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The inside of my house is setup like baby central, sans the baby. Gates and fences everywhere. Covers on the outlets because Jas likes to randomly lick them and got shocked once. (Duh?!) When not crated, tethered to me, or with us in a room, he's gated in the kitchen.
I'm sitting at my desk in the living room and all of a sudden I hear a cabinet door banging. The lower cabinets have knobs. Jasper has figured out how to open the cabinet doors this morning. He's been amusing himself by opening, closing, opening, closing the doors. If that weren't enough he's now discovered how to pull out the roller trays. He singlehandedly unloaded the tupperware containers and lids. Why is it that everyone in this house can get things out, but no one puts anything away
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So, I get that he's bored. He's soooooo smart and always trying to figure things out. I spend nearly ALL day with him. We walk 4 miles, play fetch at the park, and we train for at least 1/2 hour (obedience and/or handling). We go to handling class once a week, and he's being shown every other weekend. He gets crate time, he gets kitchen time, and he gets family time. I've even bought puzzle games for him.
He is NOT destructive, nor is he hyper, but his mind is constantly working. He watches everything to figure it out and then wants to try it himself. (including wanting to push the water and ice buttons on the fridge!!) What the heck do you do with a dog whose mind never shuts off?! At times he exhausts me LOL.
I'm sitting at my desk in the living room and all of a sudden I hear a cabinet door banging. The lower cabinets have knobs. Jasper has figured out how to open the cabinet doors this morning. He's been amusing himself by opening, closing, opening, closing the doors. If that weren't enough he's now discovered how to pull out the roller trays. He singlehandedly unloaded the tupperware containers and lids. Why is it that everyone in this house can get things out, but no one puts anything away
So, I get that he's bored. He's soooooo smart and always trying to figure things out. I spend nearly ALL day with him. We walk 4 miles, play fetch at the park, and we train for at least 1/2 hour (obedience and/or handling). We go to handling class once a week, and he's being shown every other weekend. He gets crate time, he gets kitchen time, and he gets family time. I've even bought puzzle games for him.
He is NOT destructive, nor is he hyper, but his mind is constantly working. He watches everything to figure it out and then wants to try it himself. (including wanting to push the water and ice buttons on the fridge!!) What the heck do you do with a dog whose mind never shuts off?! At times he exhausts me LOL.