Ask a Trainer8 Things I've Learned from My Dog-Training Clients

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How do you feel about dogs chasing laser pointers?

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Alva BH

I ordered the- best dog for me- & got her

Barked: Wed Feb 6, '13 11:37am PST


	I tried to teach my collie to think a laser pointer is a target (like touch pad or a target stick). It could be useful in remote control tricks. She is not interested in chasing it. And I have avoided to move it like a prey animal. But my parents' lagotto... She goes nuts when she sees the red dot. She'll chase it anywhere. My dad has played with it. I felt like party-pooper when I told him that Idon't like that. I didn't know about the obsession risks but I was worried about the dog getting wrong impressions how to behave indoors (at least I do not like that dogs are too active indoors, playtime is outdoors) and she ran so fast I feared she could be hurt if she slips and crashes into furniture or irritates another dog.