As most of you know Bailey left me last November to live with my son. My son doesn't have a fence and doesn't tie him - though he never lets him outside if he isn't out with him. Bailey never leaves the yard.
My son was outside today working on his boat. Bailey disappeared from his sight for a minute, and when he came back around the house he had a teddy bear in his mouth. It was clean and, my son knew, about to be torn to shreds so he took it away from him and put it in the boat. As he did so, the next door neighbor ran over saying a father and his two year old son were walking down the sidewalk when Bailey went over to the child, stole the teddy bear out of his hands, and ran. My son ran out front, but didn't see anyone. Half an hour later the father and son were in my son's front yard petting Bailey. They had come back with "cookies" hoping to make a trade for the teddy bear. Fortunately all turned out well!