What's your dog's Favorite Game?

[Karen]

Just curious - as some dogs adore fetch, and other look at you blankly when you try ...

[pomtzu]

Myndi's favorite used to be tug of war and fetch, but in her senior years, she has slowed down and doesn't really have a favorite. She still does enjoy tug of war tho, and is still pretty strong for an old lady. She goes crazy over a favorite toy tho - an interactive ball that looks like a softball, but made of hard plastic that she can't chew, since it's too big to get in her mouth. It acts like a bump and go toy and rolls all over the floor and when it hits something, goes off in another direction. She will chase it and bark at it and try to kill it by biting at it, and would keep it up till she's completely exhausted - if I didn't turn it off and take it away from her first.
Sparky doesn't really have a favorite game or toy, but he does love to blitz around the house. He will race and tear around the sofa and the dining room table then charge for the back door - then come back and do it all over again. I guess it is a game in his mind, since the more I laugh at him when he does it - the more he does it -

[Taz_Zoee]

Before we got Taggart, Zoee loved frisbee. Now she doesn't like it because Taggart gets in her way. They both like to fetch. While Zoee was gone that is what I did just about everyday with Taggart.
They like to play tug with each other. They have several toys that they can play tug with. They also like to run around the yard and attack each other, playfully of course. Zoee gets so excited she just barks and barks at him.

[Asiel]

Mine loves hiking and sniffing the whole bush if we give her a chance. But her favourite indoor activity is chasing a toy you throw and trying to "kill" it. With stuffed animals she won't quit till the floor looks like it's snow covered and she gets that squeaker, (then we have to toss it) but she loves to attack the now "dead " animal. Tug of war could go on all day and so could fetch if anyone had the energy to keep up with her. She also loves hide and seek and when she notices one of us missing she will tear the house up and down to find us. Her most favourite of all games is "feeding time"

Pom....is there a name for that ball you described? And where did you buy it, Pet Smart? That is a toy that would keep mine busy all day so I'd love to get her one.

[pomtzu]

With stuffed animals she won't quit till the floor looks like it's snow covered and she gets that squeaker, (then we have to toss it) but she loves to attack the now "dead " animal.

Pom....is there a name for that ball you described? And where did you buy it, Pet Smart? That is a toy that would keep mine busy all day so I'd love to get her one.

Oh my - you described Myndi to a T. She's little but tough, and I used to call her Jaws because of the strength and speed she had in removing squeakers from toys - along with the stuffing. She could demolish one in a couple of minutes - she would go into a frenzy trying to get that squeaker out when she heard one. She has a toybox full of dead unstuffed animals, and even body parts where she has amputated a head or arm or leg!!! Her idea of playing with them now tho, is to drag them out of the box and scatter them all over the house!!! No - she doesn't pick them up and put them back!


I got that ball thru a mail order gift catalog a couple of years ago. I've never seen any in stores, but I'll check on line later to see if I can find anything like it. It not, I'll keep an eye out for it in gift catalogs. It operates by battery, so not something you would be able to leave on for her to play with at will. She sounds a lot like Myndi, so she would probably love it just as much as my old gal does!

[Asiel]

Oh my - you described Myndi to a T. She's little but tough, and I used to call her Jaws because of the strength and speed she had in removing squeakers from toys - along with the stuffing. She could demolish one in a couple of minutes - she would go into a frenzy trying to get that squeaker out when she heard one. She has a toybox full of dead unstuffed animals, and even body parts where she has amputated a head or arm or leg!!! Her idea of playing with them now tho, is to drag them out of the box and scatter them all over the house!!! No - she doesn't pick them up and put them back!


I got that ball thru a mail order gift catalog a couple of years ago. I've never seen any in stores, but I'll check on line later to see if I can find anything like it. It not, I'll keep an eye out for it in gift catalogs. It operates by battery, so not something you would be able to leave on for her to play with at will. She sounds a lot like Myndi, so she would probably love it just as much as my old gal does!

They do sound alike don't they...I have body parts all over my house too but sometimes she picks them all up and puts them in her beds...yes bed"s" , she need one in every rom so she can decide where she feels like sleeping....heck no, she's not spoiled
I'll have to start checking the gift catalogues I guess but if you spot the one you got it from let me know...this is something that she would go nuts for. Batteries are plentiful here so I probably would leave it on all day... anything to keep that wee rug rat happy.

[dab_20]

Molli's favorite game is soccer. She LOVES soccer balls, volleyballs, balloons, etc. She hits them with her nose. Too bad we can't play it much anymore, she yaps and barks so loud and we live in apartments now.

Sam LOVES fetch. He is so obsessed with balls it's unhealthy. lol. He loves to jump and catch them and does crazy flips and stuff! I know Cockers aren't supposed to be jumping up and down because arthritis is so common... but he loves it so much.

Springen loves any game as long as it involves running. He loves frisbee and loves to run along side us when we go biking. We have an RC car that goes 40+ miles per hour and he LOVES to chase it. We just can't let him catch it because he'll try to tear it to pieces haha.
He also loves to throw rope toys and stuffies in the air and catch them. He'll knock over lamps throwing his toys in the air! He's incredibly entertaining.

[emc]

My chihuahua's favorite "game" is for me to sit on the floor and watch her chew her nylabone. She also likes tearing her toys apart, but of course I have to sit on the floor and watch that too, she's needs to have an audience, lol.

[chocolatepuppy]

Jakes is chasing a ball. Laylas is barking.

[kokopup]

When Koko was a pup our favorite game was fetch. She would retrieve what you threw, for as long as you were able to throw, be it ball, Frizby, or what ever she brought me to start the game. She wouldn't always bring it back , and then the game was keep the Ball away from daddy. When she was almost 1 year old, she came up lame that would result in double CCL repair. The surgery plus almost 12 weeks in a crate changed her desire to fetch. Now when you throw anything she ignores you and will not acknowledge anything. I can't understand this because she can run like a deer with no apparent pain. Her game now is "dont let daddy catch you". She will run full bore, straight at me, and then change direct at the last possible second. We have a favorite place on our trail that allows her to run a small loop where the trail splits. She will run around the loop then stop before getting in my sight. In pic-a-boo fashion, she will look back at me before charging back with another last second maneuver. I guess a good name is “dodge daddy and run”. oh, and that game also applies to the cat (Rascal) too. They will play this until koko is worn out and the Rascal wants more.

[IRescue452]

Autumn is getting too old for play, unless there is another dog or ferret playing with me and she gets jealous. She loves hide and seek with toys and treats still.

Naylee never learned to play before I got her. I guess her favorite game is run away from me when its time to leave the dog park.

[Bonny]

Three dogs at one time like to play this game. It is hitting the tennis ball with a tennis racket. I have three tennis balls & Baxter goes first, then Max, & then Missy. You can really whack a ball high & far with a tennis racket. Missy sometimes plays outfield & will pick up any tennis balls that happen to drop in front of her. She gets tuckered out sooner then the other two.

Sometimes they have to cool off & go to the water dish by the hydrant & drop the ball in the water which makes for a squashy tennis ball when I whack it.

[jwwf]

The eldgergirls, Dora (ACD/Springer) and Ashley-Marie (GSD/BC) love frisbee. At 10+, Dora still catches frisbees like nobody's business, but she has slowed down. I get those canvas flippy-flier things from PetsMart.

Emmaline (half weimaraner, half "jumped the fence") loves ball and frisbee. Her retriever nature makes her a natural for good "bring". Julie, the youngest, a pure BC, *LOVES* those jollyball things from PetsMart. She doesn't bring them back often, but if you rattle the ball (it has a little ball inside and big holes in the outer ball they can grab), she will collie-rocket to where you are anywhere in the 3-acre yard. She might be the smallest, but have mercy is she fast! It takes a minimum of four jolly-balls to keep them all in motion.

Callie loves fetch games and she'll retrieve all ladylike and set either the frisbee or a ball daintily at your feet.

We make time every evening for games. Any time is a good time for leans and snuggles

[Karen]

Any time is a good time for leans and snuggles

That was the question that launched Pet Talk, all those years ago! See Dogs who lean - are all of yours leaners?

[cassiesmom]

In a former position my preceptor worked from home. She had a Great Dane, Max, who was a great big softie! He looked scary the first time I met him because of his sheer size. As I got to know him, I found out that his favorite games were showing how he can run, and leaning on people. When I first met him, I didn't understand why he would come to his people and just lean against them. My preceptor thought he just liked having a huge portion of his body being in contact with someone he knows and loves. Like "I'm so happy that you went outside with me and watched me run like the wind, so now I must lean on you to show you how happy I am!" It's hard to be stressed with his massively strong body leaning on you. He is a big love-bug. (I like him just a little- can you tell? )