Can a dog become too obsessed with fetch?

[CrumpetswithMarmite]

I have a 6 month old Puppy and he LOVES playing fetch. If he finds a ball he will drop it at our feet and happily play non-stop until we tire/we think he's getting too tired! He never has any issues with guarding and is always happy to drop the ball to play again.

Sometimes he gets really excited about us throwing the ball in an anticipation and almost verge on frustration that we are not throwing the ball fast enough! We don't reward that behaviour and will stop playing if he does that.

It crossed my mind, can his love for fetch become too obsessive or become a problem? Does this ever happen?? I've heard of dogs being very possessive of balls but he doesn't have that. He just wants the game.

He loves fetch so much we use it as the reward during training rather than treats. He'll do anything for it!

@CrumpetswithMarmite

I have a 6 month old Puppy and he LOVES playing fetch. If he finds a ball he will drop it at our feet and happily play non-stop until we tire/we think he's getting too tired! He never has any issues with guarding and is always happy to drop the ball to play again.

Sometimes he gets really excited about us throwing the ball in an anticipation and almost verge on frustration that we are not throwing the ball fast enough! We don't reward that behaviour and will stop playing if he does that.

It crossed my mind, can his love for fetch become too obsessive or become a problem? Does this ever happen?? I've heard of dogs being very possessive of balls but he doesn't have that. He just wants the game.

He loves fetch so much we use it as the reward during training rather than treats. He'll do anything for it!

I used to do this with a lovely dog, when he was getting slower, I have him a break for a bit, but he enjoyed the games.

Yes. The dog I had growing up would have played fetch from morning until night if you'd let her. She constantly followed you around around with the ball in her mouth. She'd put it in your lap when you were watching tv and whine at you until you either relented or put the ball in the drawer. Then she'd sit by the drawer moping! She'd even try and give you the ball at the dinner table. She was a mongrel but her mum was a staffy x JRT and her dad was a border collie. I've since found out that this cross of breeds is highly sought after by people who compete in flyball. They call this staffy/JRT/border collie combination a border stack - it explained a lot!