Updates for Some Minor Dog Training's Board-and-Train Program
04/25/2025
Leto is an athlete. His mom runs with him 4 miles or more most mornings, and that physical exercise has become his main way to release energy. If he doesn't get it, then he gets pent-up and doesn't know how else to expend it.
With dogs like this, we want to focus mainly on mental exercise. If we continue draining his energy physically, then he'll simply get stronger and stronger, and faster and faster, meaning that his frustration when he doesn't get it will get worse and worse. So we want to teach him how to simply hang out. "Place" is a great way to build his impulse control, but we still need to give him non-physical outlets to release that excess energy.
"Find It" is a great way to engage the nose and give him the mental enrichment to balance out the physical. In the beginning, we're simply tossing the treats on the ground, but, as we build it and he understands the rules of the game, we'll start making it more challenging by asking him to stay in one spot while we hide it in easy to find places, and then we'll start to hide them in more difficult places. The final product will be him running around the yard searching, using his nose. This will incorporate both impulse control and mental exercise. 🐶❤️
