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<p> So my neighbors own the sweetest female golden retriever, She is gentle and lovey and just a great dog. They tend to let her out loose in their yard and she occasionally meanders over her ( as do their chickens) ... </p>
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<p> The other morning I thought I would be a nice mom and clean up the stuff from the back packing trip my son did with his dad. I washed the really smelly clothes and socks, I hung the sleeping bag out to air.. and I put his very nice, rather expensive Merrill hiking boots out on the deck to dry. He finally got new boot last fall with his Scout account money ( they earn cash by working trash detail at the Nascar races ) Yesterday I notice there is only ONE boot sitting there.. Hmm . I look around to make sure my dog Louie hadn't taken it .. no... I called my neighbor agreed that most likely their Belle was the bandit! <a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/90962/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="golden-retriever2-300x300.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="17360" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/17360/width/300/height/300" style="; width: 300px; height: 300px"></a><a href="http://www.myrepurposedlife.net/" target="_blank">/</a><span style="display:none;"> </span></p>
<p> <span style="font-size:10px;">(^^ Not actually Belle.. merely a simulation</span>)</p>
<p>I just went out and walked around my yard and theirs.. and found it.. In the LAST place I looked <span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131086494040614"><img alt="wink.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131086494040613" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span>.. Ironically.</p>
<p> It was just halfway between the two yards, just into the long grass, under the limb of a big pine! Much relief..</p>
<p> I like my neighbors and the loss of a pair of not cheap boots could have been awkward, as I had no real proof but we all know that this has happened before ... Bell is a klepto.</p>
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<p> I will remember to put my items up at "Belle-proof " height to dry from now on</p>
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<p> <strong>ANyone had such experiences wtih retrievers or others before? </strong> Good thing they're cute ! .</p>
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<p> The other morning I thought I would be a nice mom and clean up the stuff from the back packing trip my son did with his dad. I washed the really smelly clothes and socks, I hung the sleeping bag out to air.. and I put his very nice, rather expensive Merrill hiking boots out on the deck to dry. He finally got new boot last fall with his Scout account money ( they earn cash by working trash detail at the Nascar races ) Yesterday I notice there is only ONE boot sitting there.. Hmm . I look around to make sure my dog Louie hadn't taken it .. no... I called my neighbor agreed that most likely their Belle was the bandit! <a class="H-lightbox-open" href="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/90962/width/1000/height/800/flags/" target="_blank"><img alt="golden-retriever2-300x300.jpg" class="lightbox-enabled" data-id="17360" data-type="61" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/content/type/61/id/17360/width/300/height/300" style="; width: 300px; height: 300px"></a><a href="http://www.myrepurposedlife.net/" target="_blank">/</a><span style="display:none;"> </span></p>
<p> <span style="font-size:10px;">(^^ Not actually Belle.. merely a simulation</span>)</p>
<p>I just went out and walked around my yard and theirs.. and found it.. In the LAST place I looked <span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131086494040614"><img alt="wink.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_131086494040613" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span>.. Ironically.</p>
<p> It was just halfway between the two yards, just into the long grass, under the limb of a big pine! Much relief..</p>
<p> I like my neighbors and the loss of a pair of not cheap boots could have been awkward, as I had no real proof but we all know that this has happened before ... Bell is a klepto.</p>
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<p> I will remember to put my items up at "Belle-proof " height to dry from now on</p>
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<p> <strong>ANyone had such experiences wtih retrievers or others before? </strong> Good thing they're cute ! .</p>
... The bad part is that he has learned to hide things in his mouth. Like all winter he would hide his own poop... (usually after he had something good the night before) ...and try to come back in the house with it. I usually got the sign that his clenched mouth ,meant poop inside. Well, today he must of used the technique to get my chewed panties that I had thrown in the garbage ...outside. son comes in early am. " um mom...There are pieces of your underwear all over the yard"<br><br><br>
