Dog sez "Give WHAT!?" ... I left that ball thingy out in the yard where YOU threw it!Originally Posted by Giselle
First Shepherd Casey (RB) had the "Fetch It" part down pat by age 4 months ...
By 6 months she'd *wait* by my side while I threw the ball;
then she'd Haul Butt to get under it before it landed ...
in time she worked up to about a 50% "catch rate" on the fly - if thrown high enough.
And thus ended her "Fetch It" routine ... she caught it, gave it a couple "squeezes" ...
then *spit* it out and trotted back to a lovely *SIT* square in front of me.
HEY - WHERE'S the DARN BALL, Mutt!!""
"I caught the dumm thing - if ya wanted it BACK, why'd ya throw it away in the first place?
Go get your own durn ball!"
I got tired of chasin "our" ball ... An IDEA was born ...
* Got a hank of very light rope - about 1/8" in diameter
* Punched two holes through a tennis ball
* Taped the rope to a straightened wire coat hanger
* Pushed the rope in one side, out the other on the tennis ball
* BIG Knot in the rope - big enough to not pull through the hole in the ball
* Tied OTHER end of rope to belt or wrist ...
** Got'em One Each "Retrievable Tennie Ball" ** (Dog NOT Required)
Didn't throw quite as far whilst trailing its "Tail" ...
but sure was easier to "reel it in"!
And the Sillie Dawg began to "play" with the ball as I hauled it in ...
in time she'd be hanging onto the ball for dear life all the way back.
Couple hundred tosses later, she bagan to "bring it back" faster than I could
reel 'em in ...
By Golly, I *think* she may have the idea!
The current FurKids are totally Ball-Challenged ...
They have NO concept of "Fetch It" ...
* Cinder *watches* the toss; then wanders off in a different direction;
* Smokey acts like I'm going to throw it AT him - he's running off as I wind up!
Oh, well ...
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