I'm not talking about whispering sweet nothings in his ear or batting your eyelashes. I'm talking about making your own flirt pole! There are times when all you want to do is relax with a book and a glass of wine and all Sparky wants to do is play, play, play. You look longingly at the sofa and fuzzy blanket, but you know as soon as you get comfortable, you will be stared at from across the room by big puppy eyes pleading with you to show them affection and maybe spend a few minutes wrestling on the floor.
Do you have a dog where even if you spend two hours walking, they still come home and run laps around the couch? Thirty minutes with a flirt pole has been compared by some to that two hour walk.
By now you are probably wondering what a flirt pole is, besides apparently a magic wand. A flirt pole is basically a giant cat toy for dogs. It's a simple pole and toy connected by a thin rope. You can make one yourself, which is what we did at DIY Dog Stuff, or you can purchase one. Our original was made from a spare curtain rod, rope, and a stuffing-free dog toy. Recently, we upgraded to a lunge whip for horses with a stuffing-free toy at the end.
Many dogs love to leap into the air to catch their "prey." Quest would rather it drag around the ground really fast and he'll try to scoop it up. Once it's caught, he'll shake it until you can almost hear his eyeball rattle in his head.
By the way, if you ever want to get pictures of your furkids playing with their flirt poles, it might be best to have a second person around to use the camera. Fast dogs + flirt poles + cameras in one hand = blurry pictures.
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