Adolescents on steroids
 

Not literally on steroids but holy hell Tye hit the 9 month mark last week and he is exhausting the hell out of me. The more I do with him the more he needs! It doesn't matter physical or mental. He just go go go all day! I am ready to hire a babysitter haha! Testing every which way he can! Only positive is he is walking down the hall to the bedroom by 9pm and he is out cold. He don't care if he is sleeping alone! And when he wakes up in the morning he has the worst eye boogies ever! Anyone else have one of these teenagers that don't stop? I am spent- I wonder if I had a regular 9-5 job how he would manage.

Lol Mine was the same and there is three of us who exercised him. He went and went even when his pads had worn off we still carried him into the sea for a swim, it seems like a blur now but I remember constantly trying to find things for him to do.

Lol so this is why the book I was reading about Pit Bull told me to get ready because my own personal trainer is coming to live with me for the next 12 yrs. http://www.pitbull-chat.com/images/smilies/smile.png

What are you doing now? I also need ideas and suggestions.

Well I do about everything. He swims he does agility he has my two females to play with. He comes to all my classes with me. His training is solid. I taught him to salute and wave and turn light switches off. Lol. I'm exhausted haha. Just keep going I suppose I have no choice but damn he loves to just go all day.

Tye ... meet Mason HA !!!
But Mason is jealous of the swimming ... I think LOL http://www.pitbull-chat.com/images/smilies/cool.png

So true beki- with the physical stuff the more you do the more stamina they get.. So I really mix it up so he's thinking and learning a lot of new stuff. At this rate by time he is 18 mo. He will be a bully prodigy haha! I think my other two dogs are tired just from watching him they lay down and watch him and sigh lol!

I was considering a treadmill but I've never really been a fan, but I think my thoughts are changing still not positive! Like today it's pouring and he's starring at me in a perfect sit "ok what's on the agenda today" lol

try this...with a 6 month old baby on top of it! Logan is go go go, I am so thankful he is outside, but he is very vocal so if I don't keep him somewhat tired he goes nuts at barking at trees....a leaf...you name it. I have found something strange, he has leveled out at a year and with the change to raw his energy is more steady than hyper. I can walk him and he will look tired but as soon as he has 5 minutes rest he is ready for another 2 hour walk. (I think he knows I am sick right now because he has not been acting like a maniac and I have been unable to do anything with him since last friday) I can't wait till both are older...well I don't want my baby to grow up anymore...but if she doesn't I think I will have a mental break lol

The treadmill has been a Godsend for me. I tend to not use it unless I really have to though, because it is kind of mindless and I know she is only on it because I've told her to, it's not something she really loves to do. It sure is handy though during our cold Alberta winters when you have no other way to give them a good run, or I am busy with something in the house and I can put her on it for awhile. I do face her to the television, and put a "doggy" channel on so she has something to look at. When she hears the "beep" when I turn it on, she will pounce onto the treadmill, and run on it without a collar or lead on.

We do a LOT of flirt pole, she absolutely loves it and doesn't get a better workout than that way. The only other thing she freaks out over more than the flirt pole, is chasing the water from the hose. I use the stream of water and point it to the grass and she will chase it much like chasing a flirt pole, but even with more exhuberance...this is her favourite activity. I do exercise caution though, because the grass will get rather slippery and to avoid injuries we keep these sessions rather brief.

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What's a carpet mill? Are they just as expensive as a tread mill? Are they heavier or lighter than your average treadmill?

A carpet mill is a self driven treadmill for dogs, i built my own for under 100$ but you can buy them for about 300$ i think. Im not sure on the weight, but, they are lighter than a real tread mill.

this is a carpet mill in use.

I'm right there with ya ! Faith, just turned a year and gosh darn it I feel like I'm chasing a toddler around 24/7! Today, we are going on a bike ride,walk/run. Regular walks just don't cut it anymore, she looks at me now like "Really? That's all ya got? Bring it on!"
I guess with her around I will feel forever young!

Hahaha. What do you do with Mason joe? Any other ideas you have for me would be appreciated HA! I even play hide and seek with myself or objects. I'm just nervous he will be like this his whole life and I'm not sure I can keep up lol. I am not exactly a spring chicken anymore Ha!

Do as much as you can. Then when you are exhausted, and they are not, put them on a carpet mill for a little bit! be careful though not to over exert your pup http://www.pitbull-chat.com/images/smilies/wink.png

Yeah i know a lot of people frown on them because they are used for fighting blahh blaahhh blaah. The only valid point against a carpet mill is over doing it, not knowing when your dog has had enough. Here where i live in the winter it gets 20-30 below zero so me, and my dogs are not going outside but to go potty. Or like this summer its been so damn hot, i dont want my dogs exercising out side. So my carpet mill has got a lot of miles on it. My dogs love it, they will stand by it and whine until i hook em up lol.

It's funny because Tye loves the house also. He will chase it, try and get the water he goes cookoo for the hose! I do also have a flirt pole. He likes this for about 5 minutes then he loses interest. Not sure his full prey drive has kicked in but then again he has been conditioned to leave small animals alone. Because in my puppy classes that he comes with me there are sometimes little 7 or 8 lb pups! He is not allowed to chase or bully them! Although yesterday in my wood pile in the yard my standard schnauzer caught a wiff of something and Tye was curious. He spent one hour trying to figure out how to get in there. He was working hard! Last night I found a mamma cat and 3 babies in there.



Sorry for the messy pile of junk I'm not a slob but I'm getting my foundation waterproofed lol. Looks like I am a slob! Ha

I meant loves the hose. Hah not house. Ugh this phone lol

Oh lord you must be living in my house too LOL. Lemmy will be 9 months on Mon and he owns whirling dervish of energy. I am ashamed to say it, but I sorta dreaded coming home this week. He was neutered on Tues and is on activity restriction, and I have been exhausted. I am a nurse at a community mental health agency and the other nurse I work with is off this week, so it has been ME for 80 clients........wow.....exhausting. He has tried my nerves thisblast week I tell ya.

I can so relate. So much of my time is spent exercising and keeping Zoe occupied with activities, it really is almost like a second job. She is so much fun, BUT a ton of work at the same time. Between obedience, agility, daily long runs, flirt pole, flirt hose (my invention), tug, chasing the quad, playing with her BFF, and miles on the treadmill...I am still trying to figure out ways to engage her mind and keep her busy.

The kicker is, the fitter they get...the more they seem to need, so it is a vicious circle. I wake up in the morning and think "what am I going to do with Zoe today...", and she KNOWS because after her breakfast and morning nap, she is pacing the house and looking at me thinking "so when is the fun going to start?".

It seems that they are all cut from the same cloth http://www.pitbull-chat.com/images/smilies/smile.png