Poor dog! No squeakies!

There isn't any place in the house unavailable to him. Even closed doors don't stop this little smarty! He can open them. I've tried to keep him out of the bedroom, especially at night. Every morning, he's back in there and the door is wide open. And it ain't us! This one is a smart little bugger. He knows what we're talking about most of the time! He knows what each room is, toy names, and other things. Each room has a spot where that toy goes. Even if I block it off, he'll work that little sucker in there. I don't know how many times I've gotten it out from under the entertainment center. It really shouldn't be able to fit under there, but he manages. Sigh. When he loses a toy for a couple days, he remembers! That's how we trained him not to put his bones in our bed. (I thought it was hilarious, but hubs didn't. It was always on his side though. lol) My dog can't be trained that way, he doesn't remember like that, but this one does. He's getting it back tonight. It's been a couple days. I will bet you it never goes under our bed again. It might get shoved under my bras or some other place it ain't supposed to be, but he won't make the mistake of losing his toy again. He always remembers things like that. He may not be a child, but in a lot of ways he's smarter than a child. He understands a lot more than a dog is supposed to. We try very hard not to underestimate him. It usually backfires!

A very smart dog you have there, sure it's not a 2 yr. old kid in a dog suit?

Yeah, he's way smarter than a 2 year old. Or even a 5 year old. I can understand them learning words that one uses every day, but he seems to understand our meanings on things we don't repeat a lot. Or I KNOW I've never said. (It's a bit creepy, having to watch my words around him.) I was carrying a huge blanket from the living room to the utility room (across the house) today. I made a snarky comment to him, "If you were a good dog, you'd help me carry this heavy thing." He grabbed part of the blanket dragging on the ground and started walking beside me!! I was so creeped out!! I wish my dog was that smart... Sigh.

he sounds like a cutie & a smart one.

He'll be getting it back tonight. it's been 2 days. That's all it takes for him to not do something again. He's a really smart little cookie. That's why I'm so careful about teaching him tricks now. He takes the trick and adds to it. I taught him to climb some steps. Now he has to be tied up if hubs is on a ladder, or he'll have a dog right behind him!

They're not supposed to have wet, sloppy toys stuck in either! My booties always tend to be...wet. The dogs play with a toy, then it has to be stuffed into my bootie. Urgh! That is a very funny way of telling the story! Most excellent!

I always give him 2 days. He'll remember now. But we have arthritis. It's kinda hard kneeling to dig that darn toy out every night! And it's not near the edge. It's been swatted back against a wall, so it takes a bit of work to get to it! And if we were to just leave it there, he tries to do it himself. Then gets stuck halfway under the bed and screaming from the pain of it pressing into his back. But you lift the bed up and get him out, he does it over again! Stubborn even if he is smart. Sigh.