My daughter was sitting at the kitchen table supposedly eating lunch. She was talking loudly and waving a hot dog (no bun) in her hand to punctuate her comments. Bonnie came cruising by and, seeing a hot dog suddenly appear in front of her, seized the opportunity. (Who could resist?)
I wanted in the worst way to laugh, but my daughter was screaming and Bon took off down the hall. Our circular floor plan makes it a dog-thief's paradise--she is nearly impossible to catch. When I finally cornered her, behind a recliner, the hot dog was gone. I called off the chase. As I turned I caught a funny look from her.
I pulled out the recliner again and Bonnie took off...why? Another few rounds through the hall and back to the recliner. (Her favorite "hideout"). I looked back there and saw the hot dog! Had she "buried" it there? She grabbed it and took off again. When I finally got her, it was definitely gone.
But was it? She had this gleam in her eye, but I didn't see any hot dog in her mouth. Could she possibly not have eaten it? OK, I cornered her again and looked carefully, no hot dog...but wait, after all that running, she wasn't panting. Not at all. Her mouth was clamped shut. I reached down to pry her jaws apart and out came the entire hot dog. She had the whole thing concealed lengthwise in her mouth and throat! I was laughing so hard.
Can you believe she didn't even growl, or snap when I took it? Now what do I do with it? Although it was intact, I certainly wasn't giving it back to my daughter who was still screaming for it. I couldn't bring myself to throw away a whole hot dog either...so I ended up breaking it up and giving it back to Bon, piece by piece. I know I probably shouldn't have done that, but I was so happy she didn't try to bite me, that I did. I have probably confirmed her as a thief for life.
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. ) Her predecessor (Ashley-RB) also did this. She would immediately take it to the dining room and around and around the table we would go. If I appeared not interested she would drop it on her own and sometimes if I am lucky she would drop it when I said "drop it." Remember, though, it is a towel and not food!! 
Bonnie had something much tastier in her mouth! I am amazed that you were able to pry her mouth open! When my Ashley had a chipmunk in her mouth once (the only reason I knew was because the tail was hanging out 
. ) I couldn't get her mouth open to save my life. I finally had to offer her a doggie biscuit to get her to open up. Somehow I don't think Bonnie would have traded that hot dog for a doggie biscuit! 
Well, I guess it was probably not the best thing to end up giving her the hot dog, but I probably would have too. Dogs, ya gotta love 'em! 
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