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#PENT UP SERIES#

For high-energy dogs, start by showing him the tug rope and saying, ‘Tug!’ as you hold the rope tightly. Play a game of tug and release that features three tricks: grab, tug, and give.Gradually, you can add the verbal cue, ‘Clean up time!’ to get your dog to fetch toys scattered on the floor and put them in this toy box. Mark it, let the toy fall in the box, and deliver a treat over the box. When he lifts the toy out of the box, place your hand over the box and cue him to give the toy back to you. Place a toy in an open toy box (or cardboard box) and cue your dog to fetch it. Use masking tape to close the lid and encourage your dog to open and retrieve the treats.

Turn your empty egg carton into a food puzzle toy.

You can add more layers to bury the treat deeper. Then call him to ‘find’ the treat and praise him when he does. Have him sit as he watches you ‘hide’ this treat in a towel, magazine, or newspaper that you crumple up.

Hide treats in magazines, towels, or newspaper sections.

Kay also offers some fun indoor games to better deal with canine zoomies: If he tries to jump on you, place a baby gate between you to prevent this. Say a fun phrase, such as “boing!” Reward him with a treat as soon as he leaps up in the air. Instead of reprimanding your dog when he jumps on you, start rewarding him when he sits.

Turn unwanted behaviors into welcome tricks.

They are here for us as we are for them.” Dogs can feel our COVID frustration and stress. “If you feel like you are losing your patience, take a breath, calmly look at your dog and try again. Adds Kay, “Vary the activities in a training session so that your high-energy dog learns to follow your lead and focus on what’s next.” Then have your dog pause in place by sitting up with raised front paws.

#PENT UP SERIES#

Tone down a high-energy dog by having him perform low-energy activities, such as a series of sits and stays.

He identifies eight strategies to address a dog’s bottled-up energy: The key is to keep it positive and short and end with a successful jackpot, such as treats.” Kay, who shares his Los Angeles home with a high-energy dog named Spider, says, “Some dogs are so enthusiastic or ‘drivey’ that the challenge is to maintain focus during training sessions in the home. Teaching your dog new tricks is a way to work your dog mentally and physically. Your mission: make your home “zoomie” safe by channeling your dog’s cooped-up feelings in constructive ways while you are all stuck inside. Instead of seeing that as a negative, let’s find the gold goodies for our dogs and enrich our relationship with them.” “With COVID, we are stuck at home with each other. “A dog with pent-up energy can become destructive, annoying, frustrated and needy,” says Larry Kay, coauthor of the best-selling The Big Book of Tricks for the Best Dog Ever, dog filmmaker, and co-host of the popular Positively Woof’s Dog Hugs show on Facebook. That means some dogs struggle with cabin fever and stress. With the arrival of winter’s challenging weather coupled with the spike in COVID cases, many pet parents and their dogs are forced to stay socially distant, spend more time in our homes and cancel travel plans for at least the upcoming winter months. Dogs everywhere seem to be afflicted with the zoomies these days.