...true story....I worked nites for Intel. Was putting on makeup one afternoon when our cocker spaniel, Gus, came into room..I casually said, “hey Gus, where’s my watch?” I hadn’t been able to find it for a few days. He left, and I didn’t think more about it, was just making conversation. ..next thing I know he comes trotting into the room...WITH MY WATCH. Gus was very smart, but a terror.
We had a Golden Retriever named Molly. One day as I was going through the mail, I gave her a piece of junk mail and said, "Molly, throw this in the garbage." Sure as shootin', she walked over to the garbage can and dropped it in. We made such a fuss over it, I think we scared her and we could never get her to do it again.