Dogs Chasing Sticks, To Be Banned?

[The_DADDY]

Ban it!! 

Ban it!!. Ban it!! 

Seriously I'd be behind this. 

My dog point blank refuses to fetch a stick, a ball or a toy so why should anyone else get the pleasure of throwing a dead bit of tree on an open field with their best friend? The only thing he will fetch is Gavin his stuffed toy but then he tries to make sweet love with gavin so we don't encourage it. 

BAN IT!! 

 

 

2 hours ago, Padders said:

Mr. Bloke I would never question your intelligence, and I do appreciate your concern...

However a retriever naturally likes to retrieve game, so a simple remedy would be to sedate your pet budgie and throw it..

The budgie would be brought back to the owner unharmed.

This would alleviate any stress on the retriever...

Never ever a stick.

😂😂😂

[cressida]

Quote by The Daddy -

 

The only thing he will fetch is Gavin his stuffed toy but then he tries to make sweet love with gavin so we don't encourage it. 

BAN IT!! 

 

A budgie named Gavin - you're having a giraffe! 🤣

 

 

 

 

[The_DADDY]

24 minutes ago, cressida said:

Quote by The Daddy -

 

The only thing he will fetch is Gavin his stuffed toy but then he tries to make sweet love with gavin so we don't encourage it. 

BAN IT!! 

 

A budgie named Gavin - you're having a giraffe! 🤣

 

 

 

 

Gavin isn't a budgie he's a stuffed toy. Ironically he's a Giraffe. 

I kid you not.. 

[prince al]

About time too!

[Guest]

Dogs are taking back control of the stick

[Igor]

6 hours ago, rogets said:

This is exploitation of dogs and causes unneeded stress to the dog

 

Bringing a stick back to where is was in the first place is also time consuming and pointless for dogs. 

 

This is also poking fun at dogs and also causes unwanted negative thoughts for dogs

 

Is it time that forcing dogs to chase sticks was banned? 

 

The stick is merely being brought back to the owner, so if the owner doesn't throw the stick away then the dog doesn't have to waste time bringing the stick back

I'd like to speak out for the sticks! What have they done to deserve some oik randomly interfering with their business, picking them up n slinging who knows where (& if having a fear of heights/excessive speed or whatever how will the stick feel!?) only then to be clamped tightly in a mutts jaw & slobbered over before undergoing more of the same! Respect sticks, all sticks!!

[Rollypolly]

I think instead of throwing sticks, responsible dog owners should invest in a boomerang. That way the dog can still get it's exercise without endangering itself. It might not do much for it's mental health but that's another matter.

[Waldo]

7 hours ago, pattricia said:

What I’m bothered about is dogs chewing sticks and getting splinters in their throats. Vets see this all the time.

Yep, it can be deadly serious. Dogs catching sticks which can get lodged in their throats. Why wouldn’t you throw a ball or dog toy instead?

[Jim117]

15 hours ago, Rollypolly said:

I think instead of throwing sticks, responsible dog owners should invest in a boomerang. That way the dog can still get it's exercise without endangering itself. It might not do much for it's mental health but that's another matter.

My dad tried this with our German shepherd when I was a kid. The dog was not impressed. So much so that at the first duff throw when the boomerang didn’t return the dog pounced on it, fetched it back to my dad then smugly bit it in half and dropped it at his feet.

[PRESLEY]

Sticks for certain reasons already  pointed out are dangerous, a compressed rubber ball or bone are safer,  sticks when thrown on a field have a chance of when landing sticking verticle in the ground so an eagerly  exited dog could end up getting it stuck in its throat, I have never come across this my self but have heard it mentioned several times.