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Total Newb here with a total newb question, if it please the court 
My 3 month old pup has days when he wants to chase a bumper and days when he really doesn't regardless of his mood, how long he's been confined prior, etc. I know a few people like that, too
So, I'm guessing it's just that. Extensive reading on the RTF has convinced me to chill and not get too worried about it as it seems most of us newbies are prone to do.
So, here's the question: what happens when I get him interested, tease him, toss the bumper a short distance and... he just stares at the fall and back at me and goes off and does his own thing? Do I try again? Put the bumpers away for the day and try again tomorrow? Get more creative about getting him in to it? Try again later that day? Try again in a different context or location?
Today, I threw a pheasant wing a few feet after he dissed the bumper and he liked that.
My 3 month old pup has days when he wants to chase a bumper and days when he really doesn't regardless of his mood, how long he's been confined prior, etc. I know a few people like that, too
So, here's the question: what happens when I get him interested, tease him, toss the bumper a short distance and... he just stares at the fall and back at me and goes off and does his own thing? Do I try again? Put the bumpers away for the day and try again tomorrow? Get more creative about getting him in to it? Try again later that day? Try again in a different context or location?
Today, I threw a pheasant wing a few feet after he dissed the bumper and he liked that.