I am with my baby all day he comes to work with me and I have a boring job with alot of time to spend with him. I tought him to fetch and sit, shake, dance, and lay are all things I practice with him for a few minuets a time with him. The problem is our life has become procedure and he looks really board sometimes. Do you have any ideas of some games like fetch I could teach him so there are other things to play or mabe some activities? He is 3 months old now so young, playful, and easily taught new things. Thanks!!
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Good for you! You've taught him loads already. How about down (faster the better).more reward the faster he does it. Walk back..they can walk back a whole room length. (Teach him come to you sitting in a chair.have him in between your feet, move your hand from the come position, and wait for him to stand. Reward the stand. Don't put a command to it. Just wait for him to do it. He'll eventually try harder and harder for the reward, hence walking back.) Lie down and crawl.
You really need to google some clicker sites, or buy a clicker book. Then you can learn to teach loads of things by clicker training, which is great fun.
All the best.
chase the car. just picking. your dog needs to know that he dont have to always be busy. what would he do if you ever got sick. he should have some alone time.
i have a small dog as well (a shih tzu) and what i do is take strings of yarn (a little over a foot maybe 1 1/2) and braid them into a rope leaving enough unbraided part at the end (like the ones at the store, maybe 4 inches unbraided on each side). they are a lot easier for her to play with because they are soft and small. She stays entertained for ever. If your dog gets bored just wave it around for a couple minutes and they get entertained all over again.
play dead in the street
I agree that you should leave your dog alone some for his own wellbeing. You should also be in puppy kindergarten with him.
You could also play: "which hand is the treat in?" and "find it"
for which hand, you simply put a treat in one of your hands and ask him which hand. He has to put his paw on your hand to get the treat. This will help with handling later in life.
For find it, you hide a yummy, smelly treat and he has to find it. As a puppy, you can start by leaving a trail of treats to the jackpot. Then start making the trail scarcer and scarcer.
At puppy kindergarten, he will get socialization and you will learn more games.
Also, to keep him busy, buy him busy toys. Like toys that he can pull apart and you put back together. Or a buster cube or molecube to hide treats in. Peanut butter and a kong go a long way.
Have fun!
Roll a tennis ball and him and make him chase it?
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