Isn't it just the funniest thing! Bentley just figured this out last month as well. I watched him try for months, just laughing! They do get very proud, and it is adorable!

Way to go Gus!!

 

Carson has never tried that before.... but I usually use one reg. sized ball and one bigger one, so maybe that's it. Also...not an issue cuz he brings it back and drops it on command.... he's good ain't he?!?!

 

Ellie won't do thatm, at all. She'll run up to the ball, then leave it and come back. She's still proud that she found it, though.

 

Keep away neighbor

I have had to use two balls with Daisy and her Chuck It. We have a nonfetching neighbor dog who likes to steal the ball when Daisy does her good job of dropping the ball for me. Daisy has gotten two ball in her mouth once. One was a racket ball (inside ball because it is easy to keep clean) and a tennis ball (which she snuck into the house). It was pretty cute, she always trys to get a bunch of her toys in her mouth.

 

My boy is a master at this. He picked it up sometime this summer when playing with his brother across the street (he's not the best at sharing). He holds them front to back, so to the untrained eye it looks like he only has one. I get a kick out of it when he walks up to some unsuspecting visitor... they're always SHOCKED to see the second ball!

 

With Samson, two is just the norm now.....but I sure remember when he first realized he could do it....

He'll even carry three around, if there's strange dogs around. He refuses to share them...

 

Tennis balls don't last long enough in my house for him to figure out if two will fit. He snaps down on the ball and busts it in half before defuzzing it (in a matter of a minute I might add) and then his poor brother can't play fetch anymore.

 

Our tennis balls don't last long here, either....
For Monster's birthday I bought him a tire rope toy (his favorite...or, second favorite, i guess) a really expensive KONG bone and treats and two tennis balls and a few other toys...(Maybe this is why I'm broke now?) Anyway, I opened the treats and put a few in the bag and let him open it himself (just a regular grocery bag) and, I figured he would eat the treat and then go for the tire toy...no, forget the treats, forget the expensive toys....he took the tennis ball and ran under the bed...because he knows that somehow they all magically disappear after he's had them for a few hours. (He always takes them and hides under the bed when I take out his toys that he has limited access to...like the ones that are too squeaky.)
It took him maybe two hours before he'd ruined the ball. I put the other one away for another day...when I did take the second ball out, I turned my back for a little while and forgot about it, and next thing I know, that one is ruined, too.

 

We used to play ball like that with our two pups. And then Shelby started grabbing onto Beau and not letting go of his tail to get him to give the balls up. So we changed to Beau outside first and when he stopped and went inside then we played ball with Shelby. It works alot better now.

 

Oh and you must get a picture with the two balls in mouth. I never seem to have the camera ready when he does it, but that would make a cute pic.