It's howling outside today, with rain pouring down. What can you do with your dog inside on a stormy day to provide mental enrichment when it's not fun to go outside in the rain? Here are some ideas:
- Train! Continue to work on your current list of behaviors (you're doing this each day anyway, right?)
- Teach your dog to lie quietly under an open-legged chair. We use the "under" cue for this, which we don't add until the dog is quite successful at this behavior. Here's a video that gets you started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZkdnYsi83w
- Find It game (searching for a specific scent). Dogs love this. Here's an article about teaching it: https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/training/nose-work-is-great-exercise-for-dogs/ To learn more about this, google "dog nose work".
- Teach target training as a foundation for lots of other fun games and behaviors. https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/training/train-your-dog-to-target/
And while you're at it, buy a subscription to Whole Dog Journal. It has an archive of wonderful articles about everything dog related-- and it does not accept advertising, so it's objective and it's a very valuable resource for all dog owners. It's just $20 US, for a 1-yr digital subscription.
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