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Originally Posted by IAmLisaP
I believe that if a dog has the potential for a high pray/ball drive that you can develop it! My mom has border collie mix that will chase and kill squirrels but doesn't care about toys. I feel that if i had known about dog training when we got her, I could of got her to play with toys. I probably still could but she is 8 years old and it doesn't seem important.
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but the same with 'hunting' is the same as the ball problem ime.. my wolfdog will only hunt 'seriously' if he thinks he will get it,and with as less energy used as possible.
i find i have to use a mixture of treats and toys depending on what we are trying to achieve.(although food is his primary motive lol)
he is loving agility!
eta...and there is
no way my csv would run away from 'intruders'