Playing Fetch

Not many dogs will stay its in their nature to chase that stupid ball lol. Why would you want him to stay the whole point is for him to chase the ball and get his excercise.

My dog loves to play fetch and will bring it back, but just out of reach. I tell him"I'm not playing!" and look away, and then he'll give it to me. Or I wait and hold out my hand and eventually he gives it to me. Some dogs are stubborn I guess. Sounds like your dog just loves to fetch and staying is hard to do.

Hello Grandpa Bob! Buster is so cute! I have an Australian Shepard who loves to play fetch. She likes sticks better than a ball. I have taught her to go get the stick and bring it back to me. She is funny. She will get the stick but before I can take it from her she puts one side of the stick in her mouth so I have the other side to grab on to. She does this on her own I didnt teach her that. I always say "drop" and tell her "sit" before I throw it for her. Now she is to the point where she sets it on my lap and sits automaticly. But as soon as its thrown she is off to go get it. I havent tried to make her stay while I throw it and say "go get it" before she can go get it. Maybe I will but I doubt she will stay. She is to much of a freak about sticks like Buster and his ball. LOL! Maybe a destraction would work like a treat. Show the treat and then throw the stick/ball. Keep her/him occupied with the treat then say "go get the stick/ball". You never know it might work but probably not. ~May The Kisses Of An Angel Cover And Protect You Always~ Copper

I don't have a dog right now but I do have a cat that likes to play fetch, believe it or not. She'll bring on of her toys or sometimes the ring thingie from a milk jug and lay it at my feet and waits for me to throw it, then she'll go get is and bring it back. Sometimes she tire of it quickly but other times she'll do it until my arm is ready to fall off. Annie

Our dogs will go after the ball and then not bring it back. They will wander to the other side of the yard and sit down and try to eat the ball. It is not fun playing with them.

Well my dog is really into playing fetch. But He doesn't last too cause he loses interest very fast. Once he is done its like he doesn't even know how to fetch a toy anymore!! :)

Yes he does but it so happens they take the ball and run with it to go chew on it for a bit and once it's all nasty they bring it back and want me to throw it again.. I mean yuck..lol I am not touching dog spit and drool.. I do want to though get them to bring it back to me with out having me chasing them all around the yard.. Good luck huh? lol

Gissi prefers to play fetch with his Chewy lol very rare he will play with a ball and then he will only play in the House If I take him to field all he wants to do is run once I have taken the lead of but he is quite good at staying and coming back eventually lol

I love this time of year for taking the dogs out and playing fetch. They just love that they're finally able to run around and enjoy the outdoors. Although I must admit my lab and terrier love winter time too! The chihuahua hates anything cold or wet. She's a summer gal! LOL Glad you take the time to enjoy your pups!

Does my dog play with balls? Does he return it? You may as well ask me if I love chocolate. My dalmation is obessed with balls.. any kind of balls. when the vet banned him from playing with balls, he proceeded to rip the fruit trees apart, as the fruit are shaped like balls. He always returns the balls.He wont follow any other commands, least of all sit. He is very disobedient. My mini fox terrier on the other hand, is not at all interested in balls. I will attach a photo of our dalmation, Max.

Hi GRANDPA BOB! Our dog play fetch with me and my husband and our dogs do fetch the ball and dropped them infront of us. They don't want to sit either unless they got tired waiting for me to throw the ball again. I guess, our dogs just don't want to stay or sit because they want to play fetch over and over again. Just my thoughts dear. Take care and have a nice day! :)

I have a White German Shepherd puppy and not only are they very smart, but very stubborn too.. so far, she will go after the ball, come half way to me and then take off in the other direction..Of course if I said drop it, she will, but not anywhere near me.. All I can say is keep working with your dog, which btw, your dog is beautiful, my Dad used to breed beagles and actually I would have wanted a beagle and not a German Shepherd, but this is what came into our lives and now she is a part of the family..

I've been able to teach my dogs to shake, sit, stay and speak but to get them to stay when I threw a ball was something that I couldn't get them to understand so if you get the right answer and it works, I'd be ever so happy to hear what it is! LOL

We have a ball obsessed poodle. Nothing on earth will make him sit still if you throw that ball. He does return it, and if you pretend to ignore him when he brings back the ball, he'll throw it at you.

I don't ever remember having a dog that fetched, like that because we never had a yard so I just took him for a walk.

Sable (part Golden Retriever part Boxer) doesn't totally understand the whole fetch thing. She does wait for you to throw it, we're usually on the deck so she'll run to the railing and see where it lands. Then she'll go get it and bring it back to us, but won't let us have it. She doesn't get that she has to let it go for us to throw it for her again...

We do not have a dog, but we do have two cats. Don't laugh. One of our cats, Sass likes to play fetch. He drops his little 'mousie' right in my lap waiting for me to toss it agin. Maybe Buster will learn to stay with the ball after a while.

We play fetch with my dog also. We throw balls, chew ropes, chew bones and some toys for him to go and get and bring back to us. He will stay until he is told to go fetch it also. He knows all of his toys by name. If we tell him to get his chew bone, he knows exactly what we mean. If we tell him to get his rope, he knows that one too, etcetera. Dogs are so smart.

LOl I don't have a dog AGB so I have to play fetch with the kids instead! I wish they wouldn't complain so much about getting tired! Hugs xxx

hi Grandpa Bob wish I had a dog, oh a beagle what fun but my apt complex wont allow pets alas.When we had our own house Ihad amutt named Swap and she loved to play ball with me, but she also refused to sit when we played ball.she would always bring me the ball but she would not sit. not there anyway. she would at other times.