My puppy won't fetch!

Seriously, what's up with this?! My dog must be crazy. Isn't fetch supposed to be something that dogs all love to do?

Well my puppy just likes to run away with whatever you throw for her. Her favorite game is chase!

Does anyone else have a dog that doesn't like to play fetch?

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Permalink Reply by Nicola Porter on April 30, 2009 at 4:23pm

Crazy, I don't remember how LO knows but he is mental about fetch. He even has to put in my hand otherwise I won't play. He is a little over nine months. He is so awesome at catching the ball that I am going to video it.

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Permalink Reply by Cynthia + Griffey + Charlie on May 1, 2009 at 12:22am

Charlie, our Pembroke is a rescue, and when we first got him, he didn't play. He'd just bark widly at Griffey who was playing fetch.
Eventually, he started going after the ball, but would drop it as soon as he got it.
Recently, he started bringing it back to me, but drops it about 3 feet in front of where I'm standing. If I'm lucky, it rolls right to me ;)

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Permalink Reply by Lou Ann Lemaster on May 1, 2009 at 12:31am

Duncan will do the same thing Charlie does,occasionally. He'll bring it back to me and stop about 6 feet away, wanting me to walk over and pick it up, trying to get me to play like he does with my husband. I stand my ground and tell him closer. He'll finally nudge it closer with his nose and then I'll pick it up.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy on May 7, 2009 at 4:56pm

Not all dogs fetch. My first Corgi was an outstanding ball player. Just loved it! My 2 boys...they only want to chase
the dog that's doing the fetching. It's the herding instinct at work. Chase the dog, not the ball.

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Permalink Reply by Lauren + Winston on May 7, 2009 at 10:47pm

Winston won't fetch...he takes it, runs away, runs back with it and won't let you get it.

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Permalink Reply by Jessica on May 7, 2009 at 11:35pm

I wonder if that's a Corgi trait...it seems a lot of us have dogs that do this! This is exactly what my Charlie does. She loves to chase it and get it, but then is a tease about it and wants YOU to chase HER. Ugh! I'm too lazy for that, that's her job! lol

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Permalink Reply by Danny and Kate on May 12, 2009 at 7:51pm

mine won't either!! he will run towards the ball, pick it up, and just put it back down. if he does carry it he will take it some where else, not back to me.

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Permalink Reply by Maddy & Keke on May 21, 2009 at 7:42am

After 3 mths of "chase me" "drop it" "come get it yourself", Keke finally understood that she is supposed to get the ball n drop it at my feet. If more than one person is at home, she will choose who she want to drop the ball for :-)

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Permalink Reply by Leeloo Dallas on May 21, 2009 at 8:39am

Well I don't have much experience with Corgis (yet), but my Jack Russell absolutely will not play fetch. If you throw a toy for her she just looks at you like, "Well that was dumb, now you have to go get it!" She much prefers to play tug of war or just entertain herself with her toys.

Now, my friend's Corgi will play fetch until he can barely stand from exhaustion. Ein is just obsessed with fetch--even after an hour he's still ready for more. You really just have to give him the toy and completely ignore him to get him to rest.

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Permalink Reply by Amanda & Tuck on May 21, 2009 at 12:35pm

Tucker will play fetch inside or in the backyard. At the dog park or at my brothers house with his dogs he never fetches the ball - he lets the other dogs get it and runs along with them each time. He likes fetch because it gets the other dogs running around so he can attempt to herd them.

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Permalink Reply by Kyle, Megan and Loki on July 20, 2009 at 6:26pm

Loki took a while to realize we weren't throwing away his toys to tick him off and eventually he started to return, but no sooner took a week or so. Loki is another stand away and 'taunt' you with the toy you cannot reach.

Loki can also catch the ball alot and tries to dive for it as you throw it, sometimes succeeding then too, if not getting hit in the head. Good thing corgis have hard heads (or at least mine does)