Cute dog story to share

[Lauren]

In the morning when we get up we let our yellow lab, Molly, out to do her business and bring in the paper. She struggles with the Sunday paper and she and I bring it in together; I hold one end while she holds the other.

This morning I let her out but didn't see the paper on the walkway. I went into the kitchen to make coffee and a few minutes later I heard her scratching at the slider off of the kitchen in the back of the house. There she was with the Sunday paper hanging in her mouth by the plastic bag. :D Not an easy feat! She managed to drag the paper around the house and (our land slopes in the back) up a flight of stairs to the top of the deck. I gave her an extra special hug and treat for that service! :D

[Cindy_Lou]

Good dog, Molly! It's great that she has a job she takes pride in! :)

[pointerhaven]

Molly sounds like you did a good job....my boys would have shredded the paper all over the yard!!! LOL

[lindrusso]

Cute! The Sunday paper is quite the task!

When we lived in IN, they would toss our paper onto the driveway - it also was in a plastic bag - and Bailey would go get it for us every morning. He loved it and WE loved not having to venture outdoors to get it ourselves. Win-win situation.

A couple of times he came trotting over to me with a paper in his mouth AFTER he had already retrieved ours. He was stealing papers from the neighbors' driveways! :D Needless to say, he didn't get a treat for those retrievals, but it gave us a good laugh!

The Sunday paper was always a toughy for him, but he managed somehow!

Now that we are in PA, they have those little mail boxes for the paper, so Bailey can't retrieve it for us. :( If he's up and ready to go, though, DH will take him out and let Bailey carry it back. I wonder if the newspaper people would think we were crazy if we asked them to just toss it on the driveway for us??!! :D