Silly games

[roxie_09]

I am just playing with my little princess and curious to what silly games you play with your pet. Me and the monster play a game where I hold something and tease her with it, as she goes to grab it I pull it away from her, when finally letting her have it, she holds it in her mouth and goes to put it in my hand, as I go to grab it, she pulls her head away from me so I can't, quite often I've ended up chasing her around the house :) (not so good if she has something in her mouth that I may need though) x

[RATTER15]

I must admit to >not< chasing my 3 dogs around the house.


(not so good if she has something in her mouth that I may need though)

Exactly!!

Personally I would totally discourage this type of game play, you really are breaking all the rules!!

[roxie_09]

What sort of playing would you encourage? She's my first dog so I'm still learning the do's and do nots :D x

[Frank97]

How about a good old game of fetch the ball, they love it, well most do.

[roxie_09]

She does love it, she loves running to stretch her little legs :). x

[RATTER15]

Fetch a ball is great, they don't really need you to play a lot of games with them, they like some gentle rough-housing but it must be gentle. Exercise and running off lead is the best play and exercise they can get. take her to play with other dogs. Discourage mouthing, play biting etc.

[A1exander123]

I have a little dog too, and whenever she's on the bed (or on something similar to a duvet cover etc.) i hold some of it up in front of her, and she just jumps into it and tries to break it down (or just climb over it, not sure which), but very cute :)

[roxie_09]

Aww :) I've not long got back from taking her for a walk to get rid of some energy, she's now sleeping next to me :) x

[saxy_jag]

My girl and I play 'sock monster'. This takes place when I am putting on my socks in order to go out for walkies. It started when I used to change my trousers too, and I'd push my feet suddenly out of the bottoms of my jeans straight in from of her. Now she just waits for the socks to go on and stands there barking at my feet until I push my feet into her face, at which point she makes a half-hearted grab for them before charging through the kitchen and down the hall to the front door and back before repeating the process all over again. I can vary this by holding my stance and staring at her,

[saxy_jag]

I should say, by staring her whilst she barks back at me.

[Mosaic]

My dear old free range budgie used to play for hours throwing a loose budgie bell from the top of his cage onto the floor, then watching it, then waiting till I picked it up n did it all again. I reckin he kept forgetting he'd done it once.

[roxie_09]

The little monster does that with socks! I honestly have no idea where she gets them from, as when I need some I can never find them! hehe x

[saxy_jag]

Mosaic, that reminds me of a free-range budgie my nan used to have. Nan often used to hang her walking stick over the edge of a table, and the budgie would spend ages nipping back and forth under the little bridge it made.

Another little game was chucking bits of grit out of her cage. Only thing was, granddad, who was bald, used to sit underneath the cage to read. It was hilarious watching the stuff as it bounced off his head, him sitting there very po-faced pretending to ignore it.

Roxie, we used to have a basset hound who would raid the dirty laundry when we were out and would greet us upon our return with a lovely pair of dirty pants. Funny, but not so much if you're bringing guests home.

[roxie_09]

Lol oh dear, I can imagine! Haha touch wood she hasn't taken a fancy to the underwear just the socks :) x

[boxtops]

We play lots of games with the cats, they love chasing things and jumping for thisngs - good exercise too.

[roxie_09]

I love playing games with her, she often has a funny 5 minutes and darts around the house :-). Earlier I played hide and seek with her, I know I'm sad lol x

[maggiebee]

I had a string of green plastic beads which I would roll around then throw into the corner. Amber would run after them and bring them back in her mouth. After 20 odd years I still miss her.