First world puppy problems.......

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I have three Kong toys for the dogs - usually they are used to distract the terriers by stuffing them with food when I go out (especially George!)

Today I realised I had lost all 3 Kong toys.... an extended search found one in Colin’s crate, and two behind the sofa in the most inaccessible place possible!!! I know why that is, Colin is chased by Millie lurcher who wants to steal his toys so he hides them there because she can’t fit down behind the sofa ?

Any tips for persuading him to retrieve them? ?

Gratuitous Colin pic:

 

[Stiff Knees]

If you had a Labrador you would not be having these retrieval problems. Just saying ???

 

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If you had a Labrador you would not be having these retrieval problems. Just saying ???

Awww I know you are right, but I really couldn’t swap Colin for anything now ?

 

[Stiff Knees]

I meant add in a Labrador, not a swap!??

 

[Parrotperson]

good luck with persuading a terrier to retrieve anything! Stiff knees is right. get a Labrador!

 

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I can foresee some furniture removals here :O

 

[GSD Woman]

Kongs get misplaced in awkward places by gnomes. True fact. At least you found yours, mine are circling the earth with all of the lost socks. But seriously, get an inexpensive grabber that people with mobility problems use to pick up your kongs.

 

[Bellasophia]

Terrier retrieve of a prized object...goodluck with that lol. They follow what’s mine is mine protocol.

 

[FinnishLapphund]

Kongs get misplaced in awkward places by gnomes. True fact. At least you found yours, mine are circling the earth with all of the lost socks. But seriously, get an inexpensive grabber that people with mobility problems use to pick up your kongs.

I'm not only a dog owner, I'm a cat owner, too.

I got tired of laying on a floor, trying to use broom handles, clothes hangers, and other stuff, to play flipper with a cat toy who didn't want to leave the inaccessible place where my cats had lost it.
I think a grabber on a stick should be included in all Your first kitten sets.

 

[meggymoo]

If its a small purple one it's by the picnic bench outside the sports pavilion in our village! Been there all week and every day I have to persuade our lab that it is not his!

 

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Weirdly the Kong toys have re-appeared! I can’t say that I noticed Colin retrieving them but I suppose he must have done - so I have a terrier retriever (of a sort!) ?

 

[Stiff Knees]

Weirdly the Kong toys have re-appeared! I can’t say that I noticed Colin retrieving them but I suppose he must have done - so I have a terrier retriever (of a sort!) ?

Nah, I sent in the Yellow Peril, in super stealth mode, to retrieve them. You never even saw her, but, check your biscuit tin, she took payment!! ??

 

[EventingMum]

I think this just shows how smart Colin, and terriers in general, are!

 

[Parrotperson]

oh their smart alright. But only when it suits them!!

 

[misst]

oh their smart alright. But only when it suits them!!

Oh yes!