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Effective Ways to Prevent Boredom In Your Dog
Ever get home after a long day at work to find your dog has been digging in your favorite flowerbed or chewed up the sofa? If you've ever faced this situation, you definitely want to prevent it ever happening again. One possible reason for this kind of behavior is separation anxiety, especially when a dog has been left alone for a long period. However, it may be that the cause is simply that your dog is bored.
Dogs need company and stimulation just as we humans do. Almost any dog will get bored if left without company or interesting things to do for long periods of time. If you don't provide stimulation for your dog, he will find his own activities and these could involve chewing up your possession, digging up your garden, barking or whining constantly.
Dogs should never be left alone for longer than four hours at most. Maybe your lifestyle or job forces you to leave your dog alone for lengthy periods of time. In that case, here are a few tips:
• Consider hiring someone to take your dog for walks. If you don't want or can't afford to hire a professional dog walker, you could ask a friend, relative or neighbour to do it. Walks allow your dog to keep his brain stimulated with all the interesting sights, smells and sounds. It's fantastic exercise too
• Being an only puppy or dog, like being an only child, can sometimes be lonely. It may be worth thinking about having another dog as a companion.
• If your dog has a tendency to dig, then why not give him a specific digging pit in your yard or garden. You can make it more interesting by burying treats in it. It could help relieve boredom. You could make a digging pit where he can dig as much as he wants without destroying your flowerbeds. At the start it is important to reward him repeatedly with a treat left in the sandpit so that this has positive associations.
• Keep a variety of chews and toys for him changing the ones you give him daily to keep his interest high. Dispensing toys have a great interest for dogs when they are stuffed with treats as you can imagine. I would recommend that you try them. Also, keep your possessions out of the dog's reach if you don't want them chewed upI.
• Hiding treats around the house is one way that you can stimulate your dog's interest. The treats should be placed to provide a bit of a challenge to your dog, but reasonably easy to access. You could hide them under an upside-down bowl or Frisbee, or in an old sock.
I hope you find these recommendations helpful in dealing with boredom in dogs. Obviously when you are with your dog, make sure that you take him out for regular walks and play games with him. Doing obedience training with your dog is an excellent way to keep up his interest levels also.
Read more about dog separation anxiety and about emotions in dogs.
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