15 Tips to Tire Out Your Energetic Dog Child so You Can Chill Out

Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor

Jul 12, 2026 7:30 AM EDT

Having an energetic doggo in your home can be quite the tiring experience. An experience which happens ironically because your doggo is not tired. But today we hope to flip the script with these tips and tricks to tire out your energetic doggo so you can chill out.

Reddit's r/dogs subreddit is full of posts, questions and stories about darling doggos. And while many are on the pawsitive side of things, for some dog pawrents life is not easy and they turn to the canine pawrent community for pupport. In this case a strung out dog dad asked of the community to help him tire out his dog before he loses his mind. Put in a corner with a pupper whose battery never runs out, this pawrent desperately needed to know how to make the endless barking, whining and zoomies come to an end. Thankfully for this pawrent and for all of us the community came to his aid and delivered some pawfect pupper pawrent nuggets of advice that we hope will help you calm your doggo as well.

After all, all we want as pupper pawrents is to love our canine children. We do not wish to resent them, to live at odds with them, we want the harmony and happiness. But all too often we find ourselves stuck in a certain situation with no way out, that is why it is so important to share your story with others. So that we can all learn together. So prepaw yourself for puppers doing push ups, doggos partying with bubbles, four-legged frisbee and many more marvelous ways to keep your canine's energy levels in check.

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Erm, yes! How in the heck had we not heard about this enrichment idea before? It is such a genius concept, after all doggos love nothing more than chasing after little things like bubbles and the satisfaction of seeing a bubble burst, potentially even in their mouth is everything for them. So why would we not sit down, chill out, switch on the bubble machine (with dog safe bubble liquid in) and let them have a bubble party to tire themselves out? This is the kind of pawrenthood we expect to see being commonplace in 2050!
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Certainly this is not your typical approach to canine fitness, but it is one that overall makes a lot of sense and can be quite beneficial for your pupper. Much like a squat or indeed a pushup for a hooman, the pup pushup engages most of your pupper’s muscle groups and is a great way to ensure the longevity of joints all while making your doggo more tired than it has ever been before. Though we can imagine that this method would take quite a lot of training to get right and some doggos might not be so into the idea.
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