Air Bud VII????

I've recently found that like Air Bud, my dog also has a love for fetching footballs. Upon discovering this, I was overcome by a vision that looked something like this:

The only thing standing between me and being the proud owner of a straight to DVD movie star, is that she hasn't really figured out she's supposed to catch in the ball in air with her mouth like in the movies. I'm thinking I might just start throwing the ball in the general direction of her face and hope that some kind of natural defense mechanism kicks in and she starts to bite at it while it's moving toward her.