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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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)
tonyradogna 4
Solution:keep the door closed
kylieh72 25
It could be a service dog and the door may have been open for reasons pertaining to their disability. May also be the reason the op trained it to get the phone.
flufee2 27
Or not
Wakachulak 22
Look on the bright side: you never taught him to fetch a toaster.
MaximumBeat 16
That soaks.
Rainbow2Cloud 12
Actually, it was good and she should feel good.
karwank 13
What's bad is how many times you've been thumbed down 17
joeyl2008 29
Actually, it was ok and she should feel ok.
Nicolasaur726 21
No offense OP, but that wasn't that smartest thing to do. I wouldn't want my phone in a dog's mouth, even if it is cleaner than a human's.
Thorzix 23
Yeah, even more so 'cause it's actually not cleaner than a human's, that's a myth.
jtfrisch 22
I still think OP is a genius for this, even if there was an accident
lilbird187 9
Humans have the dirtiest mouths... So technically dogs do have cleaner mouths
falsecut 12
It's a theory that provides some evidence but not really. But dogs do have cleaner mouths than humans.
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.
TrippingOnAcid 29
Dogs can be really gentle with their mouths. There's a woman who comes into my work with motor neurones disease. She has a helper dog and he can take jump up and take her credit card out of the card reader. It's pretty awesome.
fakedsincerity 32
Those dogs have proper training. I agree they're super impressive and intelligent though. (:
Brandi_Faith 34
I agree. Although I wouldn't say op deserves it, cause it's a $300 accident. I will say that as cool a trick as this is, I don't think trusting your dog with a $300 phone was a great idea. A lot of things could've gone wrong, he could've dropped it on the floor and broke it, he could've dropped it in water from a toilet, to his water bowl, to the bath, or even taken it outside or something. Very cool trick and I can see why you would train him to do that; but personally, I don't think I'd trust my dog with my expensive phone.
Marcella1016 32
Ehh I'd find it kind of helpful for those moments your phone is on silent and you forgot where the hell you put it. I'd love to have my pet help me look for it! Seems pretty ingenious to me, not as a trick, but as help. OP should get her dog to do it with keys, wallet, purse, etc...all the things that make me late because I can't find them when it's time to leave lol
weswheatley 14
Regardless, I think this is a ydi, but I can see the logic, any golden retriever can carry eggs in they're mouths without a scratch. I'm sure many dogs could perform a similar feat, like carrying a cell phone
RayneSmytson 24
Any dog could be taught this with enough patience. The problem is that OP hadnt trained the dog properly (or hadn't finished training the skill) and so the dog hadn't learned that it's only to do the skill when asked and not any other time. That takes training too.
henrylikestreats 22
Laziness never pays off. Smart dog, though.
imkool136 22
Tell that to the people who get paid to test video games. Or to food critics.
RpiesSPIES 27
Testing video games isn't necessarily laziness. Takes an insane amount of repitition over a large amount of time to reveal and debug a problem. Takes perseverence. There are many other jobs that could classify as lazier.
Queen_of_Night 20
#25- Game tester here. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! You have any idea how many times you have to play one level? Or worse, one part of a level? It's not easy and it's boring. When you beta test something, that's after it has gone though weeks and months of alpha testing. The 2 last to months of a big release can be hell. Kiss weekends goodbye. YDI.
shaaza 16
Well you did teach him how to do it...next lesson: when to do it.
howard007 18
Next lesson get a water proof case or phone
WhoopteDo 26
I'd be a bit worried about him scratching the screen, but at least he was trying to be helpful! Dogs are my favorite animal because of stuff like this, they genuinely want to please you, can be trained well, and are often very friendly and happy.
gabby_john_ 15
That sucks dawg
KaneHunter 22
Seriously OP, why teach him that? Hopefully you didn't scold him for it
shessohighh 10
That's what I thought when I read the FML. I hope OP didn't freak out on the dog.
ItsDutch 16
Sucks that it happened but you deserve it for teaching your dog to do in instead of just getting it yourself.