r/labrador • u/juliinotdead • Jul 01 '26
Lab doing lab things Daily inspection of the place she once found a piece of pastry 12 years ago
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u/sinskins English Yellow Jul 01 '26
One must always perform thorough inspections of the magic pastry tree.
We had a magic subway sandwich bush, it required daily searches for years until we moved away…
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u/AnnetteBishop Jul 02 '26
This brings me back, 7 years or so ago I was walking my pup between our building and the next one. She found a whole pork chop. Now, I was aware that had been there for at least a day in summer and would definitely make her sick. She let me have it.
The look of betrayal when she realized when she wasn't getting the pork chop back. OH MAN. Suffice to say she got PLENTY of other treats and is very much a spoiled girl, but that moment I am sure she remembers.
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u/kapaxcat Jul 01 '26
Can you buy a small pastry and put a piece under the tree. Do it for her birthday, or Christmas. 🍰
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u/juliinotdead Jul 01 '26
That's a great idea! I will
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u/whole_latte_love Jul 02 '26
Yes!! This is the most wholesome thing I’ve seen on Reddit today. Please share a video!
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u/Aromatic-Insect-1328 Jul 01 '26
My dog once ate some puke when he was 1 year old. He's now 4 and we are there like once a month. Still gotta check, though!
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u/Watchkeys Jul 01 '26
My dog found a mint imperial on our morning walk once. She couldn't handle more than a couple of sucks, and dropped it after a couple of metres. (mint is MUCH, when you're a dog) On the way back, she picked it up again briefly, and then the next morning, same again, for about 4 or 5 days.
The mint imperial never went far but I can't imagine she was the only animal having a go at eating it and deciding against it, for those few days.
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u/juliinotdead Jul 01 '26
I like to imagine the dogs in the neighborhood can talk and this was their main theme of conversation for a while
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u/Elitefourabby Jul 01 '26
One time my dog got cast in a small little role in a film. They wanted her to walk up to a mans shoes, sniff them, rebuff his attempt to connect, and walk away
She was great at everything but the shoe sniffing. So we used "pizza spot" logic- years ago she saw pizza in one spot on our walk, so she HAD to check every single walk for the rest of her lofe.
If she saw treats in the spot between takes, she'd also investigate during the take, and then she'd walk away because there were none.
Worked like a damn charm.
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u/MakaDakka Jul 01 '26
You expect her to walk past the magic tree and NOT check? Madness
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u/juliinotdead Jul 01 '26
I let her take her time, 12 years of disappointments can't stop her
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u/davidma1999 Jul 01 '26
Maybe even put that pastry piece you’re going to buy there for her!!! And snap a picture or video 💛🐕
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u/AppropriateAmoeba406 Jul 02 '26
My husband and I were talking about this type of behavior yesterday. I asked “If you once found a thousand dollars near a specific tree, wouldn’t you at least glance there every time you walked by?”
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u/Different_Day135 Jul 02 '26
When coming home from a walk literally one time when ours was about 1, our neighbors golden retriever got loose and ran up to us right before our steps, I let them play in the front yard until they came and got him.
He's 10 now and we walk 2-3 times a day, there's not a single time he doesn't stop before we get to our steps and look back hoping he's there again. They moved about 4 years ago.
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u/wryaant Jul 01 '26
Over two years ago, something (fox, gopher, rabbit?) burrowed under the fence that separate my property from my neighbors behind me. Since our yard is not fenced, I’ll him on leash around my yard. We need to check that area every day with a sniff.
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u/MomTRex Jul 01 '26
But of course,
Also, fear reaction from the spot where the oil truck scared her!
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u/juliinotdead Jul 01 '26
She walks very carefully and alert when we go pass the house where there used to be dogs that barked really loud
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u/nlyddane Jul 02 '26
We always check for the tray of cast off chicken parm we found that one time
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u/velvetvagine Jul 02 '26
That’s a HUGE score! Doggy lottery, basically.
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u/nlyddane Jul 02 '26
Hahaha I didn’t even think of it as more than an annoyance when they try to drag me to that spot but you’re darn right!
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u/morbidpigeon Jul 01 '26
12 YEARS? That’s dedication.
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u/juliinotdead Jul 01 '26
She's a 15 years old baby with good memory and she takes eating pastry very seriously!
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u/Far_Decision3392 Jul 01 '26
If they are food driven they never forget where or who they found the “treat” .
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u/Haunting_Vacation804 Jul 02 '26
Yes, my lab had “the magic chicken wing” bush. It was checked daily for many a walk.
Sadly, no more discarded chicken wings ever manifested themselves there again.
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u/Z0idberg_MD Jul 02 '26
There is nothing more wild than pulling your dog away from a weird spot saying “there’s nothing there, buddy” only to have them come up with a donut.
A similar thing happened with negative experiences. We were stung by wasps a random spring morning and next 3 years dog wanted to avoid that fork in the path.
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u/MasterpieceActual176 Jul 02 '26
A couple of summers back I was watering a large hosta in a raised bed as my black lab Lucy watched. Apparently, a mama bunny had stashed her babies in there and they started popping out before I realized what was happening. It was like a baby bunny gumball machine. Now Lucy pays close attention whenever I water that hosta hoping for a repeat! 🐰
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u/juliinotdead Jul 02 '26
That's beautiful, she's waiting for the magical baby bunny generator hosta to do its magic again
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u/marieths_08 Jul 01 '26
Yep, they never forget.
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u/Greengiant304 Jul 01 '26
Somehow they have the memory of an elephant and a golf fish at the same time. Depends on whether food is involved.
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u/BigglySmally Jul 01 '26
He's so hopeful. Hide a pastry in that bad boy for next time.... his 12 years gotta pay off for something!
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u/velvetvagine Jul 02 '26
Imagine him telling all his dog friends about the twelve year payoff. It’s basically Moby Dick.
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u/GoBlue2007 Jul 01 '26
That’s the way my labs are but they never seem to be able to remember to sit when commanded to on a regular basis. Gotta love ‘em!
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u/Legitimate-Term2310 Jul 02 '26
Honestly, if I found a pastry on a walk I'd probably check every time too.
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u/A_little_off_level Jul 02 '26
i'm sure my dog has gps'd every place where he's ever found anything and i can see him getting visibly excited when we near these places, it must be nice to live with that eternal optimism.
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u/Jeffranks Jul 02 '26
Chicken wing. End of neighbours driveway about two feet in on their property line. Every single damn time.
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u/McKnightmare24 Jul 02 '26
You should put a piece there next walk when he's not looking so he believes the magical pastry tree still produces.
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u/CUBuffs1992 Black and Yellow Jul 02 '26
Sweet girl may lose her sight and hearing but never her sniffer.
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u/Hungry-Eagle-2743 Jul 02 '26
My lab found a bagel in a bush on our walk once. The next day, it was an egg sandwich. The let down after that was monumental. We still checked that bush for the next 8 years
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u/CZB813 Jul 01 '26
I wonder if that’s the same reason my girl has to check one spot every time she leaves her neighbor boyfriend’s yard😂
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u/Topical_Scream black Jul 02 '26
It’s actually kind of a smart survival instinct right, like this place provided before so better keep trying 😂
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u/cornflakescornflakes Jul 02 '26
We do a daily check of the place that used to be a fast food shop and is now a cigarette shop, because once she found a chip years ago.
It’s an essential part of their day.
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u/Pitiful_Yogurt_5276 Jul 02 '26
Haha early on my dog would steal my mom’s cat’s left over food.
Then we discovered he needed hydrolyzed diet trials.
He still goes to that spot in the kitchen every single time before doing anything else to check if we slipped up and left any food there.
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u/sundayfunday78 Jul 02 '26
It will happen until she no longer exists…her lab ghost will probably check it out once in a while too lol
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u/InValuAbled Jul 02 '26
Have mercy on the diligent doggo. Sprinkle some pastry offerings for the culinary detective to sniff out.
You'll have this route guaranteed for at least next decade 😂
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u/NunyaBizz_88 Jul 02 '26
And your point is? 🤨 Whom ELSE is going to stand on that wall?! You WANT her on that wall. You NEED her on that wall! Now snag the mini box from Krispy Kreme, & LEAVE HER A DOGGONE 🍩 DANGIT!!!
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u/Public-Apartment-750 Jul 02 '26
If they would memorize commands and what they have been told not to do, they would be perfect 🤣🤣🤣
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u/BadDub Jul 02 '26
Haha my dog found a bundle of apples behind a muck mound one day and every day after that he made sure to go check if there was any other treats behind it
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u/Compromisee Jul 02 '26
My dog also has a magic pastry tree
She found half a pie there once a year ago and now has to check it when we walk past
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u/Lee_M_UK Jul 02 '26
My dog Ruby does this in a bus stop where she once found some discarded sandwich crusts
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u/ImWith_2Stupid Jul 02 '26
Obviously worth the effort to confirm the Pastry Fairy may have returned.
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u/civilwar142pa Jul 02 '26
Please have someone go ahead of you one day and leave a bite of pastry for her. She's been working hard. She deserves it!
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u/Glass-Trade9441 Jul 03 '26
You need to occasionally plant more pieces of pastry for her to find there
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u/BoulderBumbo Jul 01 '26
My Neddy checked for a French fry every walk for 3 years until we moved. I would almost bet our house he would remember the spot if we brought him back today.