Fetch
Retrieving ( lat. Apportare / double. Apporter "We brought") designated in the hunting the bringing in of the hunter scoring low or spring-Wilds by the hunting dog . Appropriately trained dogs are called retrievers . The use of the dog is usually initiated by the command “apport!”.
Outside of the hunting area, retrieving in the context of dog ownership usually refers to the dog bringing an object thrown or laid out by the dog handler . In sport, the object is called a dumbbell or dumbbell. Popular for retrieving games are balls, sticks, frisbees or dummy called small jute. A dog ball thrower can be used for a longer throw . If the dummy game is expanded into a training method, one speaks of dummy training .
Although very popular - mainly because of the availability of the objects - stick playing , in which the dog carries broken plant parts (sticks) in its mouth, is not a suitable retrieval exercise. On the one hand, there is a very high risk of injuries to the mouth and throat ( stick injuries ), which can lead to the death of the dog either directly or as a result of inflammation. On the other hand, the dog handler has no control over the abandonment of the game, since the dog is looking for the next stick.
Pets other than the dog also tend to playfully retrieve. Cats can be taught this behavior with small toys such as balls or crumpled pieces of paper. Sometimes dogs and cats show this behavior even without training.
When bitches carry their young, this is not referred to as fetching, but rather referred to as carrying behavior .
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- ↑ Stephanie Federle: Death trap stick . In: Tierwelt.ch . July 10, 2014.