Looking For Fun Games To Play With My Dogs

[Heidley]

Hi All,

I have 3 GSD ranging in ages from 3 1/2 to 5 months. I love spending one to one time with each of them and playing games. I've run out of ideas we do a bit of obedience training, working on their show training and then I like to do a game, like hide and seek or fetch or playing with one of the interactive toys I've collected. But I'm really wanting some new ideas and thought who better than the DOL training thread for inspiratation!

Thanks in anticpation

[Swiss Girl]

I taught my GSD to play catchy with a ball, but she used to throw it back. I started by sitting her down about 3 feet away from me, threw the ball to her and said catch the ball, then I held my hand near her and said throw the ball. Eventually she learnt to stick her tongue behind it and sort of toss it back to me. she loved balls and learnt to love this game.

There is also high 5. the game I was taught was to teach the dog to touch her nose to your palm, you play with both hands and once the dog gets good you can do it really quickly and they can really love it. You first have to start teaching them to touch their nose to your palm with a food treat, then you make the game of it.

Hope these help

[Longcoat]

Hi All,

I have 3 GSD ranging in ages from 3 1/2 to 5 months. I love spending one to one time with each of them and playing games. I've run out of ideas we do a bit of obedience training, working on their show training and then I like to do a game, like hide and seek or fetch or playing with one of the interactive toys I've collected. But I'm really wanting some new ideas and thought who better than the DOL training thread for inspiratation!

Thanks in anticpation

If you live somewhere other than Victoria, the game of Schutzhund is great for GSD's

[Aidan]

Get one of those fit balls you see in gyms, and some plastic basket or Jafco muzzles (so they don't pop it). I've noticed an ad on DOL for similar balls with a cover, don't know how much the cover helps but it seems like a good idea.

[Heidley]

Thanks Swiss girl- those sound like great games

Thanks Longcoat and Aidan

[Swiss Girl]

I just remembered someone taught there dog to play patty cake. Their dog had a bad operation and had to be kept quite for a couple of months, so while lying on the ground that played patty cake with her. Its an interesting idea and if you google it you may find the internet site I read it on.

High 5 was taught at the agility club, and the instructor was so quick with her dog, he was a BC and loved it. I did google for instrucitons, but most of them are just plain high 5. Our instuctor got her dog to touch the dogs nose on the palm of her hand, used both hands, up high, down low, right and left. When the dog gets fast you can most both hands really quickly and the dog spins around, jumps up or lunges sidewards, great game for rainy days.