Throwing the RIGHT Chuckit ball

[Pat and Traveler]

Trav and I go to a nearby park most mornings to play ball.  I take two Chuckit balls, throw one and when Trav gallops back and drops it, I throw the other one for him.   I've had some humiliating public experiences with the Chuckit launcher, which I'd really rather not discuss, and this is our more gracious, less destructive, adaptation of that game.  Trav stays in motion all the time.  When he starts returning at a walk or slow trot, I know he's had enough running and jumping and we move on to something else.

The only downside to this routine happens when I throw the wrong ball.  Trav has an unshakeable opinion about which Chuckit should be thrown next.  If I throw the wrong one, I get to fetch it myself, with him dancing along beside me, saying 'Throw it, throw it,' in dog-speak about the proper ball, the one I'm carrying as I trudge across the field to get that scorned Chuckit.

I've tried to show him that they are identical--it doesn't matter which one is tossed  because they are virtually the same ball.  He knows better.  There is a correct Chuckit and a nonexistent Chuckit.

This morning a cute little girl wanted to throw the ball for the doggie.  Sadly, she threw the invisible one, and then didn't seem to understand the dynamics of proper Chuckit tossing.  She'd seen him chasing two different balls, and was perplexed and saddened when he wouldn't fetch the one she threw.  My explanations about visible and invisible Chuckits obviously didn't make much sense to her, but after I gave her the right ball she did get to see the doggie fetch for her, and then she wandered off, probably with some pretty alarming stories for her parents. 

[Joanna, Zoe & Bender]

doodles can be so particular can't they?  lol cute blog hehe

[Lori, Quincy & Frankie]

funny!  how do they get this matters set in their cute little heads?

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

LOL....fun blog, Pat!! Traveler has you trained :)

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Funny.... Trav will get you trained soon, you must be a slow learner - identical indeed - NOT..  :-}