Does OES fech :) ?
 Is it just her or just the breed  ? |
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| Some of them learn early on to fetch. But in general, I'd say this is something they need to be taught. If you want your dog to do so, you might try starting with a toy, in the house & short distances. What she is doing right now is instinct. She's running after the ball, keeping an eye on it to make sure it doesn't go anywhere it's not supposed to & stopping once it stops because now it is "under control". |
| Heart is part retriever!!!! As I am typing she is shoving her 'baby' on my lap...I throw it, she runs and plops it on my lap for another run!!!! This is something that she has done since she was a puppy, so I guess it's in her genes... I have taught her how to 'catch' it, but she is not as good as I think she should be.  I guess it depends on the sheepie. |
Thank you both!  I'm going to try to teach her from now on how to Thanks  |
| Only one of mine fetched, Crumpet, but then it was in a confined space......the hall. We'd throw the ball to the end, she retrieve it and we'd go again. When she tired of the game she'd drop the ball in the toilet, then go to her real dog water bowl. We never did figure out the toilet......... |
| I've taught Tiggy to chase a ball. But bringing it back, well she's not so good at that. She runs after it, catches it and runs back to me, but then she runs around and around me in a big circle, kind of playing keepings off with me. I can get her to give me the ball, but I have to insist on it. |
| Asterisk doesn't fetch, but she DOES play a mean game of keep-away! She'll grab her favorite ball and drop it a few feet from you. Once you reach down to grab it, she snatches it and runs in circles around the yard. I swear she'd laughing as she does it! |
| Zeke wanted nothing to do with a ball or fetch. I'd throw something and he would run in the opposite direction. Almost like he was scared of whatever I threw. |
| Yes you'll have to train her. Mady is pretty good at fetching, she does run after it AND bring it back. I think her favourite part is the tug-of-war to get the toy back. Try it inside first, throw a toy, when she goes and gets it, call her back and give her lots of praise if she returns with the toy. Mady would fetch inside first, but not outside, then she'd fetch in the backyard, but not at the dog park, now she'll fetch (sometimes) at the dog park, but only if there are no other puppies to play with. |
| Thanks I'm going to train her everyday now, step by step Thanks! |
| Edgar does until he gets bored with it. We trained him but he loved to chase things as a puppy. So it was just incorporating the bring back part that we had to do. |
| Emma and Darby will play fetch and do enjoy it but like to run around more with the ball. Panda has no interest in it at all. I think it really just depends on the individual dog. I have a 5 year old that demands to go outside and run, run, run. She's so obnoxious at the back door... we're always having to push her back. In the early evening when everyone's getting ready for the last potty break of the day, she refuses to go outside when my husband calls her.  Instead, she comes over to me and won't budge because it will soon be our time to play fetch together outdoors. Poor Kathy and Nance... when we're talking on the phone, all they hear sometimes is fetch, right, left, go, sloooow, YES!, uh-uh, etc. as I guide her near the ball. She runs around with the ball for a bit, comes up to me, I take it out of her mouth and tell her to fetch again... then throw the ball again. Kaytee's got very little vision in the one eye she has but she adores our modified version of fetch. Bumble loves to chase a ball and is getting much better about releasing it so we can throw it again so we took it to the next step using a laundry basket to put them in. http://oesusa.com/Page257.html Some enjoy the game, some REALLY enjoy it... others just simply don't. |
Mine fetch then run back to me and Keep on going !!!!  It's like Oooooh we retrieved you can see but you cant have back.   Fetching a stick and off past me and keep on going, mum can see I brought it back but she cant have it back it's mine mine mine  |
Mim wrote: I've taught Tiggy to chase a ball. But bringing it back, well she's not so good at that. She runs after it, catches it and runs back to me, but then she runs around and around me in a big circle, kind of playing keepings off with me. I can get her to give me the ball, but I have to insist on it. yup panda does the exact same thing! |
| Butch came to us at 12 wks pretty much knowing how to fetch, he does bring it back but wants to play tug a war before he drops it for another chase. |
| Both my OES fetch and love to do it But they were raised with Labrador retrievers so I don't know if that has anything to do with it.They also will pick something up in the house (too hot to retrieve outside) drop in in our lap and back away so we can throw it up on the air they catch it and return it to our laps. Guinness did this when he visited nursing homes in pt. Molly just picked it up. |
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