Cassidy

Fergus spends three days a week alone for the entire working day and I am looking for ways to keep him entertained. I can't afford doggie daycare, though I wish I could. We give him a kong with frozen food and a kong wobbler on our way out the door, but I'm pretty sure he's done with those within an hour or two. Any ideas for something that will keep him busy? He's not destructive, but it would make me feel better if I knew he had something to help pass the time...

or do dogs not notice?

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Mikey T

Most well adjusted dogs spend the time sleeping. if he does not have access to outside it may be kinder not to keep him active as this means less urine produced and esier for him to hold it,


You may be able to find one on ebay they no londer make them there was a defice by dogopolis that dispensed kong apply named the kong time kong despenser. It would release up to for kongs a intervals of your choosing.

KONG Dogopolis KongTime Dog-Toy Dispener

SophieB

Awww... could you leave the radio on for Fergus to keep him company or maybe ask a neighbour to go and see him and let him out for a run in the middle of the day. Does he have some toys that he could play with or does he not like toys? Both of my Bassets will amuse themselves at times, even though I'm home almost all the time with them, they often gets soft toys or squishy balls and chase one another about and our Lottie will roll balls along the ground with her nose and is good at amusing herself so perhaps Fergus might if he has toys. Ours have a plastic ball, that treats are put inside of, and they roll it around to make the little bits fall out and it lasts longer if I make the hole small....

Cassidy

Thanks for the ideas guys. I will add a radio into the mix. I like the huge kong dispenser, now just to save up some extra $$ for it. I don't have a neighbor to come over, wish I did. It breaks my heart when I know he's there all by his lonesome all day. I can get home at lunch on some days, so I'll just try to do that more.

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CatherineM

I've always found a couch in front of a window helps. Especially if the window faces where the mail man comes.

MollyMcFrecklesMom

Molly used to watch the Price is Right and Let's Make a Deal when I was out all morning teaching during the fall semester. Turns out all she did was sleep until I came home. Now, she has Winston and they both sleep. Neither are destructive and are well adjusted. I've never had a dog where this was a problem, though some dogs take serious issue with being alone. I like the idea of a lookout spot...someone has to keep an eye on the neighborhood. That's Molly's job here at our house.

Gracie's Mama

Gracie has gotten used to being away from me. She didnt even whine when I left her today. She likes sleeping while I'm gone. Maybe that's what your guy does? She also REALLY enjoys empty water/soda bottles....cheapest dog toy EVER.

steve m

I bought a toy for Woody last week that he loved, until after 2 hours it was completely destroyed. It was a tubular shaped toy, that when ripped apart contained an empty water bottle ( chinese lable) . Now I just throw him an empty bottle and he loves it just as much, of course with the lable and cap removed first. He loves the crackilng sound it makes when he chews it.

He's not interested in balls or pulling toys at all. But most of all he likes my daughters socks

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Gracie's Mama

I saw that toy! I almost bought it too. My husband looked it over and noticed that it was just an empty water bottle that was covered in fabric. So we just started giving her the bottles.

[/QUOTE]He's not interested in balls or pulling toys at all. But most of all he likes my daughters socks[/QUOTE]
Gracie likes my 5 yr old daughter's socks and underwear....weird.

Mikey T

Keep in mind it is no longer made the longer you wait the harder to find and the cost goes up. Current prices are higher than retail at the time they were manufactured.