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Techniques to monitor and regulate a dog's arousal levels during chase games to promote calmer behaviour and reduce stress.
Limit the number of ball launches per session (e.g. a maximum of 3), then switch to a lower-arousal task such as hide and seek with the ball or food foraging, since chase play increases speed and drive and can be costly to overuse, while food-based tasks help slow and steady behaviour.
Chase activities are linked to the production of stress hormones, so it's healthier to limit launches, switch tasks, and favour calming activities like food foraging over repetitive high-arousal chasing.
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