Do You Let Your Dogs Play Inside?

Gharrissc · 02-15-2013, 04:22 PM

I used to have a strict rule of no dogs roughhousing in the house,but I've found that it can be more convenient sometimes to let them get out the excess energy. So do you let your dogs play in the house or not?

elisabeth_00117 · 02-15-2013, 04:23 PM

As long as they do not run around the house like crazy or go on furniture (that's for laying, not playing) and stop when I ask, then yes. I do allow it.

llombardo · 02-15-2013, 04:27 PM

Yes. They don't have a yard, so it would be crazy for me to think that they shouldn't. I have made it so that there is quite a bit of open room for them to play. They have never broke anything.

LaneyB · 02-15-2013, 04:30 PM

I do allow it, but I have been questioning myself lately because Ruki is pretty rambunctious in the house. I wonder if it is making it harder for me to teach him to settle in the house, or if that will come with age (he is 9.5 mths).

Good_Karma · 02-15-2013, 04:35 PM

I don't allow wrestling but we will play with their plush toys and the puzzle toys in the house with them. The toys don't come out unless we are playing WITH them though.

BellaLuna · 02-15-2013, 04:37 PM

Yes kind if hard for us not to play in the house with 3 small kids full of energy as long as nobody gets hurt and nothing broken were all good here but when we have company no playing she needs to be calm and relaxed..

kiya · 02-15-2013, 04:46 PM

They can play as long as its nice, no ruff stuff and definately no running.

mandiah89 · 02-15-2013, 04:46 PM

Only in the basement (rec room) do I allow play, in the rest of the house the dog(s) have to be calm and relaxed, there is too much stuff to wreck accidentally

oldiehawn · 02-15-2013, 04:50 PM

I cant imagine not letting her play in the house, shes learned over time to watch her huge tail when it wags now that can clear a table off quickly! but as she grows up shes still a bundle of energy at almost 1 year but she knows when she gets too rough n slows it down.

N Smith · 02-15-2013, 04:50 PM

The house is for rest and quiet time - I will do OB (food only, no toy), never allow any sort of play in the house (human/dog, dog/dog).

The only time my son plays with the dogs is when I give him a tug and I sit and watch them play or we go to the park and they help him dig holes in the sand or go down the slide after him. Even outside, if he is running around playing they are to watch his space (no pushing), they are not allowed to touch him (with any body parts) and if I tell them to lay down, they must and ignore him.

Inside, they must ignore him. Doesn't matter what he is playing with, he can pet them or sit beside them, but he is told as well to leave them alone.

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02-15-2013, 04:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gharrissc Knighted Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,760	Do You Let Your Dogs Play Inside? I used to have a strict rule of no dogs roughhousing in the house,but I've found that it can be more convenient sometimes to let them get out the excess energy. So do you let your dogs play in the house or not?

02-15-2013, 04:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
elisabeth_00117 Crowned Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Posts: 8,328	As long as they do not run around the house like crazy or go on furniture (that's for laying, not playing) and stop when I ask, then yes. I do allow it. __________________ Battleborn Hundesport K-W German Shepherd Club

02-15-2013, 04:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
llombardo Crowned Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,938	Yes. They don't have a yard, so it would be crazy for me to think that they shouldn't. I have made it so that there is quite a bit of open room for them to play. They have never broke anything. __________________ Misty- Samoyed Mix Tannor- Golden Retriever CGC Robyn- German Shepherd CGC Cats-Thunder, Harley, Miley, Bandit, and Ferah RIP Boo..Black Lab "A dog is the only thing on this earth that loves you more than he loves himself."

02-15-2013, 04:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
Good_Karma Crowned Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 4,649	I don't allow wrestling but we will play with their plush toys and the puzzle toys in the house with them. The toys don't come out unless we are playing WITH them though. __________________ Leah: Newbie dog owner Niko: American Showline GSD 3 1/2 years old Rosa: American Muppet Dog (GSD/Border Collie mix) 4 years old

02-15-2013, 04:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
LaneyB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 431	I do allow it, but I have been questioning myself lately because Ruki is pretty rambunctious in the house. I wonder if it is making it harder for me to teach him to settle in the house, or if that will come with age (he is 9.5 mths).

02-15-2013, 04:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
BellaLuna Master Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Port Saint Lucie ,FL Posts: 567	Yes kind if hard for us not to play in the house with 3 small kids full of energy as long as nobody gets hurt and nothing broken were all good here but when we have company no playing she needs to be calm and relaxed..

02-15-2013, 04:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
kiya Knighted Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 2,860	They can play as long as its nice, no ruff stuff and definately no running. __________________ Carolyn Apache - Shiloh Shepherd 12/15/02 Kiya - Shiloh Shepherd 5/15/04 Lakota - WGSD 1/13/10

02-15-2013, 04:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
mandiah89 Master Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 927	Only in the basement (rec room) do I allow play, in the rest of the house the dog(s) have to be calm and relaxed, there is too much stuff to wreck accidentally __________________ Penny - GSD - 11/11/2012 Diesel - GSD - 03/15/2010 - 11/05/2012

02-15-2013, 04:50 PM	#9 (permalink)
oldiehawn New Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: british columbia Posts: 19	I cant imagine not letting her play in the house, shes learned over time to watch her huge tail when it wags now that can clear a table off quickly! but as she grows up shes still a bundle of energy at almost 1 year but she knows when she gets too rough n slows it down.

02-15-2013, 04:50 PM	#10 (permalink)
N Smith Master Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Whitehorse, Yukon Posts: 535	The house is for rest and quiet time - I will do OB (food only, no toy), never allow any sort of play in the house (human/dog, dog/dog). The only time my son plays with the dogs is when I give him a tug and I sit and watch them play or we go to the park and they help him dig holes in the sand or go down the slide after him. Even outside, if he is running around playing they are to watch his space (no pushing), they are not allowed to touch him (with any body parts) and if I tell them to lay down, they must and ignore him. Inside, they must ignore him. Doesn't matter what he is playing with, he can pet them or sit beside them, but he is told as well to leave them alone. Last edited by N Smith; 02-15-2013 at 04:54 PM.

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