Playing Fetch

[dogon]

As Persphone said, that is just rewarding him for biting your leg!

Oh dear - yes, will stop this immediately! My son does this too so I'll have to put a stop to it. I must say the walk away and ignore mantra overe and over again.

An easy way to play fetch it to have 2 identical toys, so when pup brings back the first toy, you are already busy playing with the spare toy - this makes your toy the best one to have and he will drop the one he has. Then you throw the one you have and do the exchange while he is chasing your toy. In time you can encorage him to give you the first toy instead of just dropping it.

This is an interesting idea. One question though. The fluffy duck is what he likes to sleep with and it's the one toy I leave consistently on the ground for him. (consequently it's covered in slime ) Is it ok to continue with it being always available? When I put it somewhere he actively looks for or begs for it. Is it ok to use this toy for the tug/fetch learning to give game? should I get another identical fluffy duck? It seems to me that this toy has the highest reward value.

Edited January 16, 2009 by dogon