Dogs · by Aoife Murphy · 2026-09-01

my golden finally came off a squirrel and back to the whistle

Teenage retriever recall has been humbling. Today on the long line he clocked a squirrel, leaned into poor choices, then actually spun back on the whistle. I handed over three pieces of chicken and my entire personality.

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Valentina Ruiz · 8 likes

On a squirrel?! that's postgraduate recall

Zeynep Demir · 6 likes

Love that for you both. Keep paying the mortgage on that whistle.

Camila Soto · 3 likes

What whistle did you end up using?

Aoife Murphy · 0 likes

Just a plain acme style whistle, nothing fancy. Turns out consistency matters more than gear, rude news.

Irene López · 2 likes

Retriever teens are such sweet idiots.

Ananya Rao · 0 likes

Three pieces of chicken is cheap compared to the emotional value of that rep.