Pup isn't very interested in toys. - Page 1

I got my Czech GSD at 9 months, she is now 15 months old. Before I got her she had never left the breeders property. She had not been trained at all and spent the majority of her time goofing around with her 3 littermates or other dogs. Since I’ve had her I have noticed she isn’t very interested in toys unlike my last GSD who was obsessed with them.  I have a squeaky toy that she occasionally picks up and bites, there are a few stuffed animals that she’ll shake once in a while. She loves to chase squirrels and birds, and  to plays with our kitten. I have her in level 2 basic training class where we will be learn retrieving in the next few weeks.
Is it normal for a GSD not to be very interested in toys? If not any ideas how to get her interested in them?
 
Would appreciate any input.
Thanks,
Juno11 

 I,d try back tieing her and teasing her with the toy to see if it builds any drive for the toy. Just a idea to start. Have you used a flirt pole with her?.

every dog has different drives.
does this dog have any food drive?
do you let this puppy play with your other dogs?

I've seen this before with foster dogs that didn't have a lot of human interaction growing up.  Dogs don't intuitively know what toys are, they need us to show them. In order to teach her to enjoy toys, you'll need to be very interactive with her and the toy.  If your main priority right now is to get her interested in a ball, put a ball on a string or rope and move it along the ground back and forth like a prey animal to get her interested.  Over time you can transition to actually throwing the ball. 

At 15 months she is no longer a pup. It sounds to me that she has spent much of her formative human bonding time with other dogs not people hence her lack of interest in toys and her whish to chase smaller animals. At this age why do you want her to play with puppy toys? She needs training up Try using a football see if she will chase or chest down but you need to stop her running after other animals. So its back to basics. Take her somewhere enclosed with out distractions and [ut her on a lunge lead get her to go where you go not where she wants to

Take her to the pet store and let her pick her own toy out, one that SHE likes; she probably doesn't like your toys.  Just a thought,  Nan

She may be one of those dogs who is not interested in something UNTIL another dog gets it and than it's on.....my girl is like that....u can have tons of toys, balls, laying all over the yard....but she will always go for the one that my older dog picks...the good thing, she gets to use her brain and develop her clever side enough to bring a different ball or toy just to parade it until my older dog drops original toy and than off she goes with it....

and I agree with Nans sometimes you have to let the dog pick out the toy....also if u get a soccer ball and play with it, play "keep away" she may get into it because it would provide a challenge and interaction with you ....versus..here is the toy...go chew on it... :)

Sounds like"prey"drive is what you want to bring forward. So, instead of stopping her from chasing squirrels and other small animals, take advantage of that prey drive moment. You can satisfy her frustration in not catching the squirrel by immediately substituting a similar looking toy on a string, letting her "catch" it. This can very easily be transitioned into playing and chasing toy or ball instead of live animals. At least you know she has prey drive, since a dog devoid of prey drive won't chase even a squirrel.