My 5 month old is learning his focus and drive work.(DVD)
My question is, he enjoy's a new toy every other day. What i mean , is that he likes to play with a towel one day, a sock the next and a tug toy the next day, is this normal? If so, how do i get him to enjoy a favorite toy? I feel like i have to take all the toy's out for him to get motivated to use one. If i take out the towel for example, and he is not in the mood for that, he just ignores it until he see's another favorite toy.

What is the best way to handle this?
Do i just let this go and wait until he enjoy's just one? What i don't want is for this behavior to be routine as he gets older.

Thank you.

Stick with the toy he does best with and don't give him the choice to change toys. If he's not interested then tease him with it and put him in the crate without letting him get it. Build frustration.

I understand what you mean about building frustration, but he sometimes showes no interest at all if he is not in the mood for that toy. I try bringing a particular toy out and have tied him to a tree and played with the toy infront of him with my other dog and still does not spark an interest. Now, if i bring out one of the other toy's of the day , he goes crazy?? He is very selective for the day, everyday he likes one of his three toy's. This is frustrating for me to get him motivated on the one toy.

Do you have him as a pet or as a working dog?

As a pet. I am thinking of going into Shutshund obediance. I just want to focus on his drive before i get to that point.

It sounds like the dog is kinda low in drive. But, often these types of dogs "wake up" a bit when they are older. 18 months or so. Just keep doing what you're doing, don't worry all too much about it. The problem with puppies like this is that, in general, puppies have poor attention spans as it is. Then throw in a dog that isnt driven enough to keep his focus on a toy, and you get a dog that will play one minute, then go "hey look a butterfly!" and ignore the toy the next minute.

When the maturity comes in and focus gets better, you will see a change. I wouldnt do much by way of corrections or compulsion with this dog at all as a pup, dont put much control on him, let him be a bit wild and free and some drive might start waking up later.

The downside to lower drive dogs like this, is that the focused heel becomes difficult to do and will usually require pressure to force the dog to keep looking up, where a dog with ALOT of drive will be alot more intensely focused and wont need the pressure to force him to do these things.

Either way, don't stress about it too much, your dog is what your dog is, he will do what he can do, no need to force him to be what he's not. When he is more mature you will see more of the picture.

To my surprise, he heels very well. I began the watch game with him very early. I have him look into my eyes then reward with food. His attention is very good when it comes to focusing on me. When i say watch, he does not take his eyes off me at all while heeling, even with other dogs around.
This is why i don't think that his focus is the problem.
When he gets into a toy for that day, he loves it, even for a couple of minutes or so.

I noticed a couple of things on the Bernhard Flinks video that might help.
1) He always "asks" the dog "do you want to play with me"? He has the toy behind his back and kind of runs around a bit (moving backward) and sees if the dog is "up" and wanting to play. I assume if he's "asking" he would not play with a dog that doesn't want to.
2) He also "asks" his dog which toy he would like that day - but the choice is only between 2. He sits the dog in front of him, then holds a toy in each hand (together in the middle) then moves his hands apart and sees which toy the dog's eyes follow. He does this back to the middle, then out to each side a couple of times, and the dog "tells him" which toy he would like to play with.

I guess I'd start with 2) and then put that toy behind my back and dance around a bit to "ask" if he feels like playing.

If he doesn't want either toy, and doesn't want to play, I don't know as I'd cater to him too much more. As others have said, he'll probably mature in time. But also, he's probably a dog without a lot of drive, no matter how crazy he seems for his own choice. High prey drive pups usually chase anything that moves, anytime it moves.