Today, a few weeks after teaching my dog to fetch my phone and drop it in my lap, he decided to do it spontaneously. Too bad I was in the bath at the time. There goes a $300 phone. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my dog thought it would be a good idea to use my phone as a chew toy. FML
Today, I was playing music from my phone, which was on the couch. I guess my dog got jealous, because she picked it up and ran over to the toilet, promptly dropping it right in. FML
Today, I was excited to teach my new puppy how to fetch. I threw the stick, and he just stared at it, then stared back at me with his tongue lolling out, as if to say, "You threw it. You go get it." I’ve now spent the past 30 minutes fetching my own stick, hoping he'd join in. Nope. FML
Today, I took my dog for a walk down by the river. I was throwing sticks for him with one hand and talking on the phone with the other. Then I accidentally threw my phone in the river instead of the stick and was standing there talking to the stick while my phone sat at the bottom of the river. FML
Today, I thought it would be cute to teach my dog a new trick in which I throw and then he brings me back a rolled up newspaper. He disappeared after it, then successfully returned with what turned out to be my neighbor's dirty boxer shorts. Apparently, my dog has a different definition of "fetch." FML
Today, my fancy rubber phone case did its job and saved my phone from damage when I dropped it on the bathroom counter. Unfortunately, it was rather useless after the massive bounce it took before landing in the toilet. FML
Today, I fell in a river with a £700 camera, a £200 lens, and an iPhone while trying to rescue a 50 pence ball for my dog. FML
Today, my youngest decided my phone needed a bath in the toilet. FML
Today, I was walking my dog through a park with a lake. My dog was swimming in said lake, and then appeared to be having trouble keeping his head up. I put my phone and keys on the ground and waded to my dog. He was fine, but I turned around in time to see someone run off with my stuff. FML
Today, after dropping my phone in the toilet, I left it dismantled outside in my backyard to dry hoping it could be saved. I forgot about the phone as well as the sprinklers that were scheduled to go off. FML
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Top comments
Gabilliam 19
Then...why did you train a dog to pick up a $300 phone in his mouth full of sharp teeth in the first place? Surely that was an accident waiting to happen, bath or not.
MaximumBeat 16
That soaks.
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Comments (114)
uncle_ssaamm 12
ydi for teaching the dog to pick up a $300 phone ... im surprised their teeth hadnt crushed it
Nealah 12
The twist is he was sick of fetching your phone all the time and dumped it in the bath on purpose. lol jk.. But really, my best guess is that you use treats for training. It isn't the best idea for those kinds of commands, because he will do them whenever he wants a treat. (the spontaneity you mentioned) Since he's got it down now, try progressing into praise instead and I'm sure that'll solve your problem. :)
gobiteme2 34
Good doggie :)
sprints54 19
Shoulda got the waterproof case
trtnt25 19
I would've had him practice with a toy phone or a similar shaped object until he perfected it before I would have him do it with my real phone
Taurus_ChicKa 37
So many things wrong here. First, if you have enough time/energy/patience to train your dog to retrieve your phone for you, you can easily get it yourself when you want/need it. Second, allowing a dog to chomp on a $300 phone? Yeah...sorry have to go with YDI on this one.
ninety 25
Nothing wrong with op teaching their dog a cool trick.
gintwinsmoore 20
don't teach him how to fetch anything else electronic, like your blow dryer or something...
superspooky 13
Why would you train a dog to pick up a $300 phone with his mouth anyway?
choirkid1994 4
What kind of phone is $300 to begin with?
luminalunii69 16
Put it in some rice, that usually works.