Jeffrey Hill Webboard User Reg: 02-07-2011
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Hi everyone, Heidi has been coming along great in her training and is actually moving into off lead training here in a couple weeks before she is tested to enter into the protection training program here.
This summer however, I will not be at home for most of the day. First, I have purchased a large insulated dog house with climate control, an auto-waterer and have gotten to the point where I can leave her outside when I am gone and not worry anymore. I am looking for any ideas to keep her occupied while I am gone besides her normal backyard patrolling. At the moment I still do not leave her with ANY chew toy without my supervision even though she never swallows anything that she destroys I don't want to take the risk.
If anyone has any good ideas please let me know, I am trying to make the backyard her own personal paradise while I am gone.
Jeffrey Hill Webboard User Reg: 02-07-2011
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thanks keep it comin!, I am going to have to look at one of those in person, I don't leave many toys with my dog unsupervised just because she turns them into piles of confetti in a short period of time
I am thinking about putting in something like a tetherball pole, but with a different ball on the end.
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My dog loves his goughnut (original). And, you can make it a puzzle by adding the stick in the goughnut hole (lubricate stick with olive oil). This company will replace the toy if your dog damages it by exposing the red core. You will need to pay shipping costs though. Check the toy section, I believe Leerburg sells them.
CJ Barrett Webboard User Reg: 04-19-2009
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I find it's the simple things that can be left in their environment that they end up having a great time with. Kind of like the kid who gets a great present and just wants to play with the box it came in.
My boys love the crunch of plastic water bottles. We haul in the large bottled water too. One day Bob had the bottles lined up at the gate, ready to load up to get refills. My young one noticed them sitting there and had one across the yard in no time. They're 10.00 a bottle, a lot less than I've spent on some toys. He was having so much fun with it and it seems relatively safe so they have that in the yard (I tossed the cap though).
I also have a couple of big, sawed off logs that just hang out there. They bite at them, step on them, pee on them.
We had an Egge toy out there for the longest time too, a good two years before Vince decided to make scrambled eggs out of it. My boys didn't care for the solo action too much but a lot of guest dogs sure did.
Tracy Collins Webboard User Reg: 10-09-2008
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Two ideas I've read about but haven't tried:
Hang a knotted rope from a tree branch as a kind of solo tug. And (for summertime) freeze a large block of ice with a few treats in the middle as an all-day Popsicle.
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Going off of what Tracy said, you can make a spring pole. You need a large spring that still has some give to it, chain to attach the spring to the tree branch so it doesn't fray and fly at your dog, and then some rope and an optional toy like a tuff tire. It's relatively safe as long as you check the hardware and knots for stress issues.
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