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.

[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? )

[kaycountrygal]

LilGirl loves to play "fetch". She'll bring her stuffed bear (the one that used to have ears LOL) to us to throw. Back & forth we go until she tires of it... or until Luke cat joins in and then she stops.

Annie doesnt really have a game. What she likes most though is to be with us, to walk with us, and/or have her head or stomach rubbed. While walking, she will stop & lie down on her back & wait for us to rub her tummy. That dog just loves attention. She was a stray that came here 5 yrs ago & just craves loving which we give her.

[sasvermont]

Prue's favorite thing is to run free, off leash, around the neighborhood and on the road. Naturally it doesn't make me happy and she doesn't get to do it often, as she will get killed by a car someday if she keeps it up.

When she is off leash, she will let me get within 2 or 3 feet of her and then she will turn heel and run, leaving me in the dust. She will keep this up for hours until she is caught.

By the end of her episode, both of us are exhausted and I am usually angry. Last time this happened, a neighbor came over and fooled Prue into thinking she had food for her.

I guess this is a game for Prue. It is not for me though. Needless to say, Prue seldom gets off leash in an non-fenced in area.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Lily likes to play with the cats, LOL. Today she was jumping at Domino and he was jumping back. It was cute

[lolli94]

It's fun to hear wat your dogs like to do My Springer, Lolli likes Frisbees and tennis balls and is surprisingly willing to return them to me. Maybe she is smart enough to know she can't chase them again if she keeps them I never had another dog that would willingly return it. I am considering getting a big ball for her to push around. Have any of y'all heard of treiball? It is a game for dogs(especially herding breeds) to push balls around as though herding them. Sounds interesting. The Dog Fancy magazine is one of my favorite dog magazines and I heard about it in there. P.S. dab 20... your cocker looks very much like my springer.

[Cataholic]

Jasper likes to play, "what can I eat that will make me the sickest"? Followed by, "Does my barking on the enclosed patio hurt you ears at all"? And, finally, "I love to eat the cat's food"!.

For all his wonderful traits, Jasper just doesn't play with people. He does love to play with other dogs, though.