I don’t even know the last time I played with her and didn’t end up being nipped or humped on. At least half the time I try to play with her she stops going after the toy and starts nipping at me. Yes, I have tried ignoring it, walking away, ending the play session, redirecting onto a toy, it’s been well over two years that ive been doing all of those every single time we play to no avail. It’s not enjoyable anymore. I want to want to play with her, and I just don’t. It’s not fun. It’s not fun to be nipped, to not know what I’m doing wrong, to have her ignore me and then bark at me when i walk away. It’s not fun to tug and then one of us wins and then she doesn’t care about the game anymore. It’s not fun to do two passes of the flirt-pole and then get nipped at. It’s not fun to have her go out 5+ times a day in the yard trying to play, yet still remain so uninterested in what im trying to do. Someone who barely walks her will play with her for 10 minutes, running around, not getting nipped at or any of her bad behaviour, then I try to go play with her and what? I get bit. I get jumped at. I get ignored. Then I get an energetic dog chasing me around like it’s my fault she wouldn’t play. What am I doing so wrong? I’m starting to hate myself for this. I don’t want to play with her anymore. I want to avoid her now, because I can’t seem to do anything right and I can’t afford a trainer to teach me. I’ve tried everything I know and it won’t f*cking stop. I want her to stop biting me and I want to know what I’m doing so f*cking wrong to make her hate playing with me so much. I want to interact with her and I just feel like I can’t anymore.
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