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Originally Posted by Rubye  Thank you all so much for your advice. I am very open to any advice you may have. I just want a good life for George.
I do have him on maybe a 5 ft leash and a harness but he doesn't like the harness. It seems to itch him so I may try a more expensive one. Thinking perhaps the chemicals or dyes may be irritating. He does wear his coat with no objections so that's good.
I've started making home dog food because a rather expensive commercial food makes his poop more greasy. I'm big on watching poop. 
I bought some balls a bit smaller than tennis balls and he's not even interested in those. What dog doesn't like fetch? George. |
One that never had a ball and played fetch.
When I adopted my kid he came with a shopping bag with all his belongings in it, but not one toy. So off I go to buy some toys, not knowing what he liked I bought a variety of toys, big toys, small ones, fuzzy ones, soft rubber ones, squeaky and non squeaky ones and balls of all sizes and shapes. I was all excited and anxious, I couldn't wait to get home and give him all these goodies. When I came home and he settled down I teased him with the stuffed bags then emptied them out on the floor expecting him to go nuts over all the toys. I got nothing but a blank stare, I teased him with the toys, rolled the balls, bounced the balls, swatted the balls, nothing. I said what dog doesn't even like balls. So I gathered up all but a few toys and balls. Throughout the day I would tease him with the toys, I rolled and bounced the balls, nothing but blank stares. One night I am sitting on the sofa, all of a sudden he grabs his fluffy squeaky alligator and starts killing it, flinging it all over the room, I am cheering him on saying kill Ally lol. It took several weeks for him to play with the toys. It was months before he played with the ball. When ever we went in the back yard I would take soft rubber toys, and a few balls, I would roll the ball but it was always ME that retrieved the ball. One day he grabbed and threw it in my lap, I was shocked lol, I tossed it and he bought it back and dumped it in my lap, and the game fetch began. It took one year for him to play with balls. Now he's like a little kid, he LOVES new toys and will play for hours with it and loves balls.
So, it could take some time for your little guy to get the hang of playing. If he was with a senior most of his life he more then likely slept out of boredom, nothing to do, no one to play with him, no toys for him to play with. Keep playing with his toys, roll and bounce his balls, tease him with his toys.