# Why do dogs like to carry stuff in their mouth? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-like-to-carry-stuff-in-their-mouth/999888 "2024-04-05T17:02:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-like-to-carry-stuff-in-their-mouth/999888/41 "2024-04-06T00:12:47Z")
There’s some videos floating around the Internet of a dog trying to get through an opening too narrow for the stick it’s carrying. I think the one involving a bridge was a Golden that finally figured out turning the stick sideways. Heh – Google “two dogs one stick”. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-like-to-carry-stuff-in-their-mouth/999888/42 "2024-04-06T00:19:01Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Heh – Google “two dogs one stick”. - How about four plus a spare? Multiple corgi warning. [![](https://i.imgur.com/IOT7O0F.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/IOT7O0F.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-like-to-carry-stuff-in-their-mouth/999888/43 "2024-04-06T00:20:14Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > “Dogpockets” is a Kickstarter project waiting to happen. Nope, not gonna happen. Yanno why? Because for a dog to have pockets, it needs to be wearing pants & that’s gonna create one hell of an argument as to the appropriate way for a dog to [wear pants](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2015/12/12402001_604404026376002_7183639917160972946_o.jpg) BTW, the right way is correct ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-like-to-carry-stuff-in-their-mouth/999888/44 "2024-04-06T00:20:15Z")
LOL, that little one is eyeing the stick end. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-like-to-carry-stuff-in-their-mouth/999888/45 "2024-04-06T01:13:36Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Because for a dog to have pockets, it needs to be wearing pants Chaps, put pockets on chaps. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-like-to-carry-stuff-in-their-mouth/999888/46 "2024-04-06T01:26:55Z")
Umm… St. Bernards have the perfect carrying equipment. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-like-to-carry-stuff-in-their-mouth/999888/47 "2024-06-06T16:15:23Z")
Dog carrying a long stick… > **[LADbible on Instagram: "He's asserting his dominance 😂⁠ ⁠ 🎥:...](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7Y5X9Uy9Hw/)** > > 2M likes, 3,037 comments - ladbible on May 25, 2024: "He's asserting his dominance 😂⁠ > ⁠ > 🎥: @greyhoundtrust\_uk⁠ > ⁠ > \-⁠ > ⁠ > \#dog #dogs #dogsofinstagram #dogoftheday". ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-like-to-carry-stuff-in-their-mouth/999888/48 "2024-06-06T17:28:02Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > BTW, the right way is correct Well of course it is. The one on the left is analogous to a strapless jumpsuit; no dog wants that. My two cats carry stuff around all the time and at I first thought it had something to do with the way mama cats cary around their young. Now I tend to think @Beckdawrek has it right: _Because they have no hands._ ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-like-to-carry-stuff-in-their-mouth/999888/49 "2024-06-10T14:59:52Z")
On my drive to work, most days I pass a guy walking two labs, one black and one yellow. The black one is always carrying something - some days it’s a toy, some days a ball. I always think to myself, I wonder if at any point during the walk he regrets it. Like, “Crap, why in the world did I take this? I don’t want to carry it anymore.” 😆 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-like-to-carry-stuff-in-their-mouth/999888/50 "2024-06-10T15:06:54Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > I wonder if at any point during the walk he regrets it. Like, “Crap, why in the world did I take this? I don’t want to carry it anymore.” Our dogs occasionally carry toys into the woods on our walks. Sometimes they drop their toy and continue on without it. Then, three years later my gf or I will stumble across the toy, now unrecognizably encased in moss. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dogs-like-to-carry-stuff-in-their-mouth/999888.md?page=2)