View Poll Results: How do you have fun?

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  • Walks

    35 68.63%
  • Off-leash running (or on a long leash)

    28 54.90%
  • Playing inside (squeekies, rawhides...)

    35 68.63%
  • Playing outside (frisbee, ball...)

    31 60.78%
  • Dog Park!

    15 29.41%
  • Swimming (or wading, if your dog is not a swimmer)

    23 45.10%
  • Agility, Flyball, other dog-sport...

    15 29.41%
  • Training new tricks

    20 39.22%
  • Other (tell us about it!)

    7 13.73%
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Thread: How do you have fun with your dogs?

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  1. #1
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    off leash runs-Happy and Misty mainly

    dogpark-Ripley, sometimes Blair, and rarly perky, she wont run their anyway she wants to stay with us

    walks-Happy, occasionaly Misty but not to often, she usually just does the walks on the way to an off leash run, the only reason Happy get walks is because she walks off leash, and is easy to manage, well behaved and she is wlecomed into the homes of all my friends, so she gets walks when I am out with friends, she becomes "one of the gang" everyone loves her lol

    flyball-Happy, Misty, Ripley, Blair

    freestyle-Happy, Perky, Blair

    agility-Happy, Misty, Blair, Perky

    Frisbee-Happy, Misty

    plus random other dog sports

    playing in the house-Happy(fetch), Misty(rough housing), Blair(tug), Perky plays with squeekys when other dogs are not in the house, Ripley is not much of a dog to "play" when he does anything that would be considered play he only does it for food lol

    in the yard-all 5

    trick training-all 5, I think Perky does the most, since she is now competing in novice freestyle so she needs even harder moves then she already knows lol I believe her latest thing is flipping backwards around a barral
    Shayna
    Mom to:
    Misty-10 year old BC Happy-12 year old BC Electra-6 year old Toller Rusty- 9 year old JRT X Gem and Gypsy- 10 month ACD X's Toivo-8 year old pearl 'Tiel Marley- 3 year old whiteface Cinnamon pearl 'Tiel Jenny- the rescue bunny Peepers the Dwarf Hotot Miami- T. Marcianus

    "sister" to:

    Perky-13 year old mix Ripley-11 year old mix

    and the Prairie Clan Gerbils

  2. #2
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    I take them for walks in the park, and they love car rides! It doesn't matter where we go, they just like being in the car. Sometimes, I take them to the pet store and get them a treat ... I think dogs really enjoy anything as long as they get to be with their people!

  3. #3
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    I voted for all except other, but like Kay, some only apply to certain dogs.

    Walks - All four

    Off-leash running (or on a long leash) - Tango is the only one of my 3 allowed off leash, Keeva doesn't get either a long leash or a chance to be off because she's still a pup and I don't trust her and Winston gets a long leash, I'd never trust him off leash...

    Playing inside (squeekies, rawhides...) - All four

    Playing outside (frisbee, ball...) - Tango and the Dobes (Tia doesn't play much...)

    Dog Park - Tango and the Dobes usually, sometimes Tia goes but not often.

    Swimming (or wading, if your dog is not a swimmer) - Tango's the only one of my dogs who will go anywhere near water so I take her swimming for fun.

    Agility, Flyball, other dog-sport... - I don't compete with any of my dogs in sports, I'd lvoe to but for now I just do agility with Tango in the yard. Keeva I'm sure will love it aswell but she's too young for the jumps...

    Training new tricks - Tango and the Dobes (Tia doesn't think learning is at all fun...)

  4. #4
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    Walks........usually after school time to see and greet all the kids he can possibly get his paws on. We have walks at least three times a day.

    Off leash at the park.......usually early when no one else is around. We hit the park about twice a day. The real test is when the kids are practicing soccer in the next area. He's done very well, but still stares and wishes to have them.

    We need to find a creek or a lake, but, it rains quite often enough to play in it. Off leash of course......who else in there right mind would be out playing in the rain?

    We're redoing the training thing. This past year has not been great. But, we're having a great time reviewing, and relearning things.

    And of course D R I V I N G, he just loves to stick his face out. He gets so many responses from people driving next to us.

    ~siggy by LEXILOVER~thanx~


  5. #5
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    ooh i would to take no leash walking but thats not allowed in nz

    I take him to special beaches though, where he is allowed to play off leash.
    We have great fun walking everyday, and we hardly have any dog parks neer us.
    The dog in life is the firmest friend, the first to welcome, foremost to defend.
    Thanks kittycats_delight for the awsome siggie!!

  6. #6
    Off-leash running (or on a long leash) - Both Clover & Elvis every day (Weather permitting).

    Swimming (or wading, if your dog is not a swimmer) - Clover & Elvis, El could swim all day and Clover only when it is warm.

    Agility, Flyball, other dog-sport... - Both Clover & Elvis compete in Flyball. Elvis is doing Herding. I am about to start Agility with Elvis and may put Clover in NADAC tunellers trials, and maybe jumpers aswell if the jumps are not going to be too high. Oh and both do Obedience and we will be getting back into trialing next year.

    Training new tricks - Just Elvis, he is working on a couple at the moment . Clover is too big to do any sort of balancing tricks and is not too bright for other tricks .

  7. #7
    Sounds like everyone and their dogs have a great life!

    I didn't vote for Cocoa (since she's not really my dog), but she likes off-leash running and sometimes playing inside (Usually when food is involved!). Oh, and "other" - she likes cuddling with people.


    1 girl, 1 pup, 2 guinea piggies, 1 bunny & 1 turtle!



  8. #8
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    I don't have my own agility set and there is only a pay park nearby with one, so I take her to the skate park down the road when its empty and we do ramps and jumps over the bars and other improvised agility tricks. Other times for fun I give my little sisters and the neighborhood children each a treat and have them hide in their yard or ours and have Autumn search them out.
    "There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion."

    Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton

  9. #9
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    I would say that we have the most fun when we are playing indoors. Alden, Brandon and I are known to act like complete fools and run around the house like idiots and roll all over the floor with our girls. It can get quite crazy at times. We have fun outside also but I guess we don't get as goofy out there where someone mught see us .

    I love to take Tori to the dog park and she has a blast there. I just wish we had one here where I live.

  10. #10
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    They all love walks and when we get the chance off leash runs in the big field about 20 minutes away. But the most fav thing for them in the house is when I put on music and dance with them. They go crazy, jumping, howling, and generally acting silly.

  11. #11
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    Sasha and I will start off the weekend morning with a run through our neighborhood, at her pace not mine as she is 11 and I'm happy she's out there running at all. When we return home I get on the floor to do my sit ups and Sasha, my trainer, helps me out. Nothing like trying to do a sit up with a 43 lb dog on your tummy. She thinks this is great fun and smiles, wiggles, howls and woo hoos, the whole bit. I'm usually laughing too hard to complete my sit ups.
    Gayle - self proclaimed Queen of Poop
    Mommy to: Cali (14 year old kitten)
    (RB furbabies: Rascal RB 10/11/03 (ferret), Sami RB 24/02/04 (dog), Trouble RB 10/08/05 (ferret), Miko RB 20/01/06 (ferret) and Sebastian RB 12/12/06(ferret), Sasha RB 17/10/09 (border collie cross), Diego RB 04/12/21

  12. #12
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    Let's see...well, Blaze and me have fun in a lot of ways. We love going for walks, swimming, playing outside, as well as going for bike rides!


    Thanks Kay!!



    ~It's not who you are underneath, but what you do that defines you~ -Batman Begins


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