For those of you who are ill of hearing about this crazy retriever as well as his ball, our difficulty is almost over. Ace (not pictured) is far from treated of his obsession, however at least we are making development in the right direction.

I took Ace to the dog park on Friday. I went early, hoping there wouldn’t be any type of other dogs there. Instead, there were three dogs as well as one of the labs was even playing fetch. I was worried Ace was going to take the sphere as well as bring it to the guy doing the throwing, however he didn’t. So far, I haven’t had to explain to anyone, “Um, please don’t throw that sphere for my dog. I’m trying to teach him there is a life beyond tennis balls.”

It assists when other dogs are excessively friendly, since that type of dog is quite great at getting Ace to play. There was a shepherd-looking mix that kept running over to Ace as well as he got Ace to comply with him around a little. I desire Ace would’ve played more, however the great news is he did not ended up being consumed with a sphere the whole time (only about 15 minutes).

The finest indication of development so far at the dog park is Ace will odor or see a ball, slowly prance over to it as well as then look at me instead of choosing it up. It’s like he’s thinking, “Can I touch this?” Over the last month, I’ve always told him to “leave it” when he discovers a sphere at the dog park. I’d like to be able to play fetch with him there eventually, however at this point I want him to get utilized to playing without a tennis ball.

After this difficulty I am believing of buying him a new situation of three tennis balls. He deserves it, as well as it will force me to keep working with him on this issue.