Fetch · hypothesis-support
A floating rope-handled bumper for water work at lower arousal than ball fetch.
A high-visibility foam bumper with a rope handle for long, accurate throws into water. Some households use water retrieves as alternate work: same dog, same drive, different load. If swimming is part of your testing, this is the honest throw for it.
Job bucket: hypothesis-support
Not indestructible against a hard mouth, and not a claim that water work is safe for every dog.
When it fits an active hypothesis, a love-move you already named, or you ask. Never as a cure.
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Method, not cure. Your veterinarian stays in the loop for anything clinical.