PREVENTING BOREDOM. 
Dogs need activities to stimulate them and
relieve boredom. They need to be stimulated as we have taken
so much away from them. Dogs in the wild will spend hours
hunting, then they will kill their prey, spend hours skinning
and eating the flesh all in the name of dinner! This activity
could take up to 8 hours of the day.
Today dinner is served and eaten in 30 seconds!!
What does the dog do for the other 7 hours, 59 minutes and
30 seconds?
Wouldn't it be good if you could spend all
day at home with your dog. Unfortunately few of us are lucky
enough to have a life of leisure!
After all someone has to earn the money to put food in the
bowl, blankets in the basket and chew toys under the Christmas
tree.
Dogs today are left for periods of time with
nothing to do whilst the owners go out. BOREDOM STRIKES!!!
The dog gets bored and then starts to become
destructive. Give your dogs something to do. Provide things
that can be shredded, a news paper with a treat wrapped inside
it, an old cardboard box, a plastic bottle with a small hole
cut in to it and a few treats inside, a bone to chew.
The items do not have to cost money but can
provide hours of entertainment. Some dogs do not like being
left alone; try and make the time alone as entertaining as
possible. Leave a light on if darkness will fall whilst your
out. Leave the T.V on or the radio so the dog can hear talking
and noise. Leave an old item of your clothing for the dog
to lie on. Give your dog lots of fuss and go for a nice walk
when you return. These are only a few suggestions to try.
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