Reddit reviews Trixie Game Bone, Levels 1 and 2
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For beginner and intermediate playersSide 1: solitaire game requires dogs to remove hollow pegs from holesSide 2a: advanced chess uses a combination of sliding discs and hollow pegs for three levels of playSide 2b: for a two step challenge use pegs as stoppers between sliding discsVary number and placement of treats and pegs to increase level of difficulty
Let's see... fetch may be a bit much for a few days. My wife and I like to moisten his dry food until it's mushy and mix it with canned pumpkin (not the pie filling with all the sugar) get it all into a freezer bag, cut the corner and pipe it into kongs like you would frosting a cake. Throw a bag full of kongs in the freezer for a day, and it will keep them busy for a bit. It's also good for teething! We will give him one to keep him cool in the heat, or when he was losing baby teeth. As an aside, he also figured out if he throws it on the ground the little 'nugget' that he couldn't reach would come out. Too smart for his own good.
Take him wandering. I would be a bit weary of letting him off leash if he has any type of prey drive. Maybe just an extra walk a day will keep them a little worn down.
We trained him in German, because that's where we were at the time. We used the time to teach him some words in English too. Also hand signals! They work even better than words. Sit, stay, look at me, touch, lay down, speak, kennel, and any other command you can think of would be great to teach him! I can give step by step, or I'm sure a quick google will pull up a ton of stuff from someone more qualified than me. Just be consistent and patient. He will get it. Also see if you can find a 'puppy puzzle' These are great! Until he steals a piece to gnaw on. Just watch him. Atlas still loves his and gets all excited when we pull it out. found it! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0037LRYPI/ref=s9_acsd_hps_bw_c_x_2_w?th=1
took a bit to get him trained, but after a couple rounds instead of a meal, he was out for the count!
If you have an SO (or willing friend), you can teach him to come to his name, or command. My wife and I would sit on the floor about 10 feet apart and call him and praise and give him a treat each direction. We got him comfortable with wearing his harness (Julius K9 makes a great harness BTW, we went through about 4 before he stopped growing).
Other than that, we took him everywhere (and I mean EVERYWHERE) with us, so new experiences wore him out. But it's a little different in Germany, we only got 'in trouble' once for taking him with us. Some older lady got all upset because he stopped to poop on the sidewalk in Frankfurt, we cleaned it up and washed what we couldn't get up away. I think she was just grumpy in general... Take him in the car, get him used to that. Teach him to stay in the backseat, or passenger seat. Teach him to wait to get in or out until you tell him to (later on, pick him up and put him down for now, you don't want a 'couch' incident). show him the bathtub and running water. just dont get his back half wet, we want to keep his injury clean and dry.
train with him while he's eating, take his food, put your hands in his bowl, touch him while he's eating. Slowly, of course. we don't want him to nip at you. Just to get him comfortable, so he doesn't develop a food control issue.
If I think of anything else I will add it in, but that should be a great start. I miss my pup, and am always willing to help out! Good luck!
My pup was neutered last week, ooh boy is the 2 weeks recovery the longest ever- 6 more days until he's done and I can't wait. Arlo lasted maybe 2 hours at home with the cone (he was napping) when he woke up he kept chewing on the inside and had it half pulled off. I've been keeping an eye on him when he's awake and then when he naps/goes to bed I've been using an inflatable kong donut. He still hates it, but he puts up with it when he's sleepy.
Behavior wise, mine stayed overnight at the vet and came home the next morning. He was still pretty loopy from the meds and napped for a few hours. When he woke he was sore, cranky and ready to run.
The first couple of days were really rough, he was full of energy and because of the 'keep quiet to heal' he had no outlet for the energy which led to a lot of frustrated barking, nipping and human crying in a corner. But by day 4ish I started taking him on longer walks with lots of sniffing which helped calm him and I got him back to regularly scheduled naps.
Unfortunately had some puppy teeth pulled during his surgery so vet said no toys/chews for 14 days. Frozen kongs are really helpful, I just load his up with wet dog food or a pumpkin puree/kibble mix and freeze it. Keeping him mentally busy is huge-we've been working on commands, trying to get his sit/down/stay/go to mat hand signals down. Also making him work for his kibble, when he wakes from a nap I'll have hidden his lunch or dinner kibble around the apartment like an Easter Egg Hunt so he has to sniff it out. I also got him a few dog puzzles which he likes.
If you can manage a few days off work it might help. I work from home and it was nice just to be nearby and work out some of his energy throughout the day, plus keep an eye on him to make sure he didn't pull off his donut or get at his stitches. Mostly it will depend on your dog, mine is an energetic handful that likes to chew on things (stitches). Since yours will be able to play with his toys and have chews you will (hopefully!) have an easier time of it.
Good luck!