Ever since Bailey was a puppy, he has had one obsession; steal the remote. At least once a day we will play the “chase Bailey for the remote” game. Bailey will take the remote from the chair or couch, pull some football maneuver, circle around quickly (you can tell he is thinking, “By George I think I got”, he will look up and go “oh crap”. One command to “drop it” and it falls to the floor.
He pulls the same game with our bath mat, laundry basket (looking for socks), and our kitchen towel. We have tried to break him of this habit, but it has gone on since he was a few months old; it seems like a never ending game. However, we can easily break him of new disobedient problems (one grand upside).
I firmly believe, he steals these items to play with us. He never destroys the item; he just wants our attention. During the chase for our remote, Bailey will jump up on the couch, drop the remote and look up at us with these big Vizsla eyes and your heart just melts (can you tell I can be a push over when it comes to this little devil?). He will get a smile from me, a pat on the head and a kiss on the head. I then place the remote back in its spot (basket on the coffee table), he will get down off the couch, glance at the basket, look at me and walk away. Every time he does that, I visualize him saying 'we will meet again one day remote" as he waits for the time we leave the remote on the couch again, so the chase can begin again.
Looking at this now, I can see we are not fixing our problem, but I don’t think we really want to.
