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Originally Posted by moondog  If they have enough prey drive, they're great at the retrieving, anyway. Chili's favorite "games" are when we work with her dumbbell and our just started directed retrieve......she's a rocket both out and back! She absolutely LOVES the pivot spin, the mark, the send, and especially the GLOVE in the directed retrieve. Those are both obedience exercises, but to her it's just a really fun game to play. She also has high prey and pack drives and has always had a strong natural retrieve. I think that's the difference, not the breed. |
Well, I know that he has high prey drive...there is not a deer, or critter that he does not want to chase.
If I throw a ball....he will run after it....but if he brings it back it's another story.
Or just throwing something up in the air for him to catch, he may catch it, or he may not.
I was thinking of the breed as a whole though...since I board mostly Golden Retrievers and Labs...now those are breeds that will jump in the air to catch things and retrieve for hours if you let them. They don't seem to have the prey drive though (and that is what makes them such easy, and good family members).
Chili's got the retrieve all figured out.
Baxter thinks tracking is more fun.
Gina