We've all seen the pictures of the sofas after a GSP got ahold of them.  I also have a chair that got similar treatment, along with a mulititude of stuffed toys.  I now keep a bunch of stuffed toys the kids can unstuff.  I often find a room that looks like it has snowed.  I just pick up the stuffing and restuff.  So far, it has saved the furniture.

My question though, is why do shorthairs like to unstuff whatever?

I thought it was a puppy thing that CC would grow out of, but she is no better at eleven months about it than she was at nine weeks.  Bedding in her crate consists of an old blanket, anything you put in with her with stuffing on the inside will have all of the stuffing on the outside in a night or two, any stuffed animal she plays with becomes an unstuffed animal, she even chews the covers off of tennis balls.

Oh well, the benefits outway the costs, I wouldn't trade her for anything much less anything else canine.

killer instinct in my opinion. they want those innards and want 'em bad.

DO THEY EVER!  Boredom rains! 

I can't imagine having that much snow.  Maybe once a year it'll snow enough here to actually stick to the ground for a couple of hours.  I do still find "artifacts" in my yard when I mow b/c my grass grows like crazy.  Good thing my dogs think they are cows and do their part to keep it in check.

My girls have outgrown the stealing mom's stuff routine, but Ringo will steal socks, underwear, bras, PJs, but his favorite is mom's house slippers.  He will prance around like he just won the lottery with my slippers.  The girls preferred underwear and PJs.

Rocky's first 2 years with us, if given a chance would rip bed sheets off the line   and tear them into shreads Needless to say I used the dryer mostly Rocky's first 2 years. When folding a pile of towels or underwear in the house, Rocky would sneak over to the pile of folded wash cloths and carry the whole pile in his mouth and walk off  only to scatter them all over  the floor in another room To solve this problem, I moved my laundry folding table in the basement so I could toss balls to Rocky and fold laundry at the same time... Well at 6 years old Rocky doesnt do that naughty stuff any more. I can hang wash outside once again and fold laundry upstairs while Rocky lays on his rug chewing a bone