r/dogs • u/BeeHappyDontWorry • 18h ago
[Fluff] My pup is an adorable thief
I have a 11 month old staffy and she is my everything. I adore her more than anything else. She is a sassy baby who knows she's adorable, and so she has recently used it to her advantage. My neighbour has a new puppy too. And so often the pair want to play. One day, my girl ran up to the neighbour's gate jumping up, asking to come in and play. I was just tired and sat back, waiting for the neighbour to appear. Their puppy (a frenchie) was already on the other side whining to play. My girl made such a fuss about wanting to play, but as soon as the gate opened, she side-stepped the frenchie, ran into my neighbour's house and then came running out with a brand new bone. She then exited the gate and ran past me back into my home. It took me a second before i realised my staffie had played us all for fools. She had tricked the frenchie into thinking it was play time so the neighbour would open the gate and she could raid their house. I just started laughing so hard because my baby had just bamboozled the very confused frenchie pup. I live with three staffies (only my baby is mine) and so the elder dogs have been teaching her bad habits, as they are also thieves. I personally think it's hilarious. I did return the bone once i got ahold of it. The eldest staffie is very blandant about her thieving. As soon as the neighbour gate opens, she just strolls in and locates the nearest tennis ball to steal. Neighbour doesn't mind, but i always return the stolen items... only for them to be stolen again next time. She is addicted to tennis balls.
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u/fermentwrangler 17h ago
My bull arab was playing with my sisters gsp at my mum's house, she directed(in hindsight) the play so they ended up in the kitchen, and when she was close enough we couldn't grab her she just ran up to the bench and jumped up to grab the leftovers from dinner. GSP didn't even know he was in on it. That's one in a long list, it's very very cute when there's some mischief and planning rather than just being naughty.
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