Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The Imelda Marcos of Pyrs

Gus has made himself right at home with us - it's like he lived here forever. For the most part he is excellently behaved - he even comes when called (unlike certain Malamutes I could name). If he has one vice, it's his love of shoes.

And I do mean LOVE:

ALL THESE ARE MINE I FOUND THEM THEY ARE MINE

He's very gentle with them - there's never a tooth mark anywhere, they're only a bit damp. He simply seems to enjoy moving them from one point to the other and arranging them in small collections. These he moved from their official spot by the front door to his favorite napping spot by the back door.

I HAVE PUT THESE WHERE THEY BELONG THIS IS MUCH BETTER NOW

It's great that he's such a good guard dog and all, but we're not quite sure how to explain to him that he's not supposed to guard shoes.

I AM GUARDING THIS SHOE YOU CANNOT HAVE IT

OR THIS ONE THIS ONE IS ALSO MINE

Fortunately he's not always stealing shoes. Sometimes he just looks cute and floofy...

Happy Floof!

35 comments:

  1. That's hilarious! My GSD has done that but not to the extent your Gus is!

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  2. adorable!! one can never have too many shoes ;)

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  3. Best shoe guard dog out there!! What a clever floof :)

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    1. Yes, our shoes are safe. Er, from what, I'm not sure.

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  4. Thank god the shoes are finally safe.

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  5. Oh the floof! What a good boy not chewing them up at least. It's cute that he moved the boots in pairs to the back door. :-)

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    1. Yes, that's a lot of trips to make for four boots!

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  6. Haha! No one show my teeny dog this post. So far, his resource guarding is limited to dog toys. He doesn't want to play with them. He just doesn't want anyone else to, either. THEY GO THERE OK NO ONE MOVE THEM.

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    1. Hahaha Elias does this too. He collects ALL THE TOYS and then he lays on them. Very effective.

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    1. Only when you're not living it. If you're actually trying to find your shoes, it's not cute at all.

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  8. Haha, silly dog. I just want to hug him!

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  9. My black lab loved flip flips and would collect them and pile them in his bed :)

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    1. You know, he hasn't touched the flipflops yet. Maybe he only likes expensive leather shoes?

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  10. Oh my goodness FLOOFY!

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  11. So much floof so much cayute ♡♡♡♡

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    1. Yes, we have extra floofs roaming the house this time of year. Not so cute... ;)

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  12. Adorable! I know a flat-coated retreiver who does something similar. When Jack gets excited he grabs a shoe to carry around :)

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  13. I was right. This is an excellent post. :)

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    1. It would be even cuter if he brought them back ;)

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