Resource guarding

[FrederykBlot]

I may go for 1/ and 3/

 

1/ => seems relevant, as he do it with toys, but not with others.. so maybe he's not that fluent about the "get back", or some toys he'd prefer not give them back

2/ => he's trained to drop, but drop is not even the issue : sometimes he doesn't even come back to me. He start to me, then a few meters before, he dodges and go somewhere else

3/ => that could be the better one : sometimes, he would fetch 2 times, and the third he would look at him, like saying "seriously hooman ? you lose your ball twice, and I get it back to you, and you still loosing it... do an effort DogNameIt !"

4/ => not really I think, because once he get on a spot, and I come to him to get the toy or start to tug, he doesn't run away and make me chase him

5/ => That can be, and it relates with the 3/ for me

6/ => I'm not sure on this one, when I approach to get the toy, or start a tug, he doesn't become tense, or growl, or anything... I think I'm considered trusty given the object, because yesterday, he was chewing on a bone, and I could approach and pet him without him having any reaction

 

I guess fetch is just not his thing... He'd rather go on walks and explore the world that running after the same toy over and over again

 

so I guess in those case, touching / grabbing toys is ok ?

when I touch / grab, it's not to tidy them, I would start a tug or fetch

I never confiscate them. He would sometimes finish a play session alone by going away and chewing on some, and I tidy the ones he's not on

I may have tidy some high value ones before to keep the rarity a source of joy for next time

 

 

 

[Adrienne]

so I guess in those case, touching / grabbing toys is ok ?

when I touch / grab, it's not to tidy them, I would start a tug or fetch

I never confiscate them. He would sometimes finish a play session alone by going away and chewing on some, and I tidy the ones he's not on

I may have tidy some high value ones before to keep the rarity a source of joy for next time

If the dog runs off with it, I would take it as a sign of the dog wanting to interact with the toy in a different way (often wanting to lie down and chew on it), so I would swap it with a different toy he may value more or an edible chew, especially considering his past history of guarding things.