Dora is . . . well, a hoarder; it probably stems from the fact that she spent quite a bit of time as a stray before we rescued her. Anyway, I followed her to her crate when she did a snatch and grab of the scissors while I was wrapping gifts to find . . . a coffee mug, the food scoop, our other dog’s bowl, and the scissors. In fact, whenever ANYTHING is missing, her crate is the first place we look.
I’m still trying to figure out why we found a knife under her bed the other night though. That’s just . . . disturbing.
ghanima42
Aww, poor muffin.
My little man is a rescue as well…they tend to do that
Beans
My rescue does that. The other night I couldn’t sleep and ended up finding a deer antler under my pillow. My bed is her favorite place to hoard.
carol
i think shes just a pack rat in dogs clothing…. lol… shes protecting your stuff cus she loves you…
Frannie
I once found a cache of missing underwear under my rescue doodle’s bed. They do weird things, but I’d never have anything but a rescue doggie.
Terri
Thats pepping not hoarding and the knife was for protection against looters…
thekatefactor
My rescue does this too! She can even unzip zippers. Very weird. She smashed an ornament up at Christmas and hid it under a dog bed cushion.
Ingrid
She is so cute such a sweet face
Tammie
Hah! What a character.
Sinatra
The mini dox at our house just started hoarding, and he’s not a rescue. It’s very funny what he takes in and how he protects it from me!
leepatterson
My Danny does the same with her toys and she likes used kleenex and if we don’t get it away from him he eats them I often wonder why,
Sally Hopkins
My Golden use to take a sharp Cutco paring knife out of the kitchen sink, carrying it outside through two dog doors to her favorite spot on the lawn. Miraculously, she never seemed to cut her mouth. Hopefully, she’s now outgrown taking knives out, but all of the toys get emptied out of the basket and carried outside on a regular basis. Sigh
Alyson
my rescue steals from me all the time! anytime something is missing i just have to check under my bed…. it’s always there (maybe in pieces)… his new favorite is hoarding the cat toys and treats.
Holly
maybe she’s nesting! i fostered a dog that did that after her puppies were taken
Cheri
Oh my goodness! I had a rescue who was the queen of hoarding! She would pace and snort and literally throw herself on the floor when I was cleaning out her stash!
Heather
We had a doxie that did that a few times after she was fixed. She would find a little home & steal all of our small stuffed animals for her puppies. She even fake fed them, pulling them up to her in a little line.
Amber
My blue heeler does that too. In fact she hid it all in our empty suitcase. She says it’s her stuff.
Tracy Marander (@TracyMar)
My friend’s airdale steals sharp knives from the dishwasher and runs through the house with them in her mouth.
napole
Our Maltese-Poodle mutt steals, hides and hoards all of our socks in her crate, under the sofa cushions, under the sofa and under our bed cover.
Tomo & Amie (@shibasinthecity)
The plastic cup, the food bowl, and the mug and that’s ALL I need…and these blankets… The plastic up, the food bowl,…
Vanessa
Ha! ^^ Jerk ^^
Cat
I had a hoarder foster. She was from an amish puppy mill who was dumped at a shelter after her uterus prolapsed. We surmised that the only time she received attention there was when she had puppies. Her hoarding of items were attempts to recreate puppies.
She would pull shoes and socks off our feet to place in her crate. Any rug or blanket were taken there. Every dog toy. Anything that fell to the floor, clothing shoes, feeding and watering dishes. I’d find cutlery, scissors, CD cases.
I keep slipcovers on my furniture. One morning I heard strange noises. Investigating, I see her using the ties from the slipcovers to drag an easy chair across the floor to the open door of her crate. It didn’t fit of course.
Surprisingly, all the other dogs enjoyed being in her crate now. I’d look over to see 3 dogs taking naps there. After a few months with me and getting adopted, she no longer hoards. She has toys that she leaves laying around. She can wear doggie sweaters/coats without pulling them off.
Peggy
Awww what a sweetheart! And the silver lining is you always know the first place to look when stuff is missing. 🙂