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Reloaderjd User is Offline

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02/28/2013 5:35 PM
Hi all, Ellie my 4 month old love to play fetch and is great at retrieving indoors. We use all kinds of stuff from balls, to her stuffed animals and different throwing dummies with different scent on each one. She loves the dummies and we put them away when done so she cant just play with those and we only bring one out at a time. The problem is when we go outside she will run to them, pounce them and run around but not bring them back. Is it just beacuse its outside and so many things going on and she is excited. I do try to get her out as much as possible for walks and play. On weekends we go for walks at the game area a few miles away. Any help would be great. I love this dog and wish I would have gotten a GSP long ago. -jeff and Ellie

Texas Belle User is Offline

Austin, TX

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02/28/2013 6:26 PM
Keep working with her outside, but do NOT chase after her if she does not bring the oy back. It is her choice to keep the game going, not your. The only way she gets to keep it going is to bring the toy back to you. If she doesn't bring it back, then the game stops. No fusing at her or corrections, just stop the game. It won't take her long how to keep the game going. I even take a chair out in the yard and sit down and don't get up. It take something to read to in case the dog decides not to bring the toy back for a while. She will get it, just be patient. Remember she is stil a baby and the world is new and exciting. Get her out and introduce her to all the sites and sounds and have fun. This is the best time to socialize her you will ever have.

Bev Quarles, the Pointer Sisters (Belle and Halo), the Outlaw GSP (Johnny Ringo) and the little Princess (Fauna) Yellow Rose GSPs "A dog has the soul of a philosopher." - Plato

deadeye1210 User is Offline

Exeter, PA

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03/03/2013 5:32 PM
I had a similar issue with my pup who is roughly the same age. I bought him one of those fake quails with the plastic head...He absolutely loves it...and to keep it that way i only let him play with it outside...as soon as i started doing that he would see me pick up the quail and he knew we were going outside to play...after two or three times of going out to play with the quail....i could throw the quail as far as i could and he watches it the whole way and brings it back every time...I think its mainly get her something that she really likes and only let her have it when your outside...that way her interest in actually picking it up and bringing it to you to throw again will be much greater...i found they lose interest in things that seem "easy" to them very fast...so changing it up on them as much as possible is working for me....hope this helps!

deadeye1210 User is Offline

Exeter, PA

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03/03/2013 5:34 PM
excellent advice texas belle

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JH
Posts:39

03/05/2013 9:30 PM
I hope I am not hijacking this thread - would you guys give similar advice to a dog that is a bit older, namely 10 months? Our dog loves to catch the flying ball/disc/whatever outside, but will just trot around with it for a while, then drop and go do something else (or start chewing it). I've tried waiting, but he doesn't seem to think to bring it back to me. Should I start working on it indoors first, where distractions are lower? And how would I make the game more interesting if our dog seems to get more into chewing the object than bringing it back for another throw?