32 Truly Tire Out the Dog

As much as you might like to let a sleeping dog lie, it’s just never going to happen if you have an excitable border collie or athletic German shepherd that needs lots of physical activity. To keep Bingo happy, healthy, and tired, take him to the top of a small hill for a lively ten-minute game of gravity-enhanced fetch. The incline should be small enough that the dog can catch up to the ball once the ground levels at the bottom. Then he must run up the slope to return the ball, doubling the amount of energy exerted.