Stop Boredom With Exercise For Your Dog

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     Does your dog rip and destroy items around the home when you leave him or her alone? Most of the time this destructive behavior is because you have a bored dog on your hands, and some dogs require exercise to stop the behavior. Some dogs are naturally full of energy and if they have no outlet for this energy, they can easily become bored, which is when they begin to destroy things around the home, simply because it gives them something to do.

Keep in mind that each dog is different and has different exercise needs. If you have a toy dog that weighs five pounds, obviously, one walk around the block is going to be quite a bit more exercise than a dog that weighs over one-hundred pounds. Therefore, you have to keep in mind that exercise needs for your dog varies depending on the type of dog you have, the size, and the breed. However, all dogs can be helped with boredom by simply starting an exercise routine.

The first place to start is with walking and using one of the leashes that you can control the length is also useful to make sure you always have control of the distance from you the dog can go. Start with a walking a block and see how your dog is feeling, if he or she is winded and panting after just one block, that is probably a good indication that you need to stop.

As times goes on you will be able to take longer walks, and you can even incorporate jogging into the routine, which in the end helps both your dog and you. If you have a yard, you can make all sorts exercise routines such as jumping. Most dogs, as long as they have no injuries to their legs love to jump and try to catch something. Use this to your advantage to get in some exercise by having them jump over a small box, then increase the jump as he or she becomes more agile. One of the best ways to get your dog to jump is by having many of his favorite treats.

Moreover, you can also set up an agility course right in your own backyard. Get some hoops, tubes that your dog can easily fit through and make a course for him to go around on, this will work both his mind and body. He or she will be having so much fun and wearing them out physically, there will be no time for boredom. When you have a bored dog, it just means that you have a dog that is unexercised and needs more time working out and less time laying around.

Lastly, there are many ways to incorporate exercise into your dog's life; it just takes a bit of patience on your part to get the right exercise routine down so that he or she is no longer bored. A well exercised dogs is never a bored dog.