Mickey's bored

[Kfamr]

LOL yeah right ... good luck with that. I can't imagine any dog except a BC doing housework. BCs really do need brain stimulus, don't they?

Any dog can do the tricks labeled as "housework"! They just need the right motivation and training.

Kiara, my 1 year old mixed breed, knows how to throw out trash, put her toys away, pick up and bring me items by name, and numerous other silly commands.

[k9krazee]

Is Mickey food motivated? You could teach him to turn on the lights. Jack learned how to do this in about 5 minutes.

First I taught him to jump up near the light switch and after he got the hang of that I put a tiny bit of peanut butter on the underside of the switch and told him "lights on" and he used his nose to get the peanut butter, pushed up the switch and he gets a treat. He now wants to turn on the lights ALL the time!! We're still working on turning them back off, lol.

Jack is a lab/beagle mix and he knows so many tricks. He gets bored extremely easy and always wants to be doing something, if hes not he gets destructive. I taught him fun little tricks like "beep beep" is back up, You ask him if he bites and he nods yes (ask the same question to my Micki and he shakes his head no) Bow to me and many many more, lol...if you keep Mickeys mind stimulated he won't be as bored and its really fun, I really enjoy teaching my dogs new tricks and then when people come over its even more fun to show them off

[pitc9]

You could always try to build a make-shift agility course in your yard! Just little things to jump over, or crawl through.
Just a thought!