In this post i will try to explain to people that think that all dog needs is food and water and LOTS of love that they are quite wrong.Of course that when you get a dog the first thing you will want from him is to be your cudly pet and friend (at least i hope thats the reason you are getting dog),but that doesn't mean that dog will be happy is gets a meal,water and love every day,i won't go into how you should feed your dog and that you need to make fresh water avaiable for him 24/7 becuase i supose every dog owner knows that,instead i will try to explain that beside that dogs also need proper exercise,both physical and mental to be truly happy and fullfilled.So to make it absolutely clear dogs MUST take at least an hour of walking/runing every day,wheter on foot,bike,rollerblades or whatever you fancy,if you have busy schedule you shouldn't consider getting a dog in first place even tough in these days there are a lot of people that walk dogs as their jobs.In walking dogs find opportunity to sniff around (activity that brings them joy as much as our favourite things do to us),explore,interact with enviroment and generally get in touch with nature around them.Some of you will say that you can't walk around your dog becuase he pulls,attacks other dogs or what not but that's subject for some other post.Trough walking dogs also get released from all built up energy during day,especially during hot summers (depends where you live) when they sleep trough 70% of the day and when they are released from all that built up energy they will be much calmer and satisfied and you will enjoy their company more,on other hand dogs that do not get proper exersice often become dominant and tense (from all that energy) wich leads to have quite unhappy dog that can burst at any moment (aggresion).Second thing is mind exercise,this can be done with simple playing with your dog that will make you happy and unstressful,your dog happy and fullfilled and he will also learn few tricks.
You can do mind exercises with simple ball throwing and making your dog return it or by learning your dog to give high five,roll over,play dead or any other trick in the book,of course there are just simple tricks but later you can advance to stuff like turning lights off or on,opening or closing doors (depends on breed) and even do some agility trainings,basiclly everything where you are trying to teach you dog something,wheter its simple house rules,play,tricks or advanced stuff like agility is mind exercise for you dog.At the end of this post i hope you understood what exercise means to your dog and that if you give to him you will get best from him that he can give you and let's make it clear that EVERY DOG need exercise,wheter it is chihuahua or greyhound,English bulldog or German shepherd,it is simply part of what they are.
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