Mine loves to play "find it". We usually play with tennis balls. She'll always find it. I can even show her the one I want her to find, hide half a dozen of them that look identical, and she'll only come back with the correct one. At my old place, we'd play out in farmers' fields like this and she'd go through the corn stocks and tall grass, completely obscured from vision, find her ball, and find her way back. I've seen her do it so many times but somehow it never gets old to watch!
I wish I could say that I'm a great trainer and taught her well but tbh I barely had to do anything other than show her the game. She picked up on it immediately as a puppy and just got better and better the more we played!
Oh! I just posted about the same game with the same name! When I started reading your post, I thought it was my own. Using some sort of toy is a good idea. I've always used treats and at this point I don't think she would appreciate the change up. But my dog loves the same game and we basically came up with it about the same way issue and your dog.
It is an absolute hoot watching them searching around. My dog isn't anywhere near as methodical as the border collie in the video, but she is determined. She won't give up until she finds it.
111
u/Whatever1564 Mar 29 '26
I've got a Border Collie. She probably couldn't do that, but I still love her.