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LWolf

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1. My dog will fetch once or twice.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 03:45 PM

Jul 2013

Only for me, not for anyone else. I think she decides it's a "job," until I keep doing it again, and she realizes it's just a waste of time. After twice, she'll sit by me and watch me throw, watch the ball roll, and then look up at me as if to say, "If you want it, why do you keep throwing it away?"

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Neither one of my dogs is interested in fetching. [View all] hedgehog Jul 2013 OP

My dog will fetch once or twice. LWolf Jul 2013 #1

It's like they're saying "If you wanted the ball, why did you throw it away?". Arkansas Granny Jul 2013 #2

mine both fetch magical thyme Jul 2013 #3

Try some meat like salami /nt jakeXT Jul 2013 #4

my little corg (leo) wont either butwhat he will do is leftyohiolib Jul 2013 #5

My dog isn't either. bigwillq Jul 2013 #6

mind too warrior1 Jul 2013 #7

same here surrealAmerican Jul 2013 #8

That's an inborn trait. Some dogs have it. Some don't. Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2013 #9

One of our cats will fetch. HeiressofBickworth Jul 2013 #10

dogs, like humans, some like to play, some don't. ConcernedCanuk Jul 2013 #11

I never thought of modeling the game for them - I'll have to try that! hedgehog Jul 2013 #12