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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 406910" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Crate training is bliss. No, I worded that wrong. lol Training them to it can hoover, depending on the dog and when you start. Once they're trained to it, then it's bliss. </p><p></p><p>A shepard/retriever is going to be a very active dog.</p><p></p><p>My Molly is a shepard ridgeback mix and she had <strong>loads</strong> of energy as a young dog. But then she was also a lot of fun.</p><p></p><p>She went on 2 walks a day.......each a couple of miles. She had morning playtime. This was either with Rowdy in the yard (the 2 would wrestle and chase each other), me or Nichole playing with her with her toys (wrestle and fetch and tug o war) or Nichole and I playing soccer with her using first one of those cheap bouncy balls, then a basket ball, then the hard plastic dog ball.......once she got to the point of popping basket balls within 10 mins. sister in law told me about the big plastic dog ball. I think you're supposed to fill it with water, but honestly if the thing hits you it hurts.......and I can only imagine how much more it would hurt filled with water. Then there was afternoon playtime consisting of pretty much morning playtime stuff. And evening playtime which was me tossing a toy or bone from my computer chair to keep her occupied/entertained once the kids when to bed until finally exhausted she was ready for sleep herself. Each playtime session was about an hour long at least.</p><p></p><p>This does not count Nichole random walking her........or playing with her, or sledding with her, or "hunting" with her, or going fishing with her, swimming with her.......</p><p></p><p>Gee, no wonder Molly doesn't realize she's a dog. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/rofl.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /> </p><p></p><p>That high level of activity didn't stop until she was around 5 or so.......and it was still high but not quite that high. At 10/11 yrs old.........she goes out occasionally to play soccer with her ball....tops it's 20 mins, usually about 10. I had no time to walk her last year so will have to ease her back into it when the weather warms up.......so no clue how far she can walk now.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the time she's on her blanket. lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 406910, member: 84"] Crate training is bliss. No, I worded that wrong. lol Training them to it can hoover, depending on the dog and when you start. Once they're trained to it, then it's bliss. A shepard/retriever is going to be a very active dog. My Molly is a shepard ridgeback mix and she had [B]loads[/B] of energy as a young dog. But then she was also a lot of fun. She went on 2 walks a day.......each a couple of miles. She had morning playtime. This was either with Rowdy in the yard (the 2 would wrestle and chase each other), me or Nichole playing with her with her toys (wrestle and fetch and tug o war) or Nichole and I playing soccer with her using first one of those cheap bouncy balls, then a basket ball, then the hard plastic dog ball.......once she got to the point of popping basket balls within 10 mins. sister in law told me about the big plastic dog ball. I think you're supposed to fill it with water, but honestly if the thing hits you it hurts.......and I can only imagine how much more it would hurt filled with water. Then there was afternoon playtime consisting of pretty much morning playtime stuff. And evening playtime which was me tossing a toy or bone from my computer chair to keep her occupied/entertained once the kids when to bed until finally exhausted she was ready for sleep herself. Each playtime session was about an hour long at least. This does not count Nichole random walking her........or playing with her, or sledding with her, or "hunting" with her, or going fishing with her, swimming with her....... Gee, no wonder Molly doesn't realize she's a dog. :rofl: That high level of activity didn't stop until she was around 5 or so.......and it was still high but not quite that high. At 10/11 yrs old.........she goes out occasionally to play soccer with her ball....tops it's 20 mins, usually about 10. I had no time to walk her last year so will have to ease her back into it when the weather warms up.......so no clue how far she can walk now. The rest of the time she's on her blanket. lol [/QUOTE]
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