What the heck do you do when it's Raining?

[Oskar der Drachen]

How the heck do you cure the Bored Puppy Blues when it's raining and can't go outside?

Bear will walk with me in the rain, the harder it is the less he enjoys it of course. Poor boy, in my big duster raincoat with hood, the hood drips.

When I give him a command or talk to him he looks up at me (as he should good Bear) but the rain off my hood drips into his ears... poor Bear!

Do you walk in in the rain, or are there games you play in the house? I'm at a loss. It's been raining for two days now and we're getting stir crazy. Even at 3 months plus Bear would go on two long walks (30 min) a day if allowed to. How to burn off that energy?

[BlackGSD]

He won't melt.

Rain, sleet, snow, dark of night. I take my puppies OUT SIDE.

[elisabeth_00117]

Originally Posted by BlackGSD

He won't melt.

Rain, sleet, snow, dark of night. I take my puppies OUT SIDE.

Yup.

I took Stark for a 2.5 HOUR hike today in the sleet/snow/rain.

Zefra is going tomorrow - NO MATTER the weather.

[gusto]

I live in Washington, if I never went out in the rain, I'd never go out.

Nosework is great if I'm pressed for time though. Ryka has a little stuffed elephant that I can hide anywhere in the house and I get 20 minutes of peace while she searches. The Lakelands also leave me alone by chasing her all over.

You can look up videos of nosework on Youtube, it's cheap and easy to do indoors.

[Stosh]

We're also out in the weather no matter what it is. We play tug indoors and that takes cares of some energy, is pretty good exercise for him and helps with the night time zoomies

[doggiedad]

my boy was in a puppy class at 10 or 11 weeks old.
if it rained part of the class was held outside. whatever the weather
was we were out in it. don't get me wrong, i didn't like being
out in all kinds of weather but i had to go out in it. being
out in all kinds of weather is merely another part of training.

you can always train indoors. one of my favorite inside games
is "find it". i hide something and then say "find it" and off
he goes to find it. when we play "find it" i hide the object
on the floor, behind things, under things, in drawers,
hide things above his head so he's not always scenting
on the ground.

[BlackGSD]

Originally Posted by gusto

I live in Washington, if I never went out in the rain, I'd never go out.

Nosework is great if I'm pressed for time though. Ryka has a little stuffed elephant that I can hide anywhere in the house and I get 20 minutes of peace while she searches.

When we play nose games, it takes me longer to hide the toy than it does for Siren to find it!!! I'm lucky if it takes her longer than 20 SECONDS to find it!

[zyppi]

I've never seen a dog or a person melt... We go out. My dogs love romping in the rain.

[GSDElsa]

'Tuff it out. My rain coat gets lots of miles, as do the towels in the car

I will say that off leash is much more fun in the rain than walking around the neighborhood dealing with all the street nasties. I kind of like training in the rain. No one else is every out so I feel like I am in this little vacuum and can concentrate so well!

[Pepper311]

Move to Cali it hardly ever rains here.

When I lived back east I walked my dog in the rain she would not go out in it unless I did too ( bitch haha).

But there are days when it is so cold I don't want to go outside. So do mental stimulation inside. We work on training. I trench her new tricks and snect training has been lots of fun. I have my daughter Hind something and my dogs finds it. I think the sent training game can really help on rainy cold days.

Rainy day do a short walk and extra indoor training try new things make them really use There mind. Because mental exercise can be just as much of a work out as running. Just in a different way.