Playtime!

Guess who wasn't chasing the ball? lol.

Ever since I've split up with Pete,and taken over the job of sole owner to my dogs I've often felt like I was somehow short changing them of enough exercise.Its ridiculous,they all go for a run each day,they are free to be in the grooming room,or play in the garden as I work,and they go to either agility twice a week,or flyball,they are hardly underexercised dogs.
But having felt a bit bogged down by the guilt,and having taken on more work,I needed a plan to condense the time needed to exercise them,and make the state of my mental health better lol,knowing that they were physically satisfied.

What really made me think about it recently,was coming home from my army training exercise class on Thurs eve,I was buzzing,feeling so great about the hard work out I'd just had,and I thought it must be how the dogs feel when they've had a good blast.
So today during lunch I nipped to a local and pretty crappy pet shop and bought a ball flinger.
I've always shied away from using them,just imagining how easy it would be for me to break the dogs having them skidding about to fetch the ball.
I had half an hour,an empty field and 4 energetic dogs,I let them do a couple of laps of the field to warm up them I started flinging like my life depended on it haha.
they loved it,and apart from having to remind Floozie that if someone else beats her to the ball,she is NOT allowed to mug them to get it,we had a great time :)
I mainly flung into long grass or the edge of bushes so they slowed before they got to the ball to minimize slipping and twisting,so they got the added bonus of having to search for it too.
We did go through 2 of the crappy tennis balls which came with it,so I'm going to have to find some different balls to use.I had bought 3 planning to letting the 3 ball mad dogs have an individual ball to chase,but ended up finishing 2 of completely.
Then I took everyone back to the kennels as I worked the afternoon,and I now have 4 lovely tired doggies,and that make me happy :)