How to get dog to exercise?

[jdawg90 10+ year member]

I have a 2 1/2 year old lab/pitbull mix. He spent all but the last 3 or 4 months of his life living in a 10 acre field with sheep and another dog. Problem is he doesn't know how to play with toys or play fetch. He won't even eat treats other than dinner scraps and beefjerky. He is really playful and loves to horse around with me outside but I get worn out fast. And I hate running.

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[splwj47 10+ year member]

treadmill, or what i do in the winter is put my dog in a room shut the door and hide his favorite toy somewhere in the house and then make him sniff it out works great and hes right tired afterwards, im still working on the treadmill. i have a doberman pincher so he is a very energetic dog so if it works for me it may work for u.

edit: i see that he doesnt play with toys so maybe hide beef jerky //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[jdawg90 10+ year member]

I don't think hiding food would work. He usually sniffs it and might drop it on the ground before eating it... food doesn't get him very excited. I'm thinking I'll take him to my dads and play fetch with his dog and maybe he will catch on.

 

[brodeisel 10+ year member]

That sux my old dog was like that the only way is to take it on walks or run with it that we found to work.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

for the dog find try laser pointers or flashlights.. most dogs chase em.. also remote control cars work.. I had a quick offroad rc car and my dog went nuts.. I think a lot had to do with the high pitch noise it made

call the non emergency number for your countys police station they will answer the questions about the guns..