Disclaimer: i've browsed the wiki and searched, but I haven't seen anything that fully addresses what I'm looking for.
**TL;DR – I am looking for at-home enrichment activities/toys/training that is good for small dogs, that do not require a leash free space outside.**
I have a dog who has come *miles* in terms of behavior when I first got her (I can't take all the credit, it was looking bleak before fluoxetine made things bearable). However, I'm now in an awkward "in between" where she isn't ready for group insruction due to excitability and not being 100% potty trained, but getting her there is going go mean me upping my game with her enrichment.
I have some experience with training and enrichment with my previous dog, but that dog…um. was not the most intellectually gifted. The puzzles that reliably took my first dog a half hour, she tears through immediately. I' slowly working through functional, basic commands, but those don't seem to challenge her mentally.
Possibly relevant points:
– 10 lb dog, terrier mix but seems completely uninterested in burrowing
– she gets two out of three daily feedings in puzzles, but is not super food or treat motivated.
– she likes toys, but only on her schedule. Try fetch one day she loves it, the next she gives me side eye and goes back to sleep
– her favorite toys/activities are ripping things up, and playing "soccer" with one very small, heavy ball.
– she also enjoys chews, but is picky about what they are
– With my present circumstances, lone off-leash time doesn't seem like an option in the short term (no fenced yard, no non-sketchy, safe Sniffspots in the entire county)
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