January 31st, 2010
By Eric Letendre
Exercise for dogs is an important topic to discuss. One of the main reasons we have behavior problems with dogs is there lack of exercise. Pent up energy in dogs can create havoc in most households. It’s important to understand that there are two types of exercise for dogs: Mental exercise and physical exercise.
It’s good to give your dog mental activities to do when you are away for long periods of time. In the videos you’ll see my two favorite types of mental exercises for dogs.
Eric Letendre is a professional dog trainer from the United States and has been training dogs for over 20 years, teaching regular, average, every-day owners all over the world how to get the training results they want as fast as possible. Eric is also the author of numerous reports, the E-Book “101 Ways to Improve Your Dog’s Behavior,” “The Amazing Dog Training Man Book,” and produced and stars in his DVD “Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer.”
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Eric Letendre is a professional dog trainer from the United States. For more than 20 years, he has been developing dog training "hacks" that have worked for dog owners all over the world. Eric operates from a home office or a laptop while traveling and draws on his experience and passion for dog training to show others how to develop a dog that is truly “Man’s Best Friend”.
Eric is the author of numerous reports, the E-Book “101 Ways to Hack Your Dog’s Behavior,” “The Amazing Dog Training Man Book,” and produced and stars in his DVD “Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer.”
I hate to say that neither of those would work for my dog – LOL! He has almost no interest in toys whatever!
Even a dog who is not interested in toys will most likely love a Kong toy because they are after the treat, not the toy. Try it!
My dog loves both of these toys. Every time I have to leave the house. I stuff the kong toy with peanut butter. Sometimes she still licks at it even after I get home. I fill the buster cube with a few peices of soft treats and fill it the rest of the way with her dog food. She has only had the buster cube for a few months and I think it is on the hardest level that you can set it.
I’ve also used the near empty peanutbutter container (plastic not glass). Just make sure there is no sharp edges inside hole opening to harm/scrape dog’s tongue.
Our husky needs long lasting activities.
We warm the peanut butter in the microwave so it’s easy to pour into the Kong. We fill it to the top & freeze it overnight.
It provides her with a few hours of activity. Now we can go to a movie and not find our house destroyed.
My cairn terrier, Cubbie who is 14 months takes the easy route and simply chews the end of the Kong toy off to get to the stuffed in food.
I too have a dog who shows zero interest in toys…I tried both of these treat toys with her favourite foods…She took a quick sniff then walked away from both of them.
By the way I tied it between meals & again when she had missed a meal …She just does not take to them….
I think she simply does not like either plastic or rubber.
I have found an alternative to the plastic or rubber toys. A local meat shop sells shank bones cut into 3″ or 4″ pieces and frozen, then sold for a few dollars a bag. A bag may contain 3 to five bones for between $2 and $4. If I have to be away for a longer than usual period of time or the dogs have to be left inside all day because of inclement weather, out comes a bone. They love it. And–if you refrigerate the bone once they have all the marrow out, you can restuff it with soft dog food or cheese or peanut butter, etc., and refreeze it once or twice more. Maybe that would work for your dog who dislikes the toys.
I am looking for a puppy, one that is laid back and easy to train. I was wondering if there was a breed of dog that you would recommend. I had a Miniature Schnauzer which was a very smart dog. Very easy to train. I had him for 16 years and had to have him put to sleep. Well the time has come for me to find a new pet. So if you could recommend one I would appreciate it.
Thank You
Bill
Def. freeze the peanut butter, it’ll last WAY longer. Throwing a couple of small treats in there with the PB is great too.
My dog loves the kong or any toy that is stuffed with treats. She will flip it in the air and when it hits the ground the treats will fall out, she also will flip it into the wall for the same result, and when she can’t get the last cookit out she will drop that slobbery kong into my lap so I can help her. She is brilliant.
We also use canned dog food and freeze it. At least that way they get some nutritional value beyond the peanut butter.
Didn’t find the link to order the kong toy on this page that you referred to in the first video.
Bill, Any reason your not getting another mini Schnauzer? We had to put down our lab a few years back. We researched a bunch of dogs and realized that a lab is what we liked. We just got our puppy..