Wednesday, February 11th, 2015

[ecchi]

This puppy I'm looking after has no idea how to "catch". I don't mean that he has not learnt how to catch yet, I mean that he has no understanding of the concept of catch. If you throw him a dog treat he calmly sits there while it hits him in the face, then stares at you with a look that says "Why did you do that?"

[ArtWilliams]

ecchi,

What breed of dog is it? Some dogs don't catch. I have a toy breed (King Charles Cavalier Spaniel / Bichon Frize) and she's never had an interest in catching. I am sure I can train her -- dogs will do anything for treats -- but there is no natural instinct there.

Originally Posted by ecchi

This puppy I'm looking after has no idea how to "catch". I don't mean that he has not learnt how to catch yet, I mean that he has no understanding of the concept of catch. If you throw him a dog treat he calmly sits there while it hits him in the face, then stares at you with a look that says "Why did you do that?"

Afternoon peoples! Fighting a cold here and totally immersed in getting my house purged and prettied as we are selling in April (and moving in June hopefully).

No one buys porn anymore but I can't stop making pages. Is there a program for that?

Have a great day!

[ecchi]

Originally Posted by artwilliams

What breed of dog is it? Some dogs don't catch.

Rhodesian Ridgeback. It's natural instinct is to hunt lions. Seriously! The breed was created to heard lions towards the hunters and, if things went wrong and it looked like the lion was going to kill the hunter, ridgebacks are supposed to be able to kill the lion. Gonna be interesting when the puppy is fully grown. When it misbehaves it's owner is going to have to discipline an animal that can take out a lion! I wish him good luck with that!

The bit that surprises me most about the catch thing is that my friend has two dogs and I am looking after both (plus his two cats) while he is away. The other dog can catch, and the puppy normally looks up to the older dog. So when I toss the older dog a treat and he catches it, then toss the puppy a treat, I would expect him to try and copy the older dog and at least attempt to catch the damn thing. But he just sits there like an idiot and lets the treat hit him, then looks at me with a hurt expression because he thinks I am throwing things at him!

[ArtWilliams]

As a teen, I had a friend who owned a Rhodesian Ridgeback. Sacred the shit out of me, it was so big and muscular. Thing is, all it did was lay on it's back and lick it's massive balls! Never saw him catch either!

Originally Posted by ecchi

Rhodesian Ridgeback. It's natural instinct is to hunt lions. Seriously! The breed was created to heard lions towards the hunters and, if things went wrong and it looked like the lion was going to kill the hunter, ridgebacks are supposed to be able to kill the lion. Gonna be interesting when the puppy is fully grown. When it misbehaves it's owner is going to have to discipline an animal that can take out a lion! I wish him good luck with that!

The bit that surprises me most about the catch thing is that my friend has two dogs and I am looking after both (plus his two cats) while he is away. The other dog can catch, and the puppy normally looks up to the older dog. So when I toss the older dog a treat and he catches it, then toss the puppy a treat, I would expect him to try and copy the older dog and at least attempt to catch the damn thing. But he just sits there like an idiot and lets the treat hit him, then looks at me with a hurt expression because he thinks I am throwing things at him!