Of course you should be playing fetch and tug with your dog. Those activities are used to train hunting dogs, primarily the use of these tools playing fetch.
What is a Labrador Retriever or German Shorthaired Pointer doing when with the hunter? Basically a well trained version of fetch. Tug is also used, if you know what you are doing, to teach the dog to deliver to hand and not destroy the game. Are these dogs in the fields and forests causing havoc? Are they coming home and hunting your children? No. In fact, the entire sequence of training these breeds is all about these activities.
Fetch and tug will NOT make your dog worse around prey animals. Instead, when taught properly, they will make your dog more controllable around prey animals.
Furthermore, contrary to the claims of novices who really shouldn't be pontificating about dog behavior, neither fetch nor tug will make your dog neurotic. There is a large body of experimental research into the artificial creation of neurosis in dogs. Not one involved using object play. Are hunting dogs neurotic after hunting birds or rodents, or any game? No. Furthermore, playing fetch or tug does not increase your dog's propensity to kill and eat prey animals. Prey drive stops when the prey is dead, whether with a rubber ball or the killing of a rodent. Silly uneducated claims like that make life worse for dog owners, not better.
Go play with your dog. It will make your dog a better dog. If you don't know how to do it properly and your dog is doing it in away that concerns you, stop and get some help. Furthermore, if you have a working dog, or even a pet that needs enhanced off leash obedience abilities, fetch and tug are invaluable activities.
Plan accordingly.
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