Hello! I was wondering to those with puppies or have experience, how did you encourage puppies to be more independent with playing and that boredom is ok?
My puppy is 12 weeks old and I have a decent routine going with her. Typically it’s potty, physical play, I usually just sit next to her and let her play with her own toys or if I need to do something put her in her pen for a bit, kibble time (I use about half for training and the other half in a slow feeder or sniffle mat), then when it’s time for a nap I usually give her a stuffed Kong, lickimat, or something like that.
She recently started mat training and it’s going pretty well. This week we’re just focused on getting her to lay down on it and teaching her to stay on and only get off when I say “release.”
She also has been crate training for the last week and she’s doing pretty well.
I do sometimes worry she would always need me to be physically next to her otherwise she won’t just play with her chew toys. I make sure to switch them out and stuff. I mean shes still very young I’m not expecting this to happen soon.. but any tips you guys have found to help?
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