I wonder if our cat plays games with us sometimes.. she miaows like she demands to be petted or paid attention to and then runs away when you go to do so.. then comes back, then runs away.. so on and so forth until you tell her to go away, we think she is quite possibly retarded in some way.

Spent some time playing get the ball with the dobermans I dog sat.. they weren't very good at giving me the ball back unfortunately.. they just liked to come back sit down and have a chew.

I used to play this game with my horse when it came to catching him in the paddock.. its called you chase me and I'll jump over the fence and when you get sick of chasing me and sit still long enough I'll wonder what happened and come back and check if you're okay.

Two words - Bichon Blitz More exercise than any dog needs, twice a day, 10 minutes at a time and as an added extra family entertainment since we all get a laugh out of it everytime

Blaze and Molly play together a lot of the time big rumbles with lots of growling that to an outsider would look like a massive fight, if not playing together molly is happy to lie on the floor with her chew bone, Blaze however will grab a toy and put it gently on your knee then lie down and wait until you throw it for him (this then goes on for hours). When we go out their favourite place to go is down to the inlet in Camborne, Blaze finds a stick which he will play with for hours when i get tierd of throwing it in the water he will go up to a stranger and drop it at there feet lie down and look at them as much to say "my mum is mean and won't play with me anymore, would you mind throwing this in the water for me" Molly is quiet happy to go down in the water and swim around buy herself or she loves to play with other dogs especially the little ones, Blazes pays no attention to other dogs and is much more worried about who will throw his stick for him

When we first got our cat, we lavished him with plenty of lovely toys, but now our hallway is littered with pegs, his toy of choice. He likes to bat them under doors and try and retrieve them, and mews pitifully if he can't get to them. When you retrieve it for him, back under the door it goes. It's through this devotion to pegs that I've been trying to train him to play fetch, like a dog. One evening I even had him sitting before I'd throw it again (more than anyone had ever got my parents' dog to do), but I'm not really consistent enough to train him properly.

I've also done the wiggling-your-toes-under-the-duvet game but my partner doesn't like it because the cat's claws make pulls in the cover. Clearly, he's an inexperienced cat owner ;-)

Thalia, you crack me up :) hehe my Cat does the same, its like, well then p*** off then if you dont want a pat :) hehe I think mine is slightly retarded as well.

My old horse used to play the opposite to yours, if anyone walked into the paddock who was slightly olive skin (yes, I had a racist horse)...he used to chase them so they would fall over fences to get away.....

I have a golden retriever....he doesn't retrieve....I throw a ball, he runs after it.....and nothing....trips over it on the way back....Retard could be the word...

Two cats (burmese, and a tonk) that both love to play games. The Tonk loves a good game of fetch and used to fetch a toy mouse tirelessly. She has gone off the mouse now, but will fetch and bring you her current favourite toy which is a long bootlace. You can then either play chase the bootlace, or just throw the lace for her to fetch again.

They both like stalking you around the back garden too. Although I'm not exactly sure what they'd do once they'd finished stalking you. Perhaps you might end up with a small angry cat attached to your leg or something?

The Tonk also likes to play the "game" of going wherever you are not, and then complaining about lack of pats at full volume. I think she might be a fraction insane.

I used to walk home through Regents Park in London every day and once saw a guy come racing round the corner and hide behind a tree, I watched, waiting for the kid to come round looking for him but instead a dog came haring round searching everywhere, finally found him and was so excited. I laughed all the way home.

I now find myself hiding from my 9 year old German Shepherd both out in the park and at home, in the pantry etc- he loves it...

#2 Blaze does the same, running round the room as fast as he car jumping arm chairs and growling, then Molly follows, very funny bit i always get worried something is going to get broken as neither of them are small dogs.

#7 my husband and i also do the same with our dogs to see if they are paying attention, Molly never cares but Blaze always comes tearing back to find us.

Although not overly physical, (he doesn't need it, he's a big black cat that once kept the neighbourhood's feline population off four-and-a-half properties) my parent's cat Barney and I play a reverse game of chicken. One of walks up to the other, I pat him, he rubs against my leg and then it's on. The first of us to move wins, which may sound like a such a simple and inane game, but after one of us moves the other has to follow, then pat, leg rub and the game's back on. As I said it may sound simple as all you have to do to win is move first but the shorter the time we both stand there, the more shallow the victory which is echoed by him just wandering off if he thinks you're taking the piss. Walk off to quickly too many times and the game is over, I apply the same rule in reverse. It ends up as game of papers/scissors/rocks based on timing that can take us all over the property and last quite some time.

Got a burmese and tonkinese, they love playing with each other, always burmeses idea...she always gets angry when he plays to hard(tonkinese is twice the size). burmese loves the "game" well not really she follows you around all day pats you legs to get picked up. then shes happy. i have indeed cooked dinner while holding the cat on my hip. she's happy just to be carried around with you. also love playing in the garden...mostly on my back. toes under the blanket is also a hit. they both love it!