Hi and welcome! Not all retrievers are crazy about retrieving In the apartment, she loves retrieving her tennis ball so much that she keeps bugging me, trying to make me play, but outside it's once, twice, thrice and she loses interest in the game. I think it's because of all the distractions - deer, rabbits, hare, mice, moles... Fortunately we aren't into hunting, so it's okay, but sometimes I'm afraid our downstairs neighbor is not very happy about all the noise. No fun having a seventy pounder cheerfully galloping right above your head at 9 p.m. We happen to live in an apartment building, but we're lucky - she's a very nice lady and loves Mel.