I have a couple of Dalmatians. We do a ton of walking and playing in the backyard.

I feel bad for them this week. I know they are going stir crazy after getting a foot of snow. We don’t mind playing in the snow, but the temperature has been bitterly cold.

How do you exercise your high energy dogs when stuck at home?

  • FuglyDuck
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    109 hours ago

    You have thee options.

    Go out in the bad weather and exercising them like you normally would.

    Fetch or similar someplace with just enough room to run around. (If you have it.)

    Or let them go bonkers and exercise themselves.

    Pick your poison :)

    • BigFig
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      38 hours ago

      Option 4, treadmill. Surprisingly easy to train them on.

      • FuglyDuck
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        37 hours ago

        Eh.

        If you want to get a treadmill for your dog, sure.

        Most people won’t want to keep that around the house, and critically, human treadmills are dangerous for dogs- the start and stop sequence is too fast and ends of the belt or exposed edges and rollers are all likely places to catch a paw (and break bones.)