i was thinking of the chicken broth myself actually. i was hoping he would show interest in the spring pole by himself but he only seems to like it and play with it if im there encouraging him.

I lowered it so he can keep all 4 feet on the ground, and got a new rope toy for him, one of those rope toys with a rubber ball on it, jolly tug i think its called. he seems to like that. although Ideally i would like to have him working it with only his 2 rear legs on the ground for a better work out. I was thinking part of the issue may be because he was having a difficult time getting a nice secure bite. I asked around on game dog, and it seems most guys are using the wall climb tugs on their spring poles. I just ordered one from still water, well see how he likes that.