Indoor excercises?

[tomatoboi]

hey how are u guys doing? im jw what are some good indoor excercises i can do with my 7 week old shihtzu? I WOULD take her out for a walk.. but its like 20 degrees and snowing all she does is eat, sleep, bite on her little chew toy..and thats it. i would Love to play fetch wit her, but she dont fetch lol she doesnt even go for the BALL when i throw it.

 

[otch1]

At 7 weeks, eating, sleeping and chewing toys is great. Just make sure you're interacting with her when you bring out the toys at playtime, so you're a part of what's fun to her. Also reccommend you start grooming as much as possible. Placing her in your lap and just getting out the brush, comb and making that a pleasant experience for her. Catch her after playtime, when she's a little worn out, and make it as gentle as possible and all about her. This breed needs a lot of handling, considering what they go thru on a groom table when they're adults. At 7 weeks, focus on handling and interacting with her, no real exercise for awhile, other than a walk. It just started to snow here too!

 

[bubbatd]

At that age , my litters were into daily adventures . Out of whelping pen at least 3 times a day for an hour or so and playing in, on top of and through all kinds of things.... boxes with doors , large tubes, plastic gal. jugs with rope handles, fashioned stairs, etc etc etc. Almost like a mini agility course. Fun time/ play time !! I had 2 cages set up to get them used to being crated ..during this time I had paper set up to one side for potty time ....learning time too .

 

[Oski]

I would actually avoid taking your puppy for walks other than in your back yard until it's had its second set of shots, to be safe against parvo and other diseases that at this young, they don't have well developed imune systems to fight against. Moving toys around on the floor and just the introduction to the toys is exciting to a puppy this young and they tire very easy, so I wouldnt' worry to much about not getting enough excersize for now.