Games

Janice · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject:

The trouble is Dale wants to rest during the day and play in the evening. He has a good hour's run before breakfast and then settles til after lunch, another walk/training for at least an hour and then snoozes til about 7ish but then he comes to life! He's been like that since he was 8 weeks old. I'd hoped that fitting in a 3rd walk just about tea time would help him settle. I'll admit I do feel guilty if I just tell him to go away after all we chose to get a dog. Maybe we should have training classes every night.....John's worst nightmare Confused

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Janice · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject:

I'm sure our neighbours think I'm nuts already. all that changing direction and stopping when Dale pulls means we never just walk along the road like sane people. He always wants to pull when we set off first thing in the morning.
I'll try the envelope through the door idea. At least that would be a useful job for him and i don't want him to get bored.
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Janice · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:16 pm Post subject:

Nicola I don't think I do that much with Dale. I just do a bit of training before he gets to play on walks or while I'm waiting for the kettle to boil or things like that so we do odd 5 minutes rather than longer 2o minute sessions.
I suppose I remember how good a life Sam had at this stage. As well as walks he spent hours playing cricket and football. The children introduced a new rule to cricket-dog stop- if Sam had the ball Henry could only score 6 runs because he'd taught Sam to keep the ball until he was told to drop it only by Henry of course Confused

But you'll be glad to know he's fast asleep just now.
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Lorna · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject:

Basil even plays the relaxing game in training class. Embarassed

Tonight my wee beagle is depressed and has gone to bed in the huff with the world.
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John Thomson · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject:

Janice....unless you buy a flock of sheep for him to take up and down your street.......you are in for a busy time with him Laughing

He is loving being in the advanced class though..........but as with most working collies instinct tells him to down for a stay and not sit! Watch a sheep dog working and you will see this is instinct for them.......very difficult to stop.
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Karen · Guest

feeling very lazy now,
my guys just lie down and sleep after walks, I am sorry but we don't play games in house at all, games are for outside I'm afraid, though I do plenty of them on our frequent walks,
like fetch and hide and seek and such like, and we play in garden, but without trying to sound a bore we only play if I instigate play time my dogs don't chose when playtime is that's my job....

Stephen · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:48 pm Post subject:

Suzanne H · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:24 am Post subject:

Otto plays the "let's pretend I'm deaf" game.

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Janice · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:32 am Post subject:

Dale likes the' lets pretend I'm deaf' game too. Only I think at times he really is so focused on one thing that he honestly doesn't hear. Like me and a good book.

John don't joke about sheep I've heard of people who have bought sheep for their dogs Laughing

But I think Dale will have to settle for something cheaper like agility perhaps when he's a bit older.
Collies aren't dogs their a way of life Laughing

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John Thomson · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:35 am Post subject:

One indoor game Emily plays is 'find the ball'......she made it up herself a couple of years ago.

She will put them into a room them into a stay......she will them take the ball and hide it somewhere in the house but she drags the ball along the floor.........so the dogs have to follow the scent to find it....the dogs love the anticipation of the release from the stay and never move until she tells them to 'go find the ball'.....Murphy always wins Very Happy

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Janice · Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:07 pm Post subject:

Dale plays find the ball and the odd thing is he SITS for ages while I move around from room to room.
He even sits outside while I hide it inside but he won't sit on Tuesday nights Twisted Evil

I can get him to sit while I hoover, that's a real achievement , and to show off he'll sit at my side while I throw a ball and not chase it until he's told to. So why not in class?
I'm still working on getting him to hold it when he sits in front of me when he brings it back. He still drops it too soon.
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