Play is crucial to the health and well being of your dog! Dogs are social animals and benefit from interaction with their own species. They also benefit from interaction with us. If we play appropriate games with our dogs it strengthens our relationship with each other. If we have a better relationship with each other then we communicate better with each other. Communicating and play is an important element of training and a fun one too!
See our PLAY AND GAMES WORKSHOP that helps you learn how to play with your dog and use play in training:
http://pawinhand.blogspot.com/p/play-and-games.html
As for the much debated question about whether to play tug-a-war games...
http://www.4pawsu.com/tugofwardog.htm
I love it!
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