Why do Dogs like to ....
carry, and, or fetch sticks? Play fetch with whatever, well, most whatever you throw? I asked Calvin, but all I got from the Dang Kid was a ... :R ... I don't think he even knows why? Some may ...
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BCSnob wrote:
Never though something for a Border Collie. They can out last your arm; and from that point on the item you threw is only good for fetch (including items like chew hooves). Fetch with a Border Collie only leads to a more fit Border Collie for more fetch and a sore arm.
That works for Aussies, too; which is why I have a "Chuck-it". More distance per fling.
All of my dogs have been stick-a-holics, and yes, they bring the stick right back at a dead run and throw it down at your feet for another toss. Jack the Cattle Dog would ONLY swim to fetch a stick; Ike used to run to the end of the dock, drop a stick in the water, and then run back to shore, swim out to get it, and repeat the cycle until I took it away when he started getting too tired. Jimmy does a "Happy Dance" if he finds a stick, an elaborate celebration involving tossing it in the air, bouncing around in circles, play-bowing to it, etc. Goofy dog :-)
There is a danger in owning a stick-a-holic: I was walking across the yard with a piece of threaded steel rod in my hand that we use to screw the dock legs into the lakebed. Jimmy thought it was a stick and tried to grab it out of my hand at a run - OUCH!! for BOTH of us!
