It's usually called a kong. Its a chew toy the dog associates with play and affection with is his reward for performing tasks. Amazingly enough, service dogs for the blind rarely rely on such toys. The service dogs are so much smarter than drug or bomb dogs that they are often capable of getting their own food and water.
I'm not putting drug dogs down because they do a fabulous job, and the bomb sniffers have saved thousands of lives. I'm sure some are probably as smart as service dogs. I did see a guy on tv who had his dog trained to sit in front of people with the largest amount of cash when given the command "where's the money?". lol
I do love dogs and wish I had one.
 
john
 
 
In a message dated 10/23/2006 6:00:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Drug dogs are rewarded with playtime.  When they find, they play.  If they don't find... they don't play.  Chasing the ball is one game to consider.
W

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