About Teaching Your Dog How to Fetch....

[Ironic-Mike]

Look what the dog brought in: US hand grenade

BERLIN (AFP) – A dog out on a walk happened upon a live US grenade from World War II and eagerly delivered it to his master, police said Monday, but authorities were able to defuse the explosive before it went off.

A 40-year-old woman had let the dog off its leash near a stream on a walk Sunday on the outskirts of the town of Erkrath in western Germany's Neander Valley.

The animal found the grenade on the ground, picked it up in its jaws and trotted back to its owner.

"She recognised immediately that it was probably an old, rusted hand grenade," police said. "On the orders of the woman, the dog obediently put his find back next to the stream."

She then alerted the authorities who blocked off the area and dispatched a munitions expert who identified the object as a still live American hand grenade from World War II and defused it.

Germany is still littered with unexploded Allied munitions more than six decades after the war, leading frequently to major evacuations when they are discovered in densely populated areas.

[RedFalcon]

Play dead, Fido...play dead.

[rangeroffspr]

Play dead, Fido...play dead.

Ugh.

At least the dog dropped it when told.

[bg]

Somewhere a 90-yr-old vet is reading that story thinking "Shit, I knew I was forgetting something when we pulled out."

[RedFalcon]

That 90-year old and his company are no longer on lock-down and may now go home.

[Rocket1972]

I can hear it now. Good boy er um bad boy!!!! Drop it, drop it now boy!!!!

[Eric]

My dog would have dropped it at my feet lol

[Zimmy]

My dog isn't very cooperative.

If I said fetch, he would have shit on it. If I said drop he would have run off.

My luck is he would come to me with it in his mouth to shake off stream water on me and blow us up.

[lawndart504]

My dog isn't very cooperative.

If I said fetch, he would have shit on it. If I said drop he would have run off.

My luck is he would come to me with it in his mouth to shake off stream water on me and blow us up.

Nor is it trainable.

[rangeroffspr]

That's nothing compared to what this stupid Australian shepherd I had did to a cell phone the FedEx guy left on my porch- after specific instructions to not do so.

The box was completely chewed, the glass on the screen chewed, tooth hole in the camera of the cell, all cords were annihilated. I got rid of the dog shortly after that.

[frybyrd1]

That's nothing compared to what this stupid Australian shepherd I had did to a cell phone the FedEx guy left on my porch- after specific instructions to not do so.

The box was completely chewed, the glass on the screen chewed, tooth hole in the camera of the cell, all cords were annihilated. I got rid of the dog shortly after that.

and kept the phone?

[rangeroffspr]

and kept the phone?

Actually, I think it is in a filing cabinet in my office. I'd planned on donating it to the cell recycling center and forgot about it until this post.

[Skyshark]

That 90-year old and his company are no longer on lock-down and may now go home.