I have a 3month old GSD. He is developing well and is normal in his behaviors. The other day I shined a laser pointer on the floor and he went nuts following it and after I quit he spent the next half hour looking for it all over the house. My question is, is there a problem using this to play with him. My other dogs have shown no interest in the laser at all, the cat however will chase it to exhaustion. I havent seen this covered here and dont want to do anything counterproductive in his development.
The good news is that we have worked through this problem and the dog is doing very well.
I seriously doubt that someone wound this dog up with a lazer pointer. I sure didn't see this problem coming. This inquisitiveness and phenomenal drive is what makes this dog so good.
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Think about the goals of training and then ask yourself if this satisfies any of those goals. Play with something the dog can get his mouth around, that would be more productive.
I doubt that you are going to ruin the dog, but why waste time playing lazer drive building when you could be drive building with a rag, ball, sleeve, hose, or whatever else that actually lends itself to some later training goal?
Noooo!!! Pfui! Stop the laser pointer game! Do some google searching in re (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) OCD in canines. So many cases have started w/those friggin pointers.
And I believe (check w/a vet on this one) they can also cause eye damage.
Thanks all for the information. My job is a full time LEO with a small PD. I would like to see if the dog has the potential later on to do narcotics detection work. I know its kind of like putting the cart before the horse buying a puppy then hoping it will turn out. I also want the dog to be a good family dog. My son is graduating college and there are no children in the household now. I have tried to socialize the dog extensivly and take him to an elementary school once a week to spend time with kindergarten classes and he goes to work with me every day and is walked around the community and meets new people everyday. So far he is doing super with basic obedience coming along well. I will discontinue the laser pointer play and work on other methods of building drive.
I thought it was a good idea seven years ago when I exercised one of my Male dogs with a laser pointer. Dog became OCD and was never quite the same since. My female still freaks out and chases lights. I wouln't get them started on that again. As mentioned above ball and rags can lead to something productive.
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