How can you tell you are doing enough?

Hello!!

I have a 7 month old bichon poo and I absolutely love her. She truly is the best! She is my first dog and I never grew up around dogs, so I learned everything online (including this community on Reddit ->> I had the worst puppy blues and it is true, it will pass and it gets dramatically better once you start sleeping through the night lol, so thank you all!!).

Anyway, since it is my first dog, I realized I have no idea what a healthy puppy day looks like. I got a breed that is not high energy/working dogs because I wanted a dog that would match my lifestyle, but I did not raise her to be a lap dog, I am still very active, but you get the gist). I live in an apartment, so every potty break (4 times a day) is outside in the neighborhood, which means she gets 4 little sniff walks a day and at the minimum, two of those walks are longer where we play/train/roam free). I leave her alone at the moment during the week about 5-6 hours when I go to school/work. She gets a little kong or sniff mat while I am gone. She gets very excited when we are home, but she calms down relatively quickly and no signs that she is anxious/stressed.

Okay end of background info, but how can you tell that your dog/puppy is okay? That their day is fulfilled? Sometimes she just sits and look at me in the evening when I might be watching TV and I feel bad like should I play more with her? I still think it’s important she learns to do nothing and chill, so I refrain myself from keeping her occupied everytime she is awake but I can’t help feeling what I am feeling (that I never do enough).

Thank you for taking the time to read this and hope to hear from all of you!!!

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