What is your dog's outlet?

My dobes are trained in personal protection. Others compete in sch sport. I think its important for every dog to have some sort of outlet or job to do. Ive seen far to many behavior problems develop in bored dogs! good question! Im interested to read the answers you get. ~Prya's Riot

My hound's desire to "hunt" seemed to increase dramatically after she caught (and subsequently killed) her first bird. Ever since then, I haven't needed to provide an outlet. Anywhere I take her where she can run around (backyard, park, open area) has become her hunting field. She is happiest outside, chasing birds and small rodents (and eating the ones she actually catches).

I participate in American Field trials with my pointing breeds and CKC terrier tests with my Jacks. Of course this requires hours of training /exercise every week.

There's many claims as to what Cresteds were bred for: ratters, bed/lap warmers, for theraputic use, and companions. My dog has no prey drive... unless of course, the prey is a crumb. He does crawl on my lap, and in bed with me. He keeps the bed warm in the winter.. I wish I had about 3 more of them on cold nites! He will lay in bed with me when Im sick... If Im hurting anywhere he will lay next to my pain and act as a heating pad. He is a companion.

I have a great pyrenees whose parents were bred flock guardians, as with most of her breed she doesn't need much and she sleeps most of the time lol my rottie gets walks and lots of love and attention and she is very content on that we also keep her busy by playing games such as tug of war or fetch, and her and sheba spend a great amount of time chasing each other :+) I fostered a schnauzer a few years back, who actually kept mice out of my home lol, and if you played with him and exercised him and tired him out, maybe take him to the park then he was happy my recently former foster now my own dog, is a border collie and to keep her herding skills down i let her run agility, and plus she still likes to herd my bigger dogs to one side of the yard lol = ) we fostered a bloodhound and we would play games like hide is favorite toy and he would track it down, and sniff it out, he was good at playing that game, in fact he was almost adopted as a search and rescue, but he wanted to lay on the couch with a family instead of work, so he was adopted out to a young couple and is spoiled.

I have 2 Jack Russells. We play Go to Ground, Earth Dog, Lure Coursing, Flyball, Agility and some obedience. We also go running in farm fields.

well....my dogs have a huge fenced in back yard to run in-they have an area to the side for them to dig-we (of all yards in town) constantly have baby bunnies born in our yard (sadly) and whenever we find them running around the yard with animals in their mouths...we find the nests and take the litter (if that's the correct term) to the wildlife section of our animal shelter. they have plenty of toys of all shapes and sizes. we go on daily walks and a few times a week we go running every sunday we go to the dog park my boxer mix loves her 'bouncy' and could play all day (the system works out pretty well-I throw the ball she gets it and plays keep away with me until my dane decides to jump in and take it from her to give to me...my puppy is still trying to figure out how to join them w/o being trampled on) I have a 4 yr old female boxer/airedale mix, a 1 1/2 yr old female great dane, and a 12 week old male mastiff/doberman/apbt mix who cannot go to the dog park just yet that seems to work out for them

Great Q We take Tess (wolfhound x comes from hunting parents) out in the ute for a bit of kangaroo and rabbit chasing. She is not fit enough to catch a kangaroo but she sure as hell tries her hardest. To watch her on the chase is amazing and a pure delight for us. She comes back really excited and she has caught a rabbit or two. Another thing I use to do with her is take her on a mountain walk for about 4 hours, she is off leash and she gets to explore the bush and has the odd chase of smaller animals. I lost my walking friend (she got a job) but am always on the look out for another one. Ray (cattle x) on the other hand is not off leash trained yet and I am working on it but to no avail yet, he does chase the birds in our yard and catches one at least every month. I would love to do some sort of agility training with Ray but have alot of issues to sort out with him first, he is still so young.

I have to take my Doberman out EVERY day or else he is restless, not to mention its good exercise for me as well. My dog would much rather be with the human family pack as opposed to other dogs which is in line with his breeding, They were bred as working dogs that guarded their person. I go on 45 minute hikes with him most of the week, and when we don't ..He also goes swimming while fetching for a ball, or retrieving the tennis ball w/ the chuck it, and his favorite, chasing Bubbles. Especially on a windy day, he jumps and runs and chases them. I also mentally stimulate him with short training exercises at home and he loves to go on car rides so that is his social outing for the day even if its just getting gas or running to the store.