Dachshund

We have a dachshund, named Gretchen. She is small, black, with brown markings. She is very protective, and will bark at anyone she sees out the window and sometimes bite them if they come inside. She likes to sleep under covers, and also sometimes on the back of couches. She can be hyper, and also is duped very easily. Sometimes, she brings me a little ball to play with, so I hide it and both my hands behind my back. I switch the ball from the one hand to the other, then slowly bring the one hand out, careful to conceal that the ball is not in there. She watches that one, not noticing as I bring the other hand out, concealing the ball. Then I throw it and she races after it anyway. Sometimes, I will kick the ball. I draw my foot back as if to kick it to the right, then kick it to the left. That confuses her bigtime.