Sentence examples for fetching game from inspiring English sources

Both dogs in the current study were skillful in fetching familiar objects requested by an unfamiliar person in a fetching game.

Despite their training, however, the dogs used pointing in the fetching game, and this may indicate that they understand something about their interlocutor's referential intentions.

The current study therefore asks whether word-trained dogs integrate their understanding of the pointing gesture (which they share with other dogs) with interpreting the reference of spoken words (in the fetching game).

This is interesting since the dogs had been trained to fetch objects by name, and thus, arguably, object labels are the most relevant information for the dogs in the fetching game.

Alternatively, the dogs may preferably rely on words and not integrate words and gesture to a single interpretation when the two seemingly contradict one another, simply because they have been trained to obey to words in the fetching game.

We suggest that this shows that the word-trained dogs interpret pointing as a spatial directive, which they integrate into the fetching game, presumably assuming that pointing is relevant to finding the requested object.

The little lost whale, the race, the fish-fetching game and the glimmering crystals that dot the ocean floor will all have to wait.

Google Now masters its users' routines so it can proactively fetch game updates for sports fans or advise users to leave early for a meeting due to traffic.

Play controlled running, chasing, and fetch games with your dog.

I'd be happy to adopt (were he or she still alive) the wonderful Airedale in a photo by Mr. Erwitt (1971), tensely poised on the lawn, stick in mouth, quiveringly alert to the promise of a fetch-it game that could go on forever.

Since your lab was bred to fetch wild game, it makes sense that it would enjoy playing with something that is meant to be retrieved.