Everyone knows that it is important to keep your pet active but much like what we do with ourselves, when we get busy it gets overlooked. There always seems to be something coming up and preventing us from giving our pets the proper attention that they need. When things get busy, it can be hard to keep your dog active, especially in the Winter but these tips and ideas are sure to keep your dog active all year long.
These tips for keeping your dog active are brought to you through a partnership with Kong. Although this post has been sponsored, all opinions are my own.
Go for a Walk- The easiest and most common way to keep our pets on the move is by physically moving them and going for daily walks. You don’t have to live near a park or even have good weather to get out for a few minutes and get them moving. If it’s really cold outside and you just can’t bring yourself to go outside, hire a dog walker, you would be surprised at how cheap you can get this service for locally.
Train them to do Tricks- Keeping your dog physically active is really important and it is nice to be able to give your pets mind a work out too. Teach your dog to walk backwards on command, stand on it’s back two feet, or even something as simple as giving you their paw, these are all great ways to keep you both busy through the colder months.
Make Cleanup a Game- Spread your dogs toys out all over the room and teach him to help clean up. This activity is not only a great training exercise but it will allow your dog to keep moving while searching for toys to add to the toybox.
Using positive reinforcement you can reward your dog with treats while training him on how to help clean up his toys.
Play- Just simply playing with toys is a great way to keep moving! Head outside with a few toys or if the weather isn’t cooperating stay inside with a few toys from Kong to keep your dog active.
My pets have been playing with the Kong Classic for as long as I can remember and it’s still in great shape. It’s the perfect toy for your dogs to chew, chase, and fetch.
Kong toys are perfect for keeping your dog active with play as well as a great way to keep them from chewing the things they are not supposed to.
I especially love the Kong Tiltz because it allows your pet to make treat time and meal time a game. It is especially nice for those fast eaters who swallow their food so fast they don’t even get a chance to chew it! You can add your pets kibble or the favorite in my home, Kong snacks and watch the fun happen.
Leave a comment and tell me about your fun ways to keep dogs active!
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Our dog Chade loves treats and toys
my dog loves his toys,. treats actually come 2nd for him.
I have 3 black labs that would love this.
Oohh 3 black labs? My husband has always wanted one. How would you say they were with training compared to any other breeds you have had or are each of the three different?
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Kong is such a great dog toy for my friend’s dog Emma. She chews and destroys every other toy.
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My pup loves Kong toys – and they do seem to last a little bit longer than other toys
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My pup enjoys chasing the water sprinkler. It helps him stay active.
We keep our dog healthy by keeping him active. Thanks for the great blog post!
I know our dog doesn’t get enough exercise, this would be great.
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Thanks for the chance!
We took our dog hiking yesterday
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my dog is snoozing after a hard day of barking at deer, squirrels, and the UPS guy!
Kong is great to help keep dogs occupied. You put a treat inside and especially right before we had to go somewhere, we’d do that and it would keep him happily distracted and occupied in a positive way trying to play with and chew and manipulate the treat out of it and that would help kill some time he would have otherwise been sad missing us or getting into a world of trouble of one kind or another. haha
We even got a kitty kong with kitty treat for our cat!
My Bella would love this
There are a lot of interactive toys that keep my pups busy for long periods of time.