How do you have fun with your dogs?

[Pembroke_Corgi]

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!

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

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...)

[Bigyummydog]

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.

[cute_pup]

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.

[cloverfdx]

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 .

[wolfie]

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.

[IRescue452]

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.

[RobiLee]

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.

[Glacier]

Well, for 15 of them most of their fun is actually working--mushing, skijoring. But they don't think it's work at all.

Some of them get off-leash walks too. Bandit is never allowed off-leash. He has a flexi-leash for walks. Kayleigh is the same for different reasons...she's dog aggressive and i need to control her; Bandit is a typical husky who would disappear if he ever got loose.

I also have a Springer on my bike for the ones that can't go off-leash.

Earle plays with stuffies inside. Pingo is obssessed with tennis balls, although the bring it back part of fetch is beyond her! She just hides them in her dog house. Goldie loves tennis balls too, but not if a human throws them. She entertains herself with them! There are a variety of toys outside for them--ropes, plastic chewies, balls, bones ect.

Raven and I play "chase me" lots. She play bows and runs around like a nutball. I chase her. Deuce likes that game too. He usually catches Raven and they end up wrestling.

Franklin and I play "bark & chase". It's Franklin's special game and only he plays it. He barks and play bows at me. I chase him in a circle. When we first got Franklin, he was so timid we couldn't touch him. "Bark & Chase" was one of the only ways we could interact with him and not overwhelm him. He's much braver now, but he still likes his daily dose of his game.

[jackie]

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.

[Queen of Poop]

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.

[Buddy Blaze Lover]

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!