Play Fetch with Your Dog

Once fetch has been mastered indoors, take it to your backyard or the park (in a fenced-in area, please). Some dogs will instantly play outdoors as if they've fetched outside their entire lives. Others will act like they've never heard of the game -- they're just too distracted by all those interesting smells. For these dogs, just start gradually, the same as you did indoors, and don't be afraid to use yummy treats to encourage her to return with the ball or her toy.

Once I was playing fetch with Lucy while on my cell phone. I tossed the toy. Lucy retrieved. I tossed the toy. Lucy retrieved. I tossed the phone. Lucy did not retrieve.

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