Summertime Fun for Kids and Dogs
During
the summer months, when school’s out and and the kids can sleep in,
both your children and your pets can become bored during the hot days of
summer. Luckily, there are countless fun summer activities that your
kids can surely enjoy with your pooches, giving room not just for
bonding and amusement, but for keeping fit and inner health as well.
Exciting Summertime Playoffs
1. Frisbees. Many dogs enjoy playing
Frisbee; allowing more physical stimulation than a common ball game.
Your children can benefit from this thrilling activity as they get
exercise by throwing and retrieving lost Frisbee discs. Your pooches, on
the other hand, will surely love to jump again and again, run
everywhere, catch the disc, and retrieve it.
2. Dog bowling. Set the game up by
arranging a triangle with a handful of 2-L soda bottles on your patio or
lawn. Allow your children to take turns in calling Fido over with the
lure of a tasty treat. Let them stand behind the soda bottles which
serve as the bowling pins. The kid who gets the pooch topple the most
pins on the way to his treat shall win the round.
3. Doggie-treat hunting. Another simple
game is “find the treat”. It only involves the children hiding dog
treats all throughout the house. Your pooch should stay till all of the
treats are out of sight. On your kid’s command, let your four-legged
friend run through your quarters collecting every foodstuff he finds.
4. Agility competitions. Aside from these
fun games, agility competitions can also be enjoyable and rewarding.
Just put up a simple obstacle course in your backyard by placing a
couple of broomsticks on the ground, hanging Hula hoops from a tree, or
leaving several tires to leap over. Adding an improvised “balance beam”
made of concrete blocks and wood (just make it safe and sturdy!) will
make it even more exhilarating. With this, your kids can then spend
their afternoons outside teaching your dog agility by running through
this basic obstacle course: jumping over the broomsticks, hurdling
through the Hula hoops, vaulting over the tires, or walking across the
balance beam.
Keeping the Game Cool and Safe
You want your children and your pets to bond well and have
fun this summer. To make this season perfect for your entire family,
including your furry dog friends, make sure that you are able to prepare
both your kids and your pets for the interaction.
· Practice handling exercises with your pooch on a regular basis.
· Teach your kids how to play games with your dogs.
· Train and socialize your dogs.
· Start obedience training.
· Implement house rules.
· Ensure that the breed you chose fits your unique lifestyle.
· Do not leave your children and pets unsupervised.
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