Daisy Plays Catch

Call me lazy, but I got fed up with Daisy our Border Collie demanding me to throw her ball for her, so I bought her an automatic tennis ball launcher. It took 2 days to train her, now she goes outside and plays on her own!

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Pets & Animals

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• dogs
• border
• collie
• ball
• catch
• toy
• play
• game
• fun
• smart
• clever
• dog
• agility
• cute

[awsomeness657]

hey! nice video ! um im getting a golden retriever in about a week and i wanted to try this do you know where i can find one of the automatic ball launchers?

[Lensecap]

You can find the launcher on the web at godoggoinc. Thanks for watching.

[drewas55]

How many Border Collies does it take to change a light-bulb? Just one. And he'll check your wiring while he's at it to make sure it is up to code!

[Lensecap]

I like it! You made us laugh.....and how true!

[Lensecap]

I take our dogs out twice a day. Once in the morning and a shorter walk in the evening, sometimes more like swimming in the lake during the summer. Just have lots and lots of patience, never give up and don't forget that they will only respond to praise. Dogs never learn by shouting at them, telling them off or losing your temper. Persistence and patience will pay off.  Start early and using treats you could get a puppy to sit, stay or any basic command, you'll be surprised.

[iSulli]

How do you train her to put the ball in and prepare for the catch? im so interested in border collies and how to train them cuz i want one soo bad!!

[Lensecap]

It took 2 days to train her. She would already respond to the word 'Leave' so I just held a container under her mouth and called it a bucket, so everytime she would 'leave' the ball it would fall into the 'bucket (lots and lots of praise). When she could repeatedly do that, I would point to the ball launcher (calling it a bucket) and tell her to 'Leave the ball in the bucket', she soon caught on and now plays outside on her own.

[Texarmageddon]

@fionchaor1 they are dogs... they have a choice to do what they want to

[fionchaor1]

Poor ball-junkie... that's not what Border Collies were bred for...

[nerymcmusic]

hahahaha soo cool

[zippysetsthemup]

cool

[rockhead261]

Awesome! And a great job editing! I love that the "Yippee-yiy-yo" is timed perfectly with Daisy's flying catch at 0:27. If I only knew about this thing 6 years ago... my GSD is just beginning to mellow out.

[d0rked27]

Impressive.