My Female Boxer and Female Pitbull Love to Play

by Emma
(NC, USA)

I currently have two dogs. Lotus is a female red nose pit bull and is a little over one year old. Lydia is a female brindle boxer and is about a year and a half. They both love to play and have so much energy.

Lotus is obsessed with playing fetch. She loves tennis balls and sticks and if you pick one up in her presence, you better be ready to play for a while. My boyfriend and I take the dogs to the park or the beach very often and throw tennis balls around for them to run after. Lotus is very focused on the tennis balls and catching them and bringing them back to you, while Lydia is more interested in chasing after Lotus and running around like a crazy girl. Lydia likes toys, too, but she is more interested in running and chasing.

At home they both like to play with this big orange ball with legs that used to make a quacking sound. They have recently pulled the quacker part out of the toy so it no longer makes any noise but they still love it. They also love their tug o’ war ropes. We have to buy the extra thick big ones because they will make quick work of shredding a smaller rope.

They are both very strong, and Lotus is a big time chewer. We recently bought her a chewing toy at Petco that is made of nylon and we were told by the woman at the store that she has never heard of any dogs breaking this toy. We have gone through countless chewing toys with Lotus because she has such powerful jaws and such a strong chewing urge. So far this toy is working out great and she has been unable to destroy it. It does hurt when she drops it on your toes, though!

They also love their treat toys. I usually put peanut butter in them and they spend a good hour licking it all out and trying to figure out if they left any behind. As far as tricks, they don’t really know many. They know their standard commands of sit, stay, go lay down, and down.

Lotus does have one trick, which is that she can jump higher than any other dog I’ve seen. She jumps and twists in the air to get at toys sometimes, and I have also seen her try climbing a tree to get a tennis ball stuck between two branches.