For all you dog owners, how do you keep your dogs busy when its home alone?

Question

For starters, do you leave it home alone?

Answer 1

toys

Answer 2

I have no problems leaving my german shepherd home alone. It's the cat I have to worry about! He gets on the counters and knocks stuff onto the floor. Once it's on the floor, the do figures it's fair game and will chew it up.
When I leave though, I will either give her (my 8month old GSD) her Kong or a rawhide bone or roll to chew on. She's so happy to have the "special treats" that she doesn't mind me leaving. If I use the Kong I put a few treats in the very bottom, then add her regular dry dog food until it's almost full... at the very top to keep the stuff from falling out all at once I put in about a tablespoon of good gooey peanut butter (the natural kind that you refridgerate). I'll also stick a peeled baby carrot in the small hole at the other end. She loves it. She grabs it and lays down and immediately starts licking the peanut butter out of it.
I wouldn't suggest "hiding treats around the house" unless you want to come home to all your stuff scattered about as the dog may not be so careful about moving things to get to the treats. Plus it's a good idea to keep them confined to "Safe Rooms" unless you crate them. By safe rooms, I mean rooms without cords hanging where they can get to them, clothes to be chewed, etc. I close off my bathroom and bedroom, and put down puppy potty pads down in the bedroom that belongs to the dog and cat. Since she can't get outside to use the bathroom, she goes in there and uses the pads. This is only necessary if you're going to be gone more than a couple hours, but rememeber... after eating all those treats, they'll have to go somewhere!!

Answer 3

For starters we don't leave the dog home for long hours. Before hand, they get a good long walk to make them sleepy, and they get left with toys that cannot become a choke hazard when we're not around. I don't expect them to be busy, but we've always left the tv on for comfort.

Answer 4

I leave my Lab mix alone sometimes. She stays outside so I normally just leave many chew toys out there. Plus we have two Boston Terriers as well so she plays with them most the time.

For inside dogs I do the same, I scatter chew toys all around and I heard that if you hide little treats around the house the dog will search for the treats the entire time. So he/she won't have time to "Destroy" anything.

Hope I helped!

Answer 5

I'm a stay at home, but on the occasion I leave or we go some where for the day, the dogs has toys we leave him in his large crate. Yes, we lock him up in a large crate, so he doesn't destroy the house. We have a lab puppy and they love to chew.

Answer 6

we leave our dogs home alone all day, cuz i have school and my parents have work, but i have a variety of toys for him to play with. and about two years ago we got a puppy and now my older dog and the puppy keep eachother company a lot and they r usually very happy. and they dont really mind being home alone anymore, and about a year ago we got some kittens so they play with them too.

Answer 7

When ever I have to leave the house and can't take the dog I put her inside her create with her Kong filled with treats. The Kong gives her something to do the create protects her and my home for each other.

Answer 8

I leave my dog home alone. I think she just sleeps when I'm not there, because just as I'm about to leave, she goes to her cage and lays in it, and whenever I get home, she's still there...so far (two years), nothing destroyed while I'm not there...Maybe I should set up a webcam to make sure she's not having wild house parties when I'm not around.

Answer 9

Look into something called smart toys. they are toys that require your dog to do a certain amount of work in order to get a food reward thus stimulateing the dog mentaly and preventing boredomn. Kongs are one example of this form of toy. Or you can also look into doggy day cares or dog sitters in your area.

Answer 10

I leave the tv on the animal channel for her and she stays in her kennel while im at work. I go home during lunch and walk her and then she goes back in her kennel til I get off work. She likes her kennel and goes in there to take a nap even when Im at home. ( shes a beagle, dauchshund, chihuahua )

Answer 11

a thanks to do play with him? in case you in undemanding words tire your canines out with actual pastime, you're in basic terms construct up his stamina, so as that it takes further and extra earlier he tires. you also chance that the canines receives hyper and below pressure, which from what you've written, looks going on already. My favored breed is severe-lively besides. that's close to no longer plausible to tire those dogs out bodily, so the answer's mind-artwork. quit feeding him by ability of putting foodstuff in his bowl, instead have him seek for or artwork for his foodstuff. the way in which to position down a fragrance path and coach your canines a thanks to stay with it. Obedience preparation and cover and seek for are also superb. in case you do not already have one, that's advisable to look into getting a Kong to stuff with foodstuff and godies. sturdy success with him. EDIT: in case you turn on him sufficiently earlier you leave, there is not any favor to save him entertained and busy at the same time as he's on my own. too a lot pastime at the same time as on my own can make a canines get into mischief. ideally, and what maximum dogs do, is for him to spend the time dozing.