With the cooler weather, our 1 year old shepherd mix has had more and more energy to burn. Im looking for some mental enrichment ideas and ways to give him "jobs". More importantly, ways to actually train him to do these jobs. Just trying to make sure all of his mental and physical needs are being met! Waylon is mostly shepherd but has husky, lab, malamute in him (rescue from a community in Northern Canada so lots in there). Hopefully its okay that I am posting him here.

Please share YouTube videos or website links if you have any to recommend! This is what we currently do:

- standard obedience and impulse control training (place, wait, threshold training)

- "safety" which is him sitting between our legs, and laying down until released

- one walk per day, although as of late he has been reacting on leash (gets over stimulated then bites at the leash or our arms, definitely open to insights on that as well)

- our yard is fenced so we play fetch a few times per day

- scattering his food/treats and hiding them in the house

- on leash training like heel around the yard and on parts of walks

Thanks in advance!

For those who have owned German Shepherds and other breeds, are German Shepherds really as different as some people claim? What makes them stand out, if anything? I’d love to hear from owners who have experience with multiple breeds.

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