SSS Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) This is my 8 month old bitch with her obsession, bringing me Holly leaves. Who else has a dog with a daft habit? (Edit to make photo embed fit better) Edited November 7, 2016 by SSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberFowl Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 My old lab always carried a dummy while hunting/flushing, she would spit it out to retrieve then collect dummy before going back to hunting. If I took a gun she took the dummy.. that dummy went everywhere with her, beating, marsh/mud, flightpond... A strange habit but it never slowed her or stopped her doing what she loved. A very strange habit but the very best dog i have ever had the pleasure of owning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshAndy Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Mine is a sock thief! No idea why but he's done it since a pup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondoggy Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Mine is obsessed with other dogs ears. Loves to sniff and lick them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Merkel Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 I have a sock thief also, we rarely see him snatch them but will always find one hidden in his bed, also apples he picks them up in the garden or the farm and carries them around never attempts to eat it and leaves the apples by the back door when we get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Sofa cushion, only one of, now let me think? 12. It has a picture of a stags head on it, she picks up and carries it around at any opportunity. 22 month old Lab bitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ips Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 My two and a bit cocker bitch is ball obsessed but in the evening when I go into kitchen for a wee dram and a cigar she brings me one after the other Tv remote Hard drive remote My reading glasses case Her toy duck The wifes slipper All delivered to hand with a sat present,of course I am expected to give a bone shaped biscuit in exchange. 😉 Oh and socks and underwear dissapear rapidly if left unattended 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSS Posted November 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Glad its not just mine. She seems to be developing a love for balls as well. Its a recent thing but i can't discourage her bringing me things out of the kindness of her heart can I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) Dad taught one of the Setters to fetch the newspaper from the letterbox when it was delivered in exchange for a dog biscuit. Eventually anything that came through the letter box was delivered to hand. On Sundays when we had no newspaper delivered he would remove a paper or magazine from the magazine rack and deliver it to you. Edited November 7, 2016 by loriusgarrulus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve d Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 Suckling on my daughters Eeyore teddy when he was a pup, hes 9 now and still has it and still suckles on it.....it ******* stinks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 Suckling on my daughters Eeyore teddy when he was a pup, hes 9 now and still has it and still suckles on it.....it ******* stinks! That just reminded me. Quinn the Mini Pinscher has a furry blanket like that. He gathers it up and pummels it with his front paws and suckles on it. He is 6 now. Its goes in the washing machine regularly as if it is grubby he won't do it, only when its clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve d Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 The Eeyore has been washed zillions of times but he just sees it as a challenge to get it stinking again! Its held together with miles of cotton, **** and twigs now, but he still adores it. Weve got another rescue Vizsla now that is a proper full on PITA that will destroy anything that isnt made of kevlar, so the Eeyore only makes an appearance from under the stairs when there is someone to keep an eye on the nippa......doesnt stop the elder statesman from whining at the cupboard door incessantly though Why do we put up with it? Oh, I know, because we love them, for all their faults and quirks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve d Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 This is my 8 month old bitch with her obsession, bringing me Holly leaves. Who else has a dog with a daft habit? (Edit to make photo embed fit better) Love the photo, she's got that "I dont give a **** whether you want it or not" look on her face, bless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSS Posted November 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 (edited) I've been thinking about making a Christmas wreath from all of the Holly leaves she brings. My old bitch used to like teddy bears of any shape or form. As long as she had her teddy then she was happy. She used to like them smelly, the dirtier and smellier the better, she was never chuffed after they'd been washed. Edited November 11, 2016 by SSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dan7626 Posted November 12, 2016 Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 My cocker is obsessed with her squeaky pheasant toy. She's had it from 8 weeks old and is now 5 years old and won't come out of her kennel without it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge911 Posted November 12, 2016 Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 jess is also a sock thief ....that habit is ok .....but her worst one is rolling cat poo 4 times this last week she has come in from the garden with it smeared all over neck and the smell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gustaff Posted November 12, 2016 Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 my spaniel from south wales was and still is obsessed with a toy chicken you could hide it any where in garden send him off and he would find it .my new pup from scotland now 11 weeks old compulsive sock thief and when he goes out into garden his favorite pickup is windfall apples which he brings straight to hand and dead hooly leaves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSS Posted November 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 jess is also a sock thief ....that habit is ok .....but her worst one is rolling cat poo 4 times this last week she has come in from the garden with it smeared all over neck and the smell I didn't realise how much hedgehog poo smells until Teal finds some and has a roll in it! It seems socks are a hot find for a lot of dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ips Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 Yes, socks seem to be a common denominator:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 Yes, socks seem to be a common denominator:) Its the sweaty feet smell that attracts them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ips Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 Its the sweaty feet smell that attracts them. Speak for yourself:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted November 16, 2016 Report Share Posted November 16, 2016 My dog (15 month lab bitch) will steal kids toys and come to me and goad me to get me to want to chase her... I never do, I just turn my back and she comes and shows me the toy again and starts jumping about like a deer... Strangely enough, if I say 'sit' she'll sit and let me take it but look annoyed at me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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