Before
Henry got a good walk every day and still came home wired. He followed us room to room, mouthed whatever was nearby and never quite switched off.
Vizslas were bred on the Hungarian plains to quarter fields, find birds by scent, hold a point and bring game back to hand. A lap of the park uses almost none of that.
What we changed
We stopped asking how far he'd walked and started asking which of his needs he'd used. Scent work most days. A proper off-lead run where it's safe. Retrieves with a pause and a release, not endless fetch. Plenty of calm time pressed against someone on the sofa, because a Vizsla is a velcro dog by design.
Writing that week by hand every Sunday is what eventually became Henry.
“He didn't need more exercise. He needed his job back.”
Written by Henry's owner
What changed
He settles now. Evenings are quiet, the mouthing has faded, and he sleeps like a dog who has done his day's work.
Every plan Henry writes for your dog starts from the same question: what was this dog bred to do, and when did they last get to do it?