u/Nenchenzo

I was just looking into some insight into this behavior.

I have a 2 year old mini golden doodle who absolutely loves fetch. She always wants to play and returns the ball and drops it in-front of me with zero issue.

I usually sit on my stoop or on a lawn chair while I throw the ball to her, but she’s picked up a weird quirk recently.

After about 10 or so throws, she won’t return the ball and will just start gnawing on any type of stick, vine, or plant near where the ball is. As soon as I stand up and start walking over to her, she’ll pickup the ball and resume playing like normal.

Did I accidentally teach her that if she starts chewing sticks I’ll get up and walk to her? Haha.