Dig mum guilt has me fked up today aha. I got her when I was young so I just thought you take dogs for walks when they have energy. Anyway she's a spoilt brat now absolutely of my doing, but still fairly well trained apart from a ridiculous amount of barking. So I started focusing on enrichment activities for her energy cause she has a surprisingly high prey drive for her small/ lap dog breed. Its mostly playing fetch, followed by a treat/dinner slow feeder toy that she has to sniff a lot for, shake etc. My thinking is this stimulated her chase + bite drive with fetch. Then when she eats its more chase + bite + shake + eat. She's a different fking dog i stg. No biting, minimal/ far more manageable barking, less anxious energy. I feel so guilty cause she's so much calmer, so much easier to train, so much happier. Like why did it take me 10 years to figure this out I just have mum guilt aha sorry.
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