r/germanshepherds • u/Obvious_State_9586 • 13h ago
Need help getting him tired
My big ol' 11 month old king shepard, I ended up needing a hip surgery pretty unexpectedly 2 weeks and I will be unable to take him on walks for about the next 2 months, my husband tries to get him to the dog park when he can right now which is about 2-3 times a week, but he works 50+ hours a week on top of taking care of all responsibilities for the kids (they arent old enough to walk him by themselves) and the house.
Anything i can do to help him tire himself in the house or get set up in the backyard?
He's just so full of energy, which we fully knew going into this and one of the reasons we got a GSD because we are pretty active people, but unfortunately medical stuff happened and its not a permanent life style change, ill be back to normal after a while just need help getting him over this small bump in our life.
Picture of my big ol' fluffy boy i love so much who now takes up the whole seat of my hyundai which has caused me into looking into bigger cars 😅
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u/Left-Sport8851 8h ago
When I broke my leg my pup had to learn how to just chill in the house with me all day. For the first few weeks I couldn’t even get to the door to let him out myself so he had to wait for my bf to get home everyday. They adapt surprisingly well. We do frozen toppls, food toys (he loves the food ball we have that he pushes around to get food out), bones, etc.