Dog and eggs

[slinkycat]

My 8 month old JRT has "helped" me on 3-4 occasions now when I've been seeing to the hens. While I've been topping their feed up he's sneaked into the hen house, gently picked up an egg out of the nesting box, carried it up the garden and carefully laid it on the lawn, at which point I've asked him to step back and retrieved the egg.
All this from a pup who can destroy "indestructable" toys within minutes!
Why does he do this, does he instinctively know that it would break if he was rough with it?
In which case, as he loves raw eggs, it would be in his interest to crack it before I took it away. Any thoughts?

[welshlibranr]

Slinky, he's a very bright little guy, he.s a terrier , and so not soft mouthed, yet he can still carry eggs, and not break them, and furthermore, he does not break and eat them before you retrieve them, I think that this is just a game to him!...clever little guy!.............Means he gets your attention!................that's what he craves!....

[trt]

Give him a little frying pan and see if he can make you an omelet :-)

[mrs.chappie]

Aww, how sweet! Conjures up a lovely image of the wee pup.

[slinkycat]

Yes he's very clever Welsh, but I'm biased! He certainly doesn't lack attention, so not sure if its attention seeking behaviour, I've watched him do it and he looks very furtive!

[slinkycat]

Good idea trt! I also keep threatening to teach him to use the hoover, seeing as he makes such a mess with his shredded toys!

[welshlibranr]

Yes slinky, probably is attention seeking!........But a very clever little guy nevertheless!............He's bright!.................

[ttfn]

Hi slinky. Incredible though this may sound, it is not unique. My dear old Newfi, whilst an extremely gentle giant of a dog, had the ability to crack huge baked knuckle bones at the first crunch. This always reminded me of the sheer strength of this dog. Having been shopping one day, I unloaded all the grocery bags from the car in to the hall. As I unpacked the bags one by one I suddenly noticed that Bosun was walking around the lounge, wagging his tail and that there was something in his mouth. Inspection revelaed he had opened a carton of eggs from one of the bags and removed one - it was the same egg he was carrying between his huge jaws. I tentatviely put my hand out and asked him to give the egg to me. He did so, eventually, and I was amazed to see that there was no mark on the egg at all. This is the same dog who happily and literally chewed a leg off one of my dining chairs among other acts of gross puppy vandalism. Bosun enjoyed all food - raw or cooked, but I have no idea why he did this particular act. Dogs are amazing animals at times.

[slinkycat]

Unbelievable isn't it ttfn? As a first time dog owner he amazes me all the time:-)

[ttfn]

But great fun slinky. Hard to fall out with them for long - whatever they have done wrong. Enjoy every minute of their lives.

[charmer73]

good advice ttfn i am doing just that with my best pal 6 year old yellow lab,this wee dog seems to be a good one.♥♥♥