With your dog’s routine being very different and the world around them very different, this lack of predictability and control may cause them to become stressed easily, and more sensitive to changes and triggers.

Stress busting activities, including lots of sniffing, will help. But the best thing is for you to make sure your dog gets lots of space from potential triggers.

This is preventative right now so that we can avoid bigger problems later on.

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Practice the Go Find It! game for so many benefits and applications:

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Children and dogs cooped up together, as I am sure you can imagine, may lead to inappropriate interactions and negative associations being formed.

Active supervision means that you are actively interacting with and directly monitoring the children and the dog, and their interactions and activities.

If you can’t do that, it’s safer to separate.

Keep interactions low-key, and teach children and dogs to share space by providing them each with appropriate activities to keep them entertained.

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Appropriate social exposure isn’t the only thing that dogs must have; dogs must also have lots of appropriate environmental exposure too.

Young dogs, particularly, require appropriate challenges to facilitate brain development.

#100daysofenrichment offers you lots of ideas and guidance to do this right so take a look at those challenges.
Consider setting up adventures for your dog, every day, even if you don’t leave the house; guidance on Adventure Time here.

Stay safe and well!

For lots more detail on helping your dog during these strange times: On Lockdown

As always, #100daysofenrichmentis available and offers a wide range of activities for your and your pet. Check it out!

While you might not be able to provide your dog with their usual level of entertainment right now, there are lots of ways to make sniff happen.

Sniffing is great exercise, mentally and physically, and can easily be provided in your home and out and about.

Check out these awesome sniffing challenges:

• SNIFFATHON rules
• Snuffling
• “Go Sniff!“
• Sniffing Stations
• Sniffing Courses
• Scavenger Hunts
• Snuffle Roll-ups
• Sniffari time!
• Bring the Smellside Inside (please be careful with this one: do not collect smells from public areas on cloths or otherwise)
• Pockets Puzzles

Learn to use an extendable lead or long line safely and appropriately:

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For lots more detail on helping your dog during these strange times: On Lockdown

As always, #100daysofenrichmentis available and offers a wide range of activities for your and your pet. Check it out!