Comments on: Bored puppy is bored

By: Marcy

Marcy — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:01:18 +0000

Oh my goodness, this brings back memories of when my Mandy kitty was a baby! I wondered if I would live through it.

She has pretty much outgrown most of it, but still manages to get a few bratty moments in once in a while. LOL

Hang in there…you will survive.

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:42:59 +0000

The thought of majestic Kyrie playing hide-and-seek makes my mind boggle :o))
Do you think she’d ‘play along’ Christie, or would it be better to just stick to Rawley ?

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:26:04 +0000

Or pull steaks off the counter like a certain OTHER bad puppy I heard about. :)

By: Verde

Verde — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:20:04 +0000

Hey, at least he didn’t eat a bag of chocolate covered espresso beans and go on a complete caffeine and sugar high like a bad puppy I heard about. :`)

By: Melinda

Melinda — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:15:45 +0000

Play hide n seek! It’s a great way to work his little puppy brain on some basic obedience skills (sit, stay, find!). Start out easy by hiding just out of his sight to make sure he doesn’t break his sit/stay. Just around the door or down a hall. Release him to “find” you. Gradually increase the difficulty of the find by hiding in a darkened room with the door open, behind a couch, upstairs.

Once they catch on to the game, you can do all kinds of variations: find Kyrie (provided she’ll sit quietly in another room :-)), find Ronan, find your favorite toy, hide with Rawley and have Kyrie come find you.

This game was a sanity-saver for me during Opie’s first rainy winter with us. 10-15 mins was great exercise for his growing puppy brain, and tired him out as nicely as physical exercise. We’re now playing this often with 1 year old Jet; when it’s time to play “find it”, Opie (7), Sparky (13), and Nicky (6) still line up to play.

It will bring out the kid in you all over again!
Melinda

By: Sandi K

Sandi K — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:29:24 +0000

Ah yes…the middle name of No. Same thing happened to my cat when she was a kitten…and it still applies even though she is 3 now, although her middle name is No-No. lol I hope Rawley’s sniffles go away soon!

By: The Other Lori

The Other Lori — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:14:06 +0000

This is one reason why I’m trying to convince my husband that when we are finally ready for a puppy, that we should just get TWO puppies. They can wear each other out!

By: Carol V

Carol V — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:30:11 +0000

He definitely looks like he needs a nice game of aligator mouth!!

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:51:34 +0000

Treadmill??? LOL

By: Paula

Paula — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:35:55 +0000

I really had no idea he had Naughty in him. Hope he’s all better very soon!
The collar came with him from me, David. Glad you like it. :)