My Lena does the same thing. She will take one of our shoes with her, or bring to us for praise. She never chews them.
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Here, she is bringing us a deer antler.
Oh wow. I once got a dog from the local animal shelter, a beautiful chocolate griffen or german wire-hair.
He reminded me of my previous dog who was also a griffen but taller and lighter, with some greyhound Wabun (name), that ran away and neighbor may have shot (at one time a lot of dogs in the area had greyhound in them because people bet on dog tracks.
Now they have a lot of pit bull.
So I had my heart set on him.
Well when i visited the shelter a second time he got loose and ran.
But I caught him and said I'd take him anyway. Wabun was a good dog. He always knew what I wanted and wanted to please.
But if he was tied up or cooped up all day and I got distracted or took my he'd really run off and then come back in an hour.
You'd think I'd learn.
Well after a week he did get loose. He'd let me get 10 feet away and then run, like a game.
It was 20 degrees farenhiet and lots of snow.
I dragged a deer to him through the snow for food.
And he ate it.
I wondered where he was going so I tracked him.
Answer: all over the place and some distances too.
There was one place where there a horse and his footprints were all over.
He was sleeping with the horse (they were both lonely and became friends) for warmth and the neighbor and I trapped him.
Well I took him back to the animal shelter because I wasn't ready to have a dog like that and someone might shoot him.
My dogs now just stay within the 5 acres and they guard and protect.