My Dog The Clepto

"My Dog The Clepto"

     My Great Dane, Deuce (aka "Baby" Deuce) has always been an absolutely wonderful house dog. He doesn't get in the trash, doesn't chew up furniture, I don't get complaints from the neighbors about dog barking while I'm out, Ive never had to come home and pick up pieces of a shredded shoe, and he's generally very well potty trained.  With the exception of his need to plop his big butt on all my furniture, he's the perfect house dog.  However; here lately, Deuce has developed an extremely odd behavior.....he has turned into a thief! 

     My house has two bedrooms: one is mine and the other is an office and what he considers "his".  His bed is in there and thats usually where you can find him when he's ready for a nap or when he gets his feelings hurt.  

     This all started innocently enough. He would merely collect his toys and stack them in his room. This was just fine with me, it meant I never had to clean up after we were finished playing. Sort of like a little kid taking their toys to the toy box when they are finished playing.  But then things started getting a little strange.... He started to collect my socks.  I would come home and find two or three socks in his little pile.  I just figured, like any dog, he liked dirty socks...no biggie. Things progressed pretty rapidly after that.  He would pluck paper from my desk and put it in the pile, steal shirts and jeans from my hamper, pens and highlighters off the table, he even took my goggles for biology lab! The situation really hit the fan when I came home one day to find he had "collected" a red boot and added it to his pile of treasures! Talk about wanting to skin a dog! 

     Luckily though, he doesn't chew on or harm his little pile of goodies in any way, he just piles them up and watches them. I've tried to keep things away from him but, since he can open all my doors and reach every surface in my house, its been a lost cause. 

     So now we've established a routine.  Everyday when I leave for school or work, he steals my things and puts them in his pile. When I come home, I steal them back and he patiently waits for me to leave again.  

Does anyone else have a dog with a really strange habit???? Leave a comment below and let me know!