When the puppies were smaller, I invented a game called “Give It To Mommy.” What’s funny now is that if I turn to Rodrigo and say “Give It To Mommy” he’ll run to get a toy and Sydney will wait with excitement, because it’s tug-of-war / chase time. We tug toys back and forth and then I chase them or they chase me. It’s quite silly and it was so cute when they weighted about 25-30 pounds.
We’re still playing it at 70 pounds. They’re stronger than me. And they don’t get the concept of fetch and return. Each game of fetch automatically morphs to a game of Give It To Mommy when I’m around. Johan has better luck with them.
My advice to you is have fun with tug-of-war, but be sure to differentiate that at a young age from fetch and return. I still think we can teach the dogs fetch so I found this video that I’m going to try out with the pups.
YouTube Video: Teach Your Dog Fetch!
April 11, 2012 at 6:16 pm
hi kimberly, i was entrying a giveaway on another blog and had to subscribe to you by a rss reader,but when i clicked the link in the rafflecopter ,it did not work,it went to a whole page of words.i thought you might want to check it out. you could be losing following if its not working. thanks darlene
April 11, 2012 at 6:30 pm
Wow! Thanks so much for letting me know, Darlene! I’ll check it out.
Kimberly
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