If you have air conditioning in your home and have stairs or a long hallway, you can play fetch with them. But beware Boxers are smart and may try to teach you to fetch. Mine tried.
I also use the red lazer light. Just try to keep it from contacting their eyes. Another thing I do is get a pack of balloons. Throw one up in the air and pat it to go a few feet away for them to chase. Each puppy is an individual. They will not all be happy with the same games or toys.
Good Luck with your baby.
Mary Rue
--- In boxerlovers@yahoogroups.com, "dmcmenomy" <dmcmenomy@...> wrote:
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> Hi all-
> Thanks so much for all the suggestions. I really appreciate it. We live in AZ. Our extream summer heat is a factor in how much time Gigolo can spend outside in our lage fenced yard during the day. I walk him early in the morning and again when the sun goes down. We play fetch in the house with wiffle balls several times during the day. He has plenty of bully sticks and other chew toys to keep him busy, plus my six year old son is the best at playing with him. The normal boxer puppy energy is manageable for us. :) We are looking for suggestions for the crazy, insane, out of his mind, energy spirts he gets. They don't last long, maybe five minutes then he completely crashes. Sorry I don't think I explained that very well.
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> --- In boxerlovers@yahoogroups.com, Lisa Wiser <lawiser@> wrote:
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> > Do you have a fenced backyard where he can run or are you limited to
> > leash and only off leash in the house?
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> > If you have a nice back yard (or a doggie park -- which, personally, I
> > never take my dog to because, WELL, you just never know what riff-raff
> > is there when you have the best dog going with you!) FOOTBALL. Wonderful
> > invention -- you can throw them, the dog can smack them with a foot, but
> > they don't roll true. Throw one that hits the ground and there's no
> > telling where it will end up. That lovely non-round shape. Which means
> > you are only expending the energy to throw it a few times while puppy is
> > chasing it all over the place.
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> > You can start with a smaller one ... better if you have one type of toy
> > you can throw and he can retrieve easily, but get a football that he
> > can't easily pick up ... defeats the purpose.
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> > For in the house, there are toys (but they aren't inexpensive and they
> > aren't the most durable) that are balls with gyro type mechanisms
> > inside. Usually there is some type of flat unstuffed toy attached so
> > it's like a flattened weasel (or whatever) being dragged around with the
> > mechanism .... and the dog.
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> > dmcmenomy wrote:
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> > > Hi! My 15 week old boxer puppy is a really good dog, but when he gets
> > > crazy I don't know how to release his energy. This is our third boxer;
> > > first one we used a laser pointer, but hear that it can cause OCD. Our
> > > second pup chased a big horse ball around the backyard. Any
> > > suggestions we can try on this one?
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> > > Deborah and Taylor
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