The Dogmother Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Clicky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakjon-98 Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Very clever Wish I could have one of those for mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Love it!! Sweet doggie too- I wonder how long he plays with that in one session?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 I like how he's trained the dog to put the ball back in the chute, but i'd worry about it getting obsessed about it - can you imagine a border collie doing that? I'd wear it down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasperaliceuk Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I have seen this and loved it. My dog would too. Cheaper option for not techies which I have trained Milo to do is to get a length of plastic drainpipe. He puts the ball at the top and then chases it down. Not quite as dramatic as an automatic ball chucker though! Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinsk Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Brilliant, my border collie would think all his birthdays and Christmases had come at once! The rottie really doesn't get fetch, by the third throw he's fed up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Ruby is reasonably good at chasing the ball and will bring it back sometimes but not being a retrieving breed, she just doesn't get it and when she's decided that i have learned how to throw a ball she goes off to find something to kill Cyrus just chases Ruby, if he picks up a ball by mistake he drops it in horror... poor boy can't help being a ginger eejit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I've seen this video before - it's great! I really need one of these, Tango is totally ball obsessed and drives us potty trying to get us to play ball in the house (we usually end up having to take the ball away from her to get some peace). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Leia Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Love it. The only problem would be that we would need something with a much longer throw for our Border Collie. A trebuchet, perhaps? In our garden we have 8 steps up from the patio to the garden. Our old BC invented his own game. He would stand on the top step, nudge the ball over the edge, watch it bounce down then chase after it; go back up and repeat. Unless there was someone on the patio to throw it back, in which case he used to adjust the "nudge" trajectory so that the ball always rolled to a halt by your feet, no matter where you were standing. He was uncannily accurate, as well, bless him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Fabulous!!! Willow doesn't get the whole idea of "fetch" - she has a collie friend who plays fetch ENDLESSLY - Willow just stares at her clearly thinking "what ARE you doing that for - she threw it, let her fetch it"!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 That's hounds for you; they just don't see the point Ruby has a wee bit of beardie collie in her and will retrieve to a point, when she says 'now that you know that game Mum, can I go play on my own?' LBB's Dylan was retrieving beautifully from around their house yesterday; he brought me all sorts of toys including his pink fluffy princess handbag in fact I think he retrieved everything but the cat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Thats brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I have a lab who retrieves....a lab who chases the retriever...and a lab who watches the ball fly & looks at us as much to say "you want it? YOU fetch it!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 I have a lab who retrieves....a lab who chases the retriever...and a lab who watches the ball fly & looks at us as much to say "you want it? YOU fetch it!" Cyrus does that .. Ruby will chase a ball or frisbee for a limited amount of time until she decides that I have learned that trick and it's time to move on. Cyrus will chase her but doesn't have the faintest idea what to do if he accidentally gets the ball... Bless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
