Comments on: Playing With Your Dog – A Very Good Thing http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/playing-with-dogs Training dogs the positive way Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:54:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nicole http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/playing-with-dogs/comment-page-1#comment-146 Nicole Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:02:59 +0000 http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/?p=700#comment-146 Me and my dog play a fuuny game called over and under.i go on my hands and knees, and she jumps over me. Then,i go under her, and we countinue. NOTE: this probably will not work with little dogs. My dog is a Lab. -Nicole, AGE 9 Me and my dog play a fuuny game called over and under.i go on my hands and knees, and she jumps over me. Then,i go under her, and we countinue. NOTE: this probably will not work with little dogs. My dog is a Lab.
-Nicole, AGE 9

]]> By: Irie http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/playing-with-dogs/comment-page-1#comment-91 Irie Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:17:09 +0000 http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/?p=700#comment-91 Awesome, such an important post! I always find myself having to remember that spending time with my dog not only means a walk and training time, but also means PLAY time. How fun for both of us? I actually will even get down on all fours, play bow and roll around on the ground with my pup. She loves it when I do. =) Here's an article with some fun, indoor activities you can do with your pup even if it's rainy/snowy/cloudy out: http://bit.ly/5JR8aO Awesome, such an important post! I always find myself having to remember that spending time with my dog not only means a walk and training time, but also means PLAY time. How fun for both of us? I actually will even get down on all fours, play bow and roll around on the ground with my pup. She loves it when I do. =) Here’s an article with some fun, indoor activities you can do with your pup even if it’s rainy/snowy/cloudy out: http://bit.ly/5JR8aO

]]> By: lmanolius http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/playing-with-dogs/comment-page-1#comment-90 lmanolius Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:57:06 +0000 http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/?p=700#comment-90 Hi Susan, Thanks for reading and commenting. I love what you say about playtime with dogs being a "joy" and a "real privilege." Here here! Best, Lisa Hi Susan,

Thanks for reading and commenting. I love what you say about playtime with dogs being a “joy” and a “real privilege.” Here here!

Best,
Lisa

]]> By: lmanolius http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/playing-with-dogs/comment-page-1#comment-89 lmanolius Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:55:39 +0000 http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/?p=700#comment-89 Hi Mary, I agree -- breaking up training with playtime is a great idea to keep training even more fun and interesting, and is good practice for the doggy in revving up (play) and calming down and focusing (training). Wish I could see Ginger in action - she sounds like quite a juggler with all those balls! Take care, Lisa Hi Mary,

I agree — breaking up training with playtime is a great idea to keep training even more fun and interesting, and is good practice for the doggy in revving up (play) and calming down and focusing (training). Wish I could see Ginger in action – she sounds like quite a juggler with all those balls!

Take care,
Lisa

]]> By: Susan http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/playing-with-dogs/comment-page-1#comment-88 Susan Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:15:48 +0000 http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/?p=700#comment-88 I couldn't agree more about the importance of play with our dogs. It's something I use to bond more, as a reward and just for pure enjoyment. One of our greyhounds though isn't predisposed to play in the traditional manner (my latest blog posting talks about play too & in particular Stevie)but it looks like we've found a toy he does like to play with - a rope snowman:D Mina, our lurcher, will play tug with an Orka Jack, drop, retrieve etc. Jasper, our latest greyhound, loves to play and has brought out the playful side of Mina. He regularly engages in traditional play bows, woofs and play growls (yes really!) to get his canine companions to play with him. It's a joy to watch and a real privilege when I get to join in the fun too! Susan I couldn’t agree more about the importance of play with our dogs.

It’s something I use to bond more, as a reward and just for pure enjoyment.

One of our greyhounds though isn’t predisposed to play in the traditional manner (my latest blog posting talks about play too & in particular Stevie)but it looks like we’ve found a toy he does like to play with – a rope snowman:D

Mina, our lurcher, will play tug with an Orka Jack, drop, retrieve etc. Jasper, our latest greyhound, loves to play and has brought out the playful side of Mina. He regularly engages in traditional play bows, woofs and play growls (yes really!) to get his canine companions to play with him. It’s a joy to watch and a real privilege when I get to join in the fun too!

Susan

]]> By: Mary H. http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/playing-with-dogs/comment-page-1#comment-87 Mary H. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:19:30 +0000 http://www.ohbehave-dogtraining.com/?p=700#comment-87 I like to break up our training sessions with playtime. Two or three minutes of training, and then a few minutes of playing. Usually, playing with a ball or tugging on something. Then more training, then more play. It helps break up the training. Also, when we're done, she's really tuckered out! Ginger loves playing with two or three balls at a time. She'll get one, and then want you to throw a second one. She'll carry around the first one and bat at the second one with her feet. She's actually pretty skilled at kicking it where she wants it to go and brining it back to you! Mary I like to break up our training sessions with playtime.

Two or three minutes of training, and then a few minutes of playing. Usually, playing with a ball or tugging on something. Then more training, then more play.

It helps break up the training. Also, when we’re done, she’s really tuckered out!

Ginger loves playing with two or three balls at a time. She’ll get one, and then want you to throw a second one. She’ll carry around the first one and bat at the second one with her feet. She’s actually pretty skilled at kicking it where she wants it to go and brining it back to you!

Mary

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