Comment by callamdelaney
Comment by callamdelaney 17 hours ago
They get to retrieve things but not constantly like I often see people doing. Eg throw ball with wanger [0], dog gets ball, person throws ball again ad infinitum. The constant thing is the key, we don’t let an unhealthy obsession develop is the point I'm making which looking back on my comment is pretty obvious.
Spaniels are all rounders in terms of their working - they’re as happy to flush, work ground or retrieve. 2/3 (and have done some light work) of ours are reasonably well trained but as mentioned they’re normally happier having a good sniff than picking up a tennis ball.
Probably living in the countryside that’s more interesting than chasing a plastic ball about all day.
On the topic of ad-infinitum ball throwing there are literally people automating this task [1] which I think is pretty terrible.