Dog Fishing, It's FUN!

We have been experimenting with Dog Fishing with Cherokee and Sassy. We got an old fishing pole and tied Cherokee's stuffed animal (Rabbit) to it. I held it up in the air like I was playing keep away and then casted it out. Cherokee ran like crazy after it. Then the reeling it in part was the funniest. We played outside for like 20 minutes. The most exciting part was when Sassy joined in, poor Sassy she's old and in pain, but she tried running as fast as she could to get it before Cherokee. You should try it with your wolfdogs/dogs or cats for that matter. I haven't seen Sassy so energetic and happy in a long tome. It's like the puppy came out of her again. We also tried something else, you get a soft treat like a filet mignon snack or tbone snack, take a toothpick and make a hole in it, to thread the fishing line through it. It must be a soft snack to where if they get it, it will break off with out the line. You don't want your animal to digest fishing line.
Well, after hooking the bait. We were off, Cherokee was wanting it so bad she starting walking on two legs for it, then she would yell at us to give it her. So for the work out we gave them treats. For out of shape dogs , it's perfect Sassy will do anything possible for another bite of food. So we make her paw for it, she chases it (in slow motion) but enough to get her heart rate going and to get her tired. Having her get into it like this gets her metabolism to work. So it's fun and healthy for them both.