I was curious about the force fetching methods and I couldn't resist.  LMAOF !  

The santa photo is fabulous. I do belive Bella is right up there with Wegman. She has that same look. You should pursue publishing them.

I bet that is a priceless photo. I LOVE having a dog that shows me her finds...it makes a breeze to trade out things that she shouldn't have with something she can have. Bella has always done this. I think she is just too excited and proud of a find not to show everyone and see if it is something she can keep or not. The other day at the dog park, she ran up to a couple of labs playing with a ball the owner had tossed for them. She greeted and then quickly ran away and I noticed the owner was laughing and watching her run off. I realized she had sniped their ball. She ran directly to me and dropped it in my hand so proud of herself lol. Made it far easier to return than chasing after her, and the lab's owner was quite impressed too as he assumed we'd be chasing her down for it.