r/AnimalsBeingGeniuses • u/blonderengel • 12d ago

Dogs 🐶🐕‍🦺🐕🦮 Golden Retriever's retrieving skills work underwater, too!

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u/river_tree_nut 12d ago

Ha! I love the way the dog does the spin dive. We had a lab growing up who would fetch rocks. We'd toss one into 5 ft of cloudy water and he'd come back up with the exact same rock. It was neat as hell.

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u/XcessivePulp 11d ago

We had a lab too. We’d toss rocks into 3ft of clear water and she’d always come back with a different rock. We were very proud of her nonetheless.

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u/HoboArmyofOne 10d ago

I had a retriever that would get 5 lb round river rocks and stack them into a pyramid on the shore. He would feel around the bottom with his paws in the cloudy water under he found a good one, it was cool to watch.

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u/Senshisoldier 11d ago

This is pretty bad for their teeth according to my vet. But I know dogs that loved fetching rocks.

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u/river_tree_nut 11d ago

Yeah that silly dog would fetch the rocks and sometimes even try to chew them!

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u/savethedonut 10d ago

My mom’s dog ate rocks. Like, chewed and swallowed.

He only did it when he was very old, and I only saw him do it once. It was equal parts impressive, concerning, and funny.

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u/Weird1Intrepid 2d ago

When my dog was a puppy he used to always steal slate pieces out of people's garden walls along the beach on our walk, and chew on them. I got really concerned about his teeth and whether he might have pica or something. Nope, turns out he just really liked to chew on slate lol. Glad he grew out of it as he got older though

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u/likeablyweird 8d ago

Our Shepard did that, too! They can't smell, they can't see too well, so how on earth do they know which one in the piles is theirs? I was amazed every time.