Winter coming up makes me think of indoor games for the dog, and me to play. So we don't lay around getting fat. Her current fav is Stick in the Pond. The pond will be around all winter and she is half Labrador. Last winter she jumped on the ice and licked at it a lot.

So when I had a "pure bred" pit, he loved to play with large rocks and bowling balls. The bowling balls did less damage to my house when he rolled them up and down the hall licking it and snorting. My current Labrador-Pit "Lady Jane Dog" ignores the bowling ball - shes afraid of it.

My greyhound loved certain "tuff toys" and always ran around with her nose through the dougnut so her face was surroubded by the tiger colored dougnut, but Lady just likes to chew on it.

She play a bit of tug and of course Ball is fun, but she mozzies after the ball doncha know, not like chasing Stick. So maybe we'll do Walk and Sniff, with Stick and Ball out back after our walk.

How do you guy play with your dogs and exercise them in winter?

oh yes - seems none of my dogs are socialised to other dogs so dog parks are out. A thought of getting her a cat but the wife is allergic to cat fur.
Jim