Pawsome Puppy Advice for Merry Dog Owners Looking For Ways to Tire Out Their Cute Canines Who Have That Holiday Joy

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Eleonora Bader
Nov 30, 2023 11:00 PM EST

What a merry season it is! Hello everyone, and welcome to another pawsome puppy advice thread where Redditors share useful information that we then relay to you, our dear animal-loving readers. We will be the first to admit that our adorable doggos' tire us out. Day or night, they are always up for an adventure, always up and running, always… up. They are wide awake, happy-go-lucky, super positive. Today is a cold winter day and our dogs want, per usual, to go outside, and we, of course, are going to take them… 

But first, we need to bundle up, because we do not have a fluffy coat of our own to cover us up and keep us warm. Then, when we get outside, we will read the screenshots below and let you know if all this adorable advice really works. We want to bet that it does. Scroll down for the canine cuteness, and then check out these fluffy feline memes that are good for a wholesome boost of serotonin.

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    Posted by u/samjam110 1 day ago If you only had 20-30 mins to tire out your high energy dog what would you do?
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    You have access to an off leash area where she may run into another dog or 2. You have access to a community with walking trails around a pond nearby. You have a fenced backyard. What are your recommendations? Other than throwing a ball!
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    Its RyBear 1 day ago Scent work can actually be very stimulating for a dog as I've learned. They've got very powerful sniffers and using them at 100% while searching for things can be a decent
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    alternative to physical activity for certain circumstances. It's definitely no replacement for exercise, but it should tire your dog out and improve their skills at the same time. Best part is that you generally don't need to leave the house, so it's great for those cold winter days.
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    BackInNJAgain 18 hr. ago I have a red tick coonhound. My neighbors probably think I'm nuts but, in the summer I walk around the backyard dragging a hot dog through the grass, then chop it into tiny pieces and throw it all
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    around the yard and then let her go. Keeps her busy for at least half an hour. 24 Reply Share Jumbo Jetta 14 hr. ago Oh holy cow I love this!
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    Lshizzie 1 day ago · edited 1 day ago I used to play "find the me" with my best boy blue heeler. I'd have him sit and then I'd go hide somewhere in the house with a treat. It was useful in two ways, mental exercise but also recall.
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    I'd whistle to him when he was looking for me and he'd associate the whistle with not only finding me but getting a treat. Win win But you build up to it. Have them sit. Walk a few feet, whistle they come to you and get a treat.
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    Have them sit, you walk out of sight, you whistle they come to you and get a treat. Have them sit, you go anywhere in the house, you whistle they find you and get a treat.
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    It can take several sessions before any of the above things happen consistently. But over time it can be really great brain game from just inside. Reply Share 50
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    chaiosi 18 hr. ago I LOVE this game to tire my boy out. I get the kids involved and we all go hide (not too hard my house is smallish) and take turns calling him for a treat. It also
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    helps him to learn to listen to my youngest which he seems to think is a suggestion at best. My guy isn't so confident so we make it easy and indoors he mostly follows our voices. 10
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    minutes and I've got a huge panting dog smile and he'll be good for a few hours. We mostly use this game when the weather is bad indoors but works outdoors too as long as we don't make it too hard. 8 Reply Share
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    Ankylowright 1 day ago Fenced yard. A 60″ training whip for horses with a dog toy tied to the end. Our dog has a donut on the end of the whip and she chases it until she's ready to collapse.
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    Basically a flirt pole we use for fun rather than training. Aside from training her to wait (which she needs A LOT of help with). Reply Share 31
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    Prestigious_Scars - 1 day ago Other than throwing a ball! But that's all she wants to do? I don't just throw the ball but actually make her run the field searching for it, it's exercise and nose work all in one.
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    Next option would be swimming or if the dog is large enough, biking. 17 Reply Share samjam110 OP. 1 day ago How do you make fetch nose work?
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    I'm just looking for ideas, unfortunately it's quite cold here like 7 months of the year so having ideas that are quick in my back pocket would be nice. Reply Share 5
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    Prestigious_Scars. 1 day ago. edited 1 day ago I pretend to throw the ball one direction and throw it the other way or even just simply put it in my pocket if I don't feel like throwing the ball
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    every 5 seconds... If she doesn't see where it's been thrown, she will run the field the entire 20 or 30 minutes with her nose to the ground and looking for it (but honestly regardless of where I throw it she usually finds it
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    within a few minutes). Her tail will be wagging the entire time. She also does nose work in the house so she understands the concept of searching for something. 9 Reply Share
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    Hammerhil · 1 day ago Well, to be perfectly honest I would go out and play fetch with my dog. He loves it and he'll get 20 minutes+ of running in a half an hour easy. Not sure why that is something you wouldn't do given the same circumstances.
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    Barring that I would probably do nosework. He's trained on birch and I often practice with him. Reply Share 10
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    sansgluten9758 · 21 hr. ago Trick training! In winter I spend 10 minutes at his dinner time working on tricks. We usually run through the ones he knows well to start, which helps him feel confident. Then I try to work on one new one
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    for a few minutes every day until he masters it. The challenge here is that, with a smart dog, you start running out of tricks to teach I also send him to his crate and hide his favorite toy in the house and make him find it. We also love the Nina Ottosson brain games and
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    make a few of our own too - I toss some food in a fleece blanket and roll it up and tie it in a knot for him to dig through. My dog is extremely high energy as a hunting lab that doesn't hunt, ha. In spring through fall, he's running
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    miles with me every day and going non stop, so winter we have to get creative because my lungs can't handle running the same mileage. I've found that mentally stimulating him is FAR better than any running/fetch I could do with him. Reply Share 7
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