How do you have fun with your dogs?

[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.

[luvofallhorses]

For my pups:

The only one that is allowed off-leash is Rocky, because he comes right back. I won't allow him to go off-leash around the block even, because we live in the city and by a VERY busy street and I don't want to take any chances. They all love to go for walks, though. My dad takes Jenny, because every time I take her she gets loose.

They all play in the house....it's either Jenny and Buster playing or Buster and Rocky playing. Ginger isn't really a playful one.

We do play outside, too. They love rope toys, tennis balls....but won't go after a frisbee, what is up with that?? The main thing they love is playing with plastic soda bottles or milk jugs.

Rocky LOVES to swim!! Jenny(thanks to my brother ) is scared of water but when she goes to the lake with Rocky, it's like she is a different dog!! Ginger isn't crazy about it and Buster LOVES to 'bite' the water on the hose.

Great thread!!

[.sarah]

Off-leash running (or on a long leash
Playing inside (squeekies, rawhides...)
Playing outside (frisbee, ball...)
Swimming (or wading, if your dog is not a swimmer)
Agility, Flyball, other dog-sport...
Training new tricks

[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!

[Vette]

I voted for Walks and Other.

he loves to walk around with me outside.
but if i bring my camera with me,, he acts even more happy and hyper then he usally dogs.

so walking and picture time is our way of having fun. LOL

sometimes i'll play hide and seek on him if he runs too far ahead.
i guess he doesnt use his nose. as i can hide behind a tree not even a foot away from him and he'll run right by me. so he would really suck as a hunting dog. LOL

[beeniesmom]

Oh gosh, we chase each other around the house. I get on my hands and knees and bark and chase them..... until I'm out of breath!