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Mental Stimulation (Was Teenage Dog)
In follow up to my earlier "Teenage Dog" post -
Jake, my Border Collie can have as much mental stimulation as he wants, the trouble is he does not seem to want it as he sees it as being told what to do and that's where I am struggling. This is his weekly routine Monday -Friday (weekends are long walks), he gets: AM 50 minute walk with ball or stick to play with too 30 minutes play whilst I get ready for work - hide and seek chew stick, biscuits jammed in a toy he has to retrive and toys scattered around to play with. Full interaction with me. I work and come home at lunch - play tug or fetch for 20 minutes PM Husband home first, Jake then loves to sit on the window sill and watch the world go by for an hour Night time - his time - play tug, fetch, have a bone - not alone or unattended for 4 hours, before bedtime. The problem is he seems to hate beng asked to do anything. I would spend hours naming and asking him to fetch his toys for him, or in the garden with our little "agillity weaving" run - he just is not interested, as soon as he senses he "has" to do something, he gets quite nippy and disobedient. How can I let him know it could all be such fun???? I really do devote every spare minute I have to making sure he is occupied - sometimes I wonder if this is where I am going wrong and that whilst I am consistent with him, I may also, somewhere along the line, be spoiling him as I seem to spend my whole life just wanting to make sure he is happy!! Help!! Lynda |
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