Hippy Shake the Toy Poodle LOVES playing it her toys. But that wasn’t always the case. It was a lot of work to convince Hippy Shake that her toys were lots of fun to play with. She liked toys, but she wasn’t a big fan of interactive toys. She didn’t really like toys as a reward, and it would be important for us to use them as a reward when we would play dog agility with her. She didn’t naturally tug either. It took a little work for her to enjoy the game of tug. And we really had to work on the value of a tug toy for her to understand how to play tug of war. In this video you’ll learn how to teach your dog to play tug of war, and how to help your dog to love playing with dog toys!
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My dog is a year old and is intent on tearing apart any plush toys and eating what's inside. 🙂 Any suggestions on how to teach him to play gently with soft toys?
Hi, my dog is an ex working border collie. She has never had toys in her life, because she was always working, but now she is retired, I want to get her a cheap, simple toy. Do you have any recommendations?
I recently adopted a 4-5 year old little mutt I named Daisy. She is well behaved but gets nervous when I leave her at home, I've tried getting her some differente toys but also don't want to break the bank going through toys until she likes one. The only thing that she really likes are chicken bones, I give her the big ones when I am cooking. She doesn't like pretty much anything else. I also had to teach her to walk on a leash and she definitely hasn't gotten to fetch yet. How can I get her to engage with a toy so when I'm not at home she's not just waiting for me?
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First of all I'd like to apologise for my english. I had five difficult years of having a dog not playing with any toy. My dog is seven years old now. I found him two years old stray, already growned up and not interested in any kind of toys. The only thing that triggers him is food. At first I teached him to high five two years ago. But still when he comes across with a ball he avoides it, like a dodge ball player. So today was the day. After this video, I sayed to my self that I would try to teach my dog to play with a ball. I have an antistress ball very soft and bouncing. The one side has a little hole perfect to fit a small "reward" for my friend. I've put in there one treat and fill my pocket with plenty , to see how he will react. First I got his attention to the ball and every time he looked at it I reward him with the ones from my pocket.That was the first five minutes! Next five minutes I throwed the ball and as soon as he was going to it I gave him a treat! In the next few minutes he grabed the ball with his mouth and brought it to me. I almost cryed! I gave him all the treats I had in my pocket! For the rest half hour we are playing fetch in the living room and my husband left his office just to watch us playing finaly after all this time. My advice don't give up on your dog. Yours might need a lot of time but it's worth it!
I adopter a 4 year old shelter dog. She doesnt even look at her toys even if there is food involved. What can I do?
I have an 8 yr old chihuahua and his son, a 4 yr old chorkie. I recently got them from my uncle, who, in which, never really had time to take proper care of them. They were never properly socialized and never really had toys. I bought them some but they were never interested, they’re only interested in cuddling, pets, and tummy rubs
I have a 5 year old chow chow.. Butt he does not like toys at all and is zero percent interested in them.. I have tried toys with pouches with treats in them but no interest.. He loves the treats but as soon as it's in the toy he becomes un interested in them.. Please help
My dog likes tugging but stops after a little bit and wants me to throw the toy, I don't have any other dogs to make it a competition. What else can I do?
I just ran across your views and love them. I would like to ask can you teach a dog to play with toys if they do not show any interest. My little boy loves walk and car rides but never plays with toys. ? my other one is always playing ball. I love your poodle. I just lost my little boy a year ago.
This was super helpful!
This is super cool and the puppy is so cute!