Last weekend, we took HRH's ball down with us when we walked her in the field downstairs. We tossed the ball, she flew across the field to retrieve it and it won her a following of kids who tagged after us, all wanting to take a turn to throw the ball for the dog. She kept on running to get the ball. But she soon stopped returning it.
We thought we should upgrade the ball to a frisbee. I mean, frisbees, running dogs, grassy field all kinda go together, right? And not just any old cheap China-made plastic disc for HRH but a Canadian-made, vet-approved (yes, it said so on the label), soft-to-the-mouth designed-specially-for-dogs frisbee. It's that red thing on the couch next to her -- it isn't a solid disc like the classic frisbee design, the little cut-throughs are meant for dog jaws to clomp through in a leaping catch.
It flies perfectly. It sailed fluidly across the field. Watched by a Schnauzer who made no move to run for it nor to retrieve it. So there we were, L and I tossing the frisbee too and fro, while making encouraging noises to HRH to join in while she just stood there and looked.
Anyone wants an almost brand new frisbee? Vi? Toby?
1 comment:
How nice that you have a dog who will fetch at least part of the time. "Fetch it yourself" has been sheila's motto ever since day #1. She LOVES chasing balls, but once she gets them, she drops them becasue she just knows that I want to walk the length of a field to pick up the ball that is lying at her feet and throw it for her again. Grrr.
My next dog will be a retriever. Surely a dog with "retriever" in its name must be good at actually, you know, retrieving things, right?
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