Minna and Supi, pyrenean shepherd 1,5years

Maybe I should start to play with net balls, without release at first. He runs well after a rolling net ball, much eagerly thanother kind of balls. But it’s only one throw?

Here is a session with food jumps and some offering. Wing he offered himself also. You are right that he never feels pressured when he offers himself. He is just very ”slow” offerer compared to my other dog (who is the opposite, offers all the time something and too much) that I feel myself that I need to help him to be more active? He wanted to play himself after offerings, sometimes if I try to start the play after food and he still would like to do with food, he feels pressured and doesn’t want to play. I have therefore played after food only if he does the initiates it and graps for the toy which is in my hind pocket. I had net balls again and I think he was more relaxed than in previous video. In this video, he doesn’t come after me once, instead starts to chew the netball. He has never done this before with netballs but he has done this with squeeky balls which we have started to play. What should I do when he starts to chew the toy on his own. He has the same with balls without rope.

Thanks! Yes, I have tried in between behaviours with squeeky balls and I think he loves it when I chase him a bit and he runs away a bit and starts to chew the ball. Then I have started to play with another ball. I have mostly played with squeeky balls inside, because somehow he plays better there, at the moment when I come downstairs in the morning.
Here is the session from this morning. My plan was to do some backing onto the pillow and food jumps with food. However, he noticed the toys in my pocket and wasn’t very keen on working with food. He started to shake himself (which I see usually when he is frustrated) and he dropped food because I tried to throw it, not good. I did some food jumps and let him play. I think he played quite well, once I try in between this sneaking onto him and he was a bit surprised because I haven’t done with these toys it. He sometimes now doesn’t come after me with tugging toys, somehow he has learned it from ball games. However he comes to play well with another toy without any cues. I think he releases very well now. I have mostly rewarded him with another toy and he starts to anticipate it a bit. I have done once in a session so that I reward him with the same toy and it went well. How should I proceed with releases, or do I still continue like this?
After play, I worked a bit with food and he was better than before the play. I think I should do food plays only in the evening, when he is more hungry. I think he is much eager then.

Thanks! Our session before this was a bit too difficult for him (or me). I think I did too many releases, maybe four and actually he releases now very well and starts to anticipate. Also I heard that my baby was crying all the time with my man so it was too much disturbance for us both. Then he suddenly stopped the play and started to lick my face like ”don’t worry mum”. I tried not to make it a big issue and we played a bit then after a pause.

In this session I tried to sneak into the toy when he started to bite it. Here I think also he starts to anticipate releasing the toy and once he dropped the toy without any cue after he had won it (he noticed it and went after the toy again?). Overall I think his balance between play and releases is now quite good and I think he has activated to pull and shake himself!

• This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by Minna Päivärinta.

Yes, thank you? We kept a little with training. Then we have done some training with lotus ball which has improved and also squeeky balls start to be more interesting now. It’s difficult to take a video, especially with balls because we move quite a lot. Also I think food has improved and I have mostly done foos jumps when we are on walk in the forest, for some reason he is very eager there. Maybe he is relaxed and in the garden he may wait for the toy or going onto the walk and he feels the food as a disappointment.
I think he releases the toy very good, I think sometimes too good, he anticipates a lot. Here he started to play with a new toy in my hand but sometimes it’s difficult for him and he quits playing and comes to lick my face. It seems to be easier if I throw the new toy. In the end I say to him ”that’s enough” and he takes my hat and plays a bit with it but then he wants to quit and I think he feels somehow pressured and he starts to lick my face somehow nervously and shake himself. Then he goes to sniff something for some time (I edited some time away) and comes and wants to play again and I play. It’s not seen on the video but I did a release and he didn’t want to play anymore after that. Maybe it was too much but somehow these releases make him pressured and he quits. Or then it was just too much in a one play session. Also I think I somehow feel anxious myself ”what about if he feels pressured and stops” and I’m a bit afraid of that. I think I would need some advice what to do when he suddenly stops and comes to lick my face. I have tried not to care, but I think sometimes he sees that I’m a bit worried and it’s not good because he is extremely sensitive.