Abstract: The domestic animal exerciser is a manually operable handheld device which enables a user to provide his or her domestic animal with the exercise it needs while entertaining both the animal and the user. The device can be used to exercise or entertain domestic animals indoors as well as outdoors, and provides wheelchair confined users a method for exercising and playing with their pets. The user of the domestic animal exerciser grasps the handle of the rod member, which dangles an exercising toy by way of a flexible cord attached through an attachment hole at the tope end of the rod member, and which attaches to the exercising toy through connective holes in the exercising toy. By moving around the rod member, the user can control the movement of the exercising toy, which will entice the domestic animal causing the animal to chase, lunge, and pull at the exercising toy.