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Originally Posted by friscomom  My thoughts are that if it doesn't get retrieved "all the way", then it doesn't get thrown again. Game over. Doggie lose. Shouldn't take long, if they want the ball thrown. Tell them it's a new game. |
I couldn't agree more! Chloe loves to play fetch all day long. But when she first started she would bring it back only to drop it a few feet from me. I just had to stop getting it because,
I realized I was the one playing fetch! So when he drops it a foot away or so you just need to continue using the same phrase. For example when I threw it, with out fail while training I always said go get it, seems redundant, but she knew what it meant after awhile. And when she got it in her mouth instantly id say bring it here, over and over if i had to. So when she dropped it and I said bring it here again shed eventually do so only to be rewarded with another throw which for her was the treat. eventually with patience: no more trying to get if from her. no more having to verbalize the commands, and now thats all she wants to do..lol