lazy !!!!

[!!Lurcher96!! 12]

im am getting really sick with my two year old bitch for quite along time now i have been taking her out with the tennis ball and she only chaces the ball twice and the the rest of the time she just lies down and when i start walking she will not run about with my pup she just walks at my side non stop is their anway i can stop her from being so LAZY?

[J.DOG 1,355]

Walking by your side isn't lazy your the pack leader and she is being loyal lol but don't know how to get her to play lol

 

best of luck pal

[jackson2kaii8 5]

only has interest in game?i rather my bitch to stay to heel!!

[BenjaminCadd 109]

Probably now you got the pup my 2yr old spaniel has gone backwards due to a new lurcher pup, its like she feels threatend, she will do anyting to get attention weather it negative or not! Try walking them seperatley and see if it improves?

[Guest thebigdog]

tie a length of string around the tennis ball and swing it around, get the dog fired up then throw it.

[the big chief 3,099]

dont bother if she gets her exercise thats good enuf

[rocky1 942]

aslong as she not lazy in the feild that wht matters

[!!Lurcher96!! 12]

thanks for comments

[skycat 6,173]

Dogs don't suddenly become 'lazy' as you put it, for no reason. It is far more likely that she is behaving differently because:::::::::

1) you might be focusing all your attention on the pup and her nose has been put out of joint,

or 2)she has been told off for growling at the pup (have you done that?)

or 3) she is fed up with the pup molesting her. (Does the pup aggravate her when you are trying to throw the ball for her?)

or 4) a mixture of all of the above.

 

It is very important to give one to one time to the older dog as well as the pup. Make sure you pay attention to the older dog first, let her know she's the most important. They can be very sensitive animals, and can take it hard when new pups come along if you don't keep the balance right.

[watchman 256]

thanks for comments

my bitch the same wont leave my side,way round it get them bike tyres pumped up and get on it,other than that if your running her fit so to speak dont worry about it

[!!Lurcher96!! 12]

even when shes on a rabbit she dosent look as if shes putting all her effort in dont get me wrong she catches rabbits but dosent see to pressure them as much as she could thanks lurcher96

[Guest joball]

Give your a head a good wobble mate

[Bootsha 1,306]

Some lurchers with more of the collie traits in them do exactly this. My two at the moment, a 6 year old that just follows me everywhere, as well as a younger dog almost two. If i take them for a run out on the quad, the old one trots along side, the younger one runs the perimeter of the field before i have done, is back and for everywhere, but the older dog is alongside all the time, however, if anything that resembles game should happen to move a blade of grass within eyesight of the two, the old dog is away faster than the young one, it may just be experience, but i beleive it to be also in the make up of the dog, in its genes.

 

The last first cross bitch I had , out on the hill would be away casting into the wind, while her kennel mate, incidentally the father to my old dog now, would be within arms reach of me all the time, but should the bitch see something or rise something he'd be away like a f****n rocket.

 

It may be a lot of suggestions that have been said by others, but i bet its also got to do with the genetics of the dog, showing deference and loyalty to its master, the pack leader, YOU.

 

Just my opinion, for what its worth.

[mw1 4]

put a firework up its arse haha

[mattyg 1,862]

sell it as a 100% allrounder.....or just leave her be if she is catching in her own way, not all dogs want to bomb around at 100mph just to suit the owner who dosnt want to walk as far, i have 1st hand experience. i have possibly the "laziest" dog in the world but wouldnt be without him.

matt