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How ball play reinforces preceding behaviours and can be used intentionally as a training tool rather than reward inflation.
Because ball play is highly reinforcing, every launch reinforces the behaviour (or chain of behaviours) that preceded it, so owners should use play purposefully with a plan rather than wasting its teaching potential, since 'what you chuck is what you get.'
Ball play is highly reinforcing, and every launch reinforces the chain of behaviours that preceded it, meaning dogs are always learning during play — so it should be used with a plan, much like the clicker training idea that 'what you click is what you get' becomes 'what you chuck is what you get.'
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