Staceybob Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Hello! My husky wont play fetch with me D=, I've used rope toys, teddies, squeekers, tennis balls, but nothing. She will pick it up every now and again, but not very often and soon gets distracted. I've tried acting like it's the most amazing thing in the world, and she's still not interested. If I use my clicker when she actually picks it up she just becomes more interested in the food. I just want to be able to play with my dog D= Any ideas? Stacey xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 have u tried different games with her like tug of war n stuff? out of 3 ov mine, only 1 plays fetch - bings will ONLY play fight with me or play tug of war and skyla prefers tug or just playing with her rope toy on her own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bec Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Some dogs just aren't interested in fetch, though if you want to, you can shape them to pick things up and bring them to you. I did this for the retrieve exercise in obedience because my dog is not a natural retriever If she's more interested in the food than the object when you are clicker training take it a step back and shape it. C/T for ANY behaviour towards the item you want her to pick up - looking at it, touching it etc. This article explains it well: http://www.shirleychong.com/keepers/retrieve.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebe03 Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Polee only plays fetch when near water and then only with a stick if I throw it into the water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renniwano Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Neo will only play fetch.. when he's in the mood for it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjk Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 mine will; play fetch sometimes for a couple of throws then they wont . make it as fun as possible for the best chance of success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
instant-classic Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Mine will play tug o war too he loves it but fetch eerrrrrrr not so much.... maybe like 2-3 times then i just get the ..... you threw it you fetch it look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 mine won't play fetch either - they just look at me as if to say "you threw it - you go and fetch it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #2 Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Huskies are not retrievers...unless of course you toss a mouse or a bunny...then they might bring it back with a big, proud, husky smile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamo Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 mine never plays fetch he picks it up comes back and then when you go to grab it he runs away and then it turns into a game of catch me if you can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #1 Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Fox loves fetch.... he just won't play it. Sounds strange but really that's the case...when we're at the dog park and someone else is playing fetch with their dog...he will run with the dog going after it's ball...he generally keeps pace with however fast or slow the other dog is running...and if it's an older dog he'll give it a head start. no interest in the actual ball...just in the running with another dog. So yes, Fox loves fetch...he just doesn't do it himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Huskies are not retrievers...unless of course you toss a mouse or a bunny...then they might bring it back with a big, proud, husky smile! lol Blaze plays - but he is the only 1 out of my 3 JcDi0rrb1uw Fox loves fetch.... he just won't play it. Sounds strange but really that's the case...when we're at the dog park and someone else is playing fetch with their dog...he will run with the dog going after it's ball...he generally keeps pace with however fast or slow the other dog is running...and if it's an older dog he'll give it a head start. no interest in the actual ball...just in the running with another dog. So yes, Fox loves fetch...he just doesn't do it himself. fox sounds like skyla lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mael Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Haha this topic is funny. Huskies can be so stubborn! I'll give my two cents, even though I've only had my puppy for a week and two days: Lucy plays fetch halfway. I can throw a toy and she'll go catch it so long as she is in a toy chasing mood-I swear she has more moods than a teenager! Once she gets to the toy she pounces on it and either chews on it, carries it elsewhere, or just walks away uninterested. I figure halfway is better than a quarter of the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahNukka&Shadow Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 I think its alot down to personality stuff like that, it took Nukka a little while to get it but she will now play fetch for ages! But Shadow is just not interested at all! He doesnt really do toys much he'll make an effort for the first few minutes (like say with fetch he'll chase the ball, or with tug he'll grab the toy and pull for abit) but he looses interst very quickly! What does Aleu do? Does she chase but not bring back or does she just stand there looking at you? If she'll chase it maybe just get a load of balls and just chuck them one at a time get her chasing them and picking them up at least so shes sort of playing with you? Move from there? And like Nix said theres always tug games or you can do hide the toy? you hide it maybe with some smellky reward in it so she can sniff it out and is motivated to find the toy! Sometimes just getting on the floor with them and sorta chasing around the room can get them playing but it depends like I said on her personality as to what kind of games she likes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnmw1208 Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 most huskies won't play fetch I have heard. But mine does lol. He will fetch allllllll day until he gets tired. I didn't teach him that he kinda learned it on his own as a puppy. I think he just wants us to play tug-o-war with his toy and keeps bringing it back to do so lol. he's probably like "why the heck do they keep throwing it away?" lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Our two are not interested either, throw a ball for Darwin and he looks at you "What? . . .What ?" Daughtry will chase a small bouncy ball around the floor. But neither will retrieve a ball. Throw a ball at Darwin to catch and it will bounce off his head every time. Echo (our GSD) on the other hand will play fetch until she collapses from exhaustion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs_aggie Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Neither of my dogs are interested in fetch, we just find other games to play with them. ie Nikita loves to chase a football so we'll play in the garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arooroomom Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Mine will only fetch their tug toys, they don't care about balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staceybob Posted December 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Hmm, maybe it's a husky thing then lol. Aleu will sometimes bring her ball or tug toy back. She will do it about.. twice and then just runs at the ball and past it, or she runs at it and straight back. If I try to play tug of war with her, she will play for about a minute and then she gets bored. She loves playing "find" though. I put her in a seperate room, rub a toy with my scent, hide it, then I bring her back in, get her to sniff my hand and then she is focused on searching it until she finds it. I could do that with her all afternoon. Stacey xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich & Kody Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Kody's the same, Wont play fetch, hardly plays tug. All he wants to do is play fight, or if you put a pair of gloves on he goes mad trying to get your hand out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny1275 Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Mickey's like Fox - won't play fetch with his own toys, but if there's another dog owner about with a ball-flinger, he goes barmy to play fetch - with the dog! He loves to chase, and he's learned that the ball flingers mean the other dog is going to be bombing about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zani Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Hi guys, please do not play fetch with tennis balls unless your dog have their puppy teeth. (which will fall out ofcourse) The glue that holds the tennis ball together reacts with the saliva in the dogs mouth causing a chemical reaction which eats teeth enamel - You can use tennis balls in the sea as the water washes away the saliva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meeshsalts Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Good post Mark +1 Hi guys, please do not play fetch with tennis balls unless your dog have their puppy teeth. (which will fall out ofcourse) The glue that holds the tennis ball together reacts with the saliva in the dogs mouth causing a chemical reaction which eats teeth enamel - You can use tennis balls in the sea as the water washes away the saliva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bec Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Hmm, maybe it's a husky thing then lol. Aleu will sometimes bring her ball or tug toy back. She will do it about.. twice and then just runs at the ball and past it, or she runs at it and straight back. If I try to play tug of war with her, she will play for about a minute and then she gets bored. Micha my Siberian plays fetch quite a bit - he loves it. A minute is quite a long time for a dog to play tug to begin with, it is quite a high energy activity. If I am playing tug I ALWAYS do it in short bursts and always finish when my dog is going nuts for it so I leave them wanting more (and I always take the tug toy and put it away). If I was being really serious about increasing the time and keenness they have for playing tug I would take all their toys away to start with, and use their favourite toy to play a tug game with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Miss Bump Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 ozzy won't fetch! lol he looks at me as if to say 'are you joking?!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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