Poor little Bert

[poiuytrewq]

Bit of a trauma out walking.


He just went to have a look at a rabbit hole and has dropped his favourite has to come everywhere ball down it!
Now being the useless owner I am there is no way I’m sticking my arm in (not 100% sure it’s rabbit not rat)
He suggested we sacrifice a terrier for the job but they couldn’t give a damn about his ball anyway so they too are next to useless.

I’ve managed to drag him away after a sad farewell but I’ll guarantee every time we come this way we will have to stop and be sad

 

[Mrs Jingle]

Poor Bert indeed! You best get back there with a pair of strong leather gauntlets and a spade or you will spend the rest of your natural life dragging him home by the collar.

 

[smolmaus]

HELP HIM

 

[poiuytrewq]

Mr P was horrified I didn’t get it out
I can’t even see it! I know it’s there as he ever lies about such things.

 

[MurphysMinder]

One of my GSDs did that and I was the mug that did stick my hand down and thankfully didn’t meet anything furry. You cant separate a shepherd from their yellow ball

 

[I'm Dun]

Ive seen Flash Gordon. My hands dont go in holes! But Id get a cheap litter picker/grabber and use that to get it out.

 

[poiuytrewq]

We did have a really long bbq tong thing somewhere, or I may just go buy a new red ball.
There must be hundreds dotted round this farm already!

 

[Bradsmum]

Ah but it won’t be HIS red ball

 

[Cinnamontoast]

This is a disaster of epic proportions. I still scrabble in the bushes for the rope toy I accidentally threw in there some years ago. It was Zak's favourite.

 

[Surbie]

Poor Bert! How could you just leave it there? Shocking neglect!

I would suggest you take Mr P with you next time, so he can shove his arm down there...

 

[poiuytrewq]

Ah but it won’t be HIS red ball

He's not all that fussy, If i jump around saying how amazing it is he will soon agree, as long as its the correct variety! He's fairly easily entertained.

Poor Bert! How could you just leave it there? Shocking neglect!

I would suggest you take Mr P with you next time, so he can shove his arm down there...

Mr P does not do walking,not for any reason, well He has been known to walk home from the pub but even thats rare. It also involved crawling through sharp stuff so would be a double no!

 

[poiuytrewq]

We went with our long bbq tong- apparently they are quite scary!

Turns out we can't quite remember which hole in the hedge we need and each squeezing gap seems to have about 10 rabbit holes behind it. So it was a fail unfortunatley! I found them on Amazon, this is really exciting because he will have a box to open and tear into tiny bits aswell!

Win win!

 

[New Forests Rock]

Thanks for the update - lucky Bert

 

[poiuytrewq]

We have a couple of others, different colours and varying degrees of squeak left (I suspect that’s really why it’s his best ball)
There’s a very old faded one floating round the horses trough and a few in the hedge.
For now he’s making do with my shoe.

 

[New Forests Rock]

Can't beat a good game of "chew the shoe" - my ex-husband had the perfect pair of very expensive leather deck shoes my lurcher devoured

 

[poiuytrewq]

Can't beat a good game of "chew the shoe" - my ex-husband had the perfect pair of very expensive leather deck shoes my lurcher devoured

The good thing is he only carries, I think he's our first labrador that hasn't been a chewer. The previous 3 were terrible until about 2/2.5 yrs but he has never broken anything other than things given like toys or boxes. *fingers x'd