WHY I NEVER PLAY FETCH! I DO THIS INSTEAD! BELGIAN MALINOIS TRAINING!

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  @arctodussimus6198 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I had a Malinois for almost 14 years. He was the greatest dog. Was by my side every day of his life. Went to work with me, to the grocery store… absolutely everywhere. <br>Was the most obedient, intelligent, and loyal dog I ever had. <br>He climbed trees, ladders, and sometimes brick walls. <br>Absolutely fearless. <br>But he had separation anxiety big time.<br>He once chewed through a welded wire fence to get to me when I left him in a friend’s yard for an hour. <br>Best friend I ever had.<br>He went under eight years ago and I still miss him terribly. <br>🐾

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  @esproducciones1443 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Update on Ace - I have gotten him involved in playing some of the games &nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx1_veP7CApJK_GWy_TczaMciuG64PqJeU">https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx1_veP7CApJK_GWy_TczaMciuG64PqJeU</a> &nbsp; and I can see a difference in his confidence already! My other dog played along and he became intrigued - now its a daily part of our routine - about 3 times a day we do the shell game and the muffin tin game. I am so grateful for coming upon your training techniques!

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• K9

  @K9UnitAustralia · 4 years ago (edited)

  100% agree with this. Over the years ive had a few dogs that have injured their legs chasing balls. It’s usually a hole or jumping. Now i just use tug toys.

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• GR

  @griffinreitz7041 · 4 years ago

  I encourage clients to play a &quot;structured&quot; game of fetch. &nbsp;The dog sits, heals, or downs, they throw the toy and send the dog after it. &nbsp;It slows things down a LOT, makes the dog think, and most importantly keeps the toy on the ground. I cringe every time I see a large dog &quot;getting air&quot; and their owners thinking it&apos;s a great idea.<br><br>My last big male would come in so hard he was constantly sore in the front end. Making him wait and sending him solved all of that. He played, literally , till the day he died. &nbsp;I do really like the idea of &quot;warming up&quot;

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• JE

  @jessicaashley6077 · 3 years ago

  My GSD service dog tripped over the tug and ripped its metacarpal pad in half... now he is on bed rest and can&apos;t work. Never thought about it. Good advice!

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• AD

  @adestradoronline · 2 years ago

  Man! As a professional dog trainer for 27 years and owner of a 10 year old mali, I can say this is a premium advice! My girl got hurt many times because it took time for me to realize it! Best advice ever. Gratz

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  @Betty2025-k8d · 1 year ago

  God bless all the dogs that are trained for service this country but I really hope that they feel the love of a human they have feelings 🙏

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• NA

  @naturewatcher7596 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2PN68hp9cw&amp;t=556">9:16</a> This is warm up your dog wants. :)

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  @b1g_dawg_energy · 4 years ago

  The reason people like playing fetch (I&apos;m guilty) is the dog does all the work and you get to stand or sit still. This method in this video (which I like) requires the owner/handler to be an active participant. People ask me all the time how I maintain a slim figure and I respond &quot;I do stuff with my dogs&quot;, as in I&apos;m out moving around with them, walking them etc., in addition to my own running that I do on my own. I foster Malinois and do not own them myself (I have a Rhodesian and a pit/lab mix) so I try and incorporate as many training techniques and warmups as possible but I don&apos;t have the fosters more than 3-4 weeks usually and they are a mixed bag on age and good/bad manners they come with. But all in all this is a good warm-up technique and I&apos;ll be more cognizant even with my Rhodesian and pit to do things like this as they have good sit/down/come recall and are now 6 going on 7 so I have to be more aware of their limbs and joints. Thanks Andy!

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  @neuralnoise06 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I can totally relate to this, used to happen all the time, nowadays i ask her to sit wait, throw her the ball really far and then ask her to look for it, feels like is both mentally and physically stimulating that way

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  @ToonaliEight · 1 year ago

  Incredible job you&apos;ve done with jasper.. Currently working on training my 15month old. I rescued him at 1yr old. Best dog I&apos;ve ever had, just his past haunts him.. Your videos are really helping us, so thank you very much, man and have a great day!

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• AL

  @AL_goTrader · 4 years ago

  Great point Andy. Our GSD loved to play with his chuck-it balls. It was weird since he would go through stages where he would only play with the orange one or blue one until each were absolutely falling apart. When he was 6, he had an incident in the backyard when I threw the ball. After about a week of rest, we thought he was fine. I tossed the ball again and there was another issue. We took him to the vet and we got the worst news that it was hip/bone cancer. With treatment, our beautiful boy lasted another year. It wasn&apos;t throwing playing fetch that caused this but he missed playing fetch the last year of his life.

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