friend's dog LOVED to play fetchThis dog, some sort of retriever, was absolutely mental about playing fetch. If there was anything fetchable in the area and there were people around, the dog would not rest until you either played fetch or put it outside.
What was worse was what happened if you played fetch: it wouldn't stop. It would chase after the ball at absolute full velocity and return it the same, demanding you throw it again immediately. After a few dozen throws the dog would be sucking air fiercly, but still just as determined to fetch. We were all convinced it would chase a ball off of a cliff.
Of course we never did that, as that would be awful, but we did notice that when we threw the ball near the yard's wooden fence the dog would crash into the fence in its craze to get to the ball as fast as possible. So, then, the game became figuring how just how to throw the ball so that the dog would crash into the fence with the most force. Not too much of a story, I know, but man she hit that fence HARD.
(What was worse was what happened if you played fetch: it wouldn't stop. It would chase after the ball at absolute full velocity and return it the same, demanding you throw it again immediately. After a few dozen throws the dog would be sucking air fiercly, but still just as determined to fetch. We were all convinced it would chase a ball off of a cliff.
Of course we never did that, as that would be awful, but we did notice that when we threw the ball near the yard's wooden fence the dog would crash into the fence in its craze to get to the ball as fast as possible. So, then, the game became figuring how just how to throw the ball so that the dog would crash into the fence with the most force. Not too much of a story, I know, but man she hit that fence HARD.
Pee-Bob,
Thu 16 Oct 2003, 8:47,
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my grandads dog...would make a hell of a mess of his lawn, shat everywhere. it loved to play fetch too. if the lawn was dry, he would nimbly (is that a word?) avoid the dog-eggs that he had deposited, if the grass was wet however, you could throw in such a way as to make him skid through his crap. then you go inside and leave a shit-covered dog . that'll learn him
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manolith hooray for me,
Fri 17 Oct 2003, 11:41,
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