One thing that utterly befuddled Sharav was “fetch.” The whole concept of it seemed to strike him as alien and an unnecessary waste of time. Though it wasn’t difficult at all to throw a stick and have him retrieve it, the part where he was meant to bring the stick back, to repeat the process, never went according to plan, and instead he would then take the stick in a different direction to play with it elsewhere – more like kvetch!
My father trying to teach Sharav to play fetch. Tel Aviv, August 2008. Click any photo to see more.