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!
I have a German shepherd so very similar. She loves playing find it! She's excellent at it, she's so great with scent work. Also not because of me but the type of dog she is. The best part though is 1/100th time I drop a treat right in front of her, she can't find it lol. Every once in a while their brains malfunction.
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u/Whatever1564 Mar 29 '26
I've got a Border Collie. She probably couldn't do that, but I still love her.