Boredom busters important for your dog's mental and physical health

"What if you woke up every morning and found nothing on your to-do list? Sure, it might be paradise for a week or two, but it is very likely that boredom would soon strike hard and deep putting a real dent in your zest for life. Our dogs come from a long line of working animals. They have only been house pets for a very brief snippet of their evolutionary lifetime. As man's helper, dogs were bred for specialized jobs. Terriers cleared out the vermin, sporting dogs brought in the hunt, working dogs protected property, and sheep dogs moved sheep..."
Source: FortWayne.com, 2/22/2006