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Good games for a herding dog?
I messed up. I have a Border Collie, and was playing with him one day. He was chasing me around the yard and loved it.
Now, the idiot I am, I didn't realize he was trying to "herd" me, until the next time I was out and he tried to chase me again and begain nipping at my jacket. Every time I head outside with my work jacket he tries to play the same game. What sort of thing can I replace this with? He won't fetch a ball.
Gawd, I'm an idiot. I know this. But I'd love suggestions on how to fix this.
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Re: Good games for a herding dog?
I know I'm not the original poster....but that is SUCH a good idea! I'm totally trying that with my Aussie!
Has yours ever bit through and popped it? Should I get two right away in case the first one dies too quickly?
Google "treiball" and you'll get some great videos for this on YouTube. It's basically dogs herding large balls through an obstacle course. It's from Germany, I think, and still pretty new in the U.S. but one of the schools in my area is trying to get a class going, so I guess it may be catching on.
"The hardest thing is to live richly in the present without letting it be tainted out of fear for the future or regret for the past." - Sylvia Plath
Your Aussie should love it! You want to get the ones with the cartoon characters - for some reason, they are a lot thicker than the marbelized or solid color ones. And we always keep a spare or two around. It's a sad day in our house when a ball pops.
With the non-cartoon ones, he does bite right through them. The cartoon ones seem to last even though he bites at them sometimes. They don't really ever pop either - they just kind of shrink down after a while.
And I've seen treiball around. If we ever give up flyball and agility, I think we'll give it a shot.
I taught my GSD duck-duck-goose. It gives him a controlled setting to chase, complete with lots of rules, which he loves. I use our hand signals for sit and wait, and goose has to be followed up with 'go'. It reinforced listening for commands even when we're running around and being silly. You could also make a game of red light-green light. If you ever play by playgrounds or if you have neices or nephews, they go nuts when they see dogs playing games they know and it made my big dog less intimidating to kids.
His herding instinct came out in full force when he started organizing his toys. One by one, he'd move the pile from room to room. I'd find a pile of toys in the bathtub. An hour later, next to my bed. Then in his crate. I gave him a laundry basket and taught him to put the toys away. He's a crazy dog.