Fidgeting all the time

• Fidgeting all the time john barret Posted : 1/23/2007 7:07:45 PM Please can sombody explain to me why my dog a "seven month old male Border collie  " Is always fidgeting all the time & just cannot lay still. He also has a habbit of suddenly kicking back his back leg when he's laid down asleep. This has been going on now for the past seven moths & I'm starting to get concerned. Please can somebody help? LIKE 6 REPLIES 479 VIEWS LAST POST KARIN REX Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Xerxes Posted : 1/23/2007 8:59:01 PM He's a 7 month old BC, that's a big reason.  This is a dog for which the term "high energy" barely touches what he's capable of.  This dog needs a job and needs to use his mind and body almost to the point of exhaustion each and every day.  A tired dog is a good dog, only with this one, you're going to have to do alot of work to get him tired. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• the_gopher Posted : 1/23/2007 10:07:57 PM Agree with Xerxes here.  How much excercise is your pup getting?  Is he also getting mental stimulation?  This is a highly active and intelligent breed that needs to be worked and have a job of some sort to live in the best manner possible.  I have seen good border collies turn into anxious, fidgety and depressed creatures because of lack of a job and proper excercise.   0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• john barret Posted : 1/24/2007 9:33:26 AM On average he gets about two to three walks/runs a day. I take him for a good run on a big open common area near to were I live in the morning & play ball with him for about one hour, sometimes more. Then he gets about 45 in the afternoon, depending on what time I finish work... Then another long run in the evening for about one hour again, so on average he gets about two & a half hours a day. Sometimes more. Also he is always running around the garden at home in a large garden. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Sherrie Porter Posted : 1/24/2007 3:20:49 PM Sounds like you're doing the exercise part, but the dog is getting little to no mental stimulation.  This is a breed that needs specific jobs to do all day, lots of intellectual workouts.  Puzzle toys, treat dispensing toys, games, etc.  Workout the brain, not just the body. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• mondayblues Posted : 1/25/2007 8:23:47 AM I agree about the whole mental stimulation thing. The exercise you're doing is great, but maybe you could give him a bunch of "jobs" (like getting the paper) and continue training by working on new tricks (like "Find it") and proofing the ones he is already pretty good with. Puzzle toys and treat-dispensing toys are good, too.  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Karin Rex Posted : 1/26/2007 1:49:16 PM ORIGINAL: mondayblues I agree about the whole mental stimulation thing. The exercise you're doing is great, but maybe you could give him a bunch of "jobs" (like getting the paper) and continue training by working on new tricks (like "Find it") and proofing the ones he is already pretty good with. Puzzle toys and treat-dispensing toys are good, too.  How do you teach a dog to play "Find It?" SOunds like fun! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login