs that have begun to learn stay command, but are nervous about having their owner go out of their sight for too long. A game like treasure hunt requires mental and physical alertness, and maybe heightens your dog’s sense of ...
Published Jun 14th, 2007
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Walking is the first thing comes to mind when we talk about exercising our dogs. Whether your dog is a urban or suburb dweller :wink:, especially dogs that are kept indoors most of the time, a walk on a leash several times a day is a necessity for sanitary reasons ...
Published Apr 11th, 2007
By Renée
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Some dogs are great leapers while few like to keep their four paws on solid ground. The fact is that most dogs are willing to try to jump over things because it's their natural activity.
The sad part is that some natural leapers became perplexed when faced with an obstacle (the ...
Published Mar 30th, 2007
By Renée
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Play is a serious business for puppies. As soon as the puppy can stagger around on his four wobbly legs at about three weeks, he will spend much of his waking hours tumbling over, play-biting and play-wrestling with his litter mates, nipping and chasing his mother's tail. These are no ...
Published Feb 2nd, 2007
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Many of the dog training books and dog trainers advise against playing tug with dogs because they believe it promotes aggressive behavior and teaches the dog to be dominant. I'm going out on a limb to say this is not entirely correct with a couple of exceptions (I'll expand on ...
Published Jan 31st, 2007
By Renée
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Have you ever tried walking a labyrinth? I've done it in a few countries and I actually enjoy doing it. Unfortunately none of my dogs were with me. I always wonder if my dogs could handle a simple maze so I constructed a mini maze to see how fast my ...
Published Jan 4th, 2007
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Dogs have found their way into human’s home as pets and have also helped them with their work for centuries. Since Egyptian times, dogs have provided people with entertainment, be it by accompanying them on a hunt or through racing. Today there are a number of spectator sports involving dogs.
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Published Nov 29th, 2006
By Renée
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I don't know about your dog, but my dogs love to play hide-and-seek with me all day long. Dogs love to find things especially treats and toys. If you don't have any other pets (dog or cat) around the house, they will want to play it with you.
Hide-and-seek is ...