Yes, he does need a lot more exercise; but Squish is problematic. He can't be left home alone (he's all right left with Spike but he gets very noisy and destructive on his own - and I live in an apartment block) and he's decidedly iffy off-leash - I can, now, let him off for short spells while his attention is on the ball but it's always dicey. And I can't let them off together - Squish is scared to play ball with Spike loose and if I can't hold his attention with ball he's gone - meatballs won't hold him.
It was easy when I lived at Mum's; it's been a perennial problem since I moved here. What I'm doing is taking them to the park and giving each one short spells off-leash while the other's tied to a tree - even that's risky with Squish, though. If he sees something he needs to chase while he's tied to something he breaks stuff.
Also, Spike could have got over that fence easy if I hadn't been holding the leash!
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Date: 2006-08-27 03:15 pm (UTC)It was easy when I lived at Mum's; it's been a perennial problem since I moved here. What I'm doing is taking them to the park and giving each one short spells off-leash while the other's tied to a tree - even that's risky with Squish, though. If he sees something he needs to chase while he's tied to something he breaks stuff.
Also, Spike could have got over that fence easy if I hadn't been holding the leash!