Neither of ours were interested in catching at first either. I had to teach them. Now they can't get enough of it. For Ivan, it was a matter of finding the right size and weight ball to throw. The tennis balls, even the extra tiny Kong ones were too hard and heavy. But he loved the little squishy balls with the silly faces at Petco. Iris took longer to learn to catch but the same balls did the trick for her too. First she learned to fetch (which was harder to teach Ivan). Even now, she is much better at catching if I throw it straight at her. Ivan prefers to jump up a bit for a ball thrown underhand. The things we Yorkie lovers do to make our babies happy... |