👉Most enrichment games increase arousal. If you play tug it gets them amped. Fetch gets them running. Puzzle toys sometimes create frustration. Then you wonder why your puppy won’t settle afterward. This game is different. ✅Search games work differently because sniffing lowers arousal. Foraging engages their brain without spiking energy. It’s mental work that calms them down instead of winding them up. What we all need!! 👉You saw what happened, he laid on his bed calmly. I flipped him around t

Fetch is fun, but it’s not the end-all for our dogs 🐾🎾Yes, chasing a ball can burn energy—but it also ramps up adrenaline, builds obsession, and doesn’t always meet their real needs.✅ Mental enrichment✅ Nose work✅ Training games✅ Structured exercise…all go further in creating a calmer, more balanced dog.So while we occasionally play fetch, it’s not our main outlet. There are much healthier ways to tire out both the body and the brain. 💡🐶 #dog #dogs #dogtraining #fetch #weimaraner #highdrive

We used to think fetch was the best way to tire out our Border Collies. But no matter how much they ran, they never seemed satisfied or settled. Instead, they just got more frustrated, more aroused, and harder to calm down. So we stopped throwing the ball faster and farther... We let them control the movement instead - to stalk, flank, and block the way their brain is wired to. And that’s when everything finally made sense. Charm, one of our seven collies, plays Better Than Fetch™ Herding Games