Re: Is my dog content? [quote author=charlie link=topic=7262.msg100342#msg100342 date=1407531204] I have my own theory that the more you do with a dog the more it requires. [/quote] Helen I totally agree with this. Penny is working stock so in theory should need a hell of a lot of exercise and mental stimulation as we don't work her. I always swore I would never get a working bred dog to keep just as a pet. However she has grown up being used to having her two walks a day and some training and in between times she is quite content to settle down and go to sleep. It's a routine now, and on the odd occasion she gets more like if we go out for the day walking she is exhausted.