I have been putting him on the treadmill a little at a time. He hates it with a passion even though he does run well on it. He has two favorite toys: an owl and a lobster. He can throw those around for an hour or two each. Other than that, he likes to take sprints back and forth through the house.

I hear that destructive behaviors are usually the characteristics of boredom. So, when I have him on the side porch all afternoon and he tears up my screen door trying to get back inside, I guess he is bored. We weren’t home when he did that, though. We came back to that little treat.

Sometimes I give him treats in his kong. He loves to figure that out. I want to give him a more puzzling toy to figure out, though. The kong he has is simple to figure and he gets bored with it rather quickly. Any suggestions on puzzling kongs for a 50 pound puppy?