Oh, where to start. My Casey (RB) was a true retriever. The problem was that she "retrieved" things that weren't hers/ours. We used to live on a cul-de-sac and our yard wasn't fenced. She would go over to the neighbors' houses/garages and over time retrieved the following:

sneakers
golf shoes
barn jacket
underwear (long story)
cat poop in a brown paper bag (uh, another long story)
hand trowel
gardening gloves
$20 bill (after that I told her, Go fetch!!)
many assorted children's toys
snow shovel
pumpkin
box turtle (live)

She was always so proud to bring home her "finds" and we were lucky that our neighbors loved her and didn't mind since everything got returned eventually. Boy do I miss her!

Danna