Rainy day game number 2. Powering up the little one's down.
Rainy day games! No1. Archie rocking middle.
(Notice our sessions are super short. Bit of their dinner, bit of fun, back for a kip.)
It's going to bucket down tomorrow (Wed) by all accounts so if you don't fancy slogging through the rain try a few of these things instead:
- scatterfeed kibble around unusual objects or just on the carpet
- roll kibble up in a tea towel. If you want to be devious tie a knot in it
- pop your dog on their bed, show them some food in a bowl and then go hide the bowl. If they follow you, pop them back and make it easy to begin with (ie don't move far away)
- Pack some wet food into a buffalo horn, kong or trachea for a long lasting dinner
- Teach a trick! Get them to put two paws onto an object; stand between your legs (middle); press their nose into your hand; shake paws; spin right or left, or go around an object. Use your imagination.
Loads of indoor fun!
If you'd like a video on how to teach any of those let me know and I'll show you with Skibs, because he hasn't done most of that.
Really simple but effective game, on lead or off lead. Great for building focus on you, loose lead walking, disengagement from the environment, recall, moving away from things you don't want to encounter outside... You name it, you can Rewind it.
Walk along and at unpredictable moments go backwards, saying 'REWIND'! To begin with feed, feed, feed with your dog's head close to your body. My dogs are pretty experienced so I'm altogether looser about how I feed, but if you want them to see you and only you, keep that food right next to your body.
Orientation game
Super for getting a dog who chooses you.
Play orientation game today just for a minute or two. Throw a piece of food out in their eyeline, let them find, it celebrate the moment they turn back towards you (YEA SUPER!!!) and throw in another direction. Brilliant recall game.