PET SPOT invites readers to tell a story about their pet and submit it, plus an attached photo, to nvrweakly@aol.com. Please put PET SPOT in the message line of your email. A new PET SPOT story is posted weekly. Daina Nappier of Hillsboro wrote this week’s submission about her dog, Mocha.

This is Mocha. He is a 6-month-old blue German shepherd. Mocha is a funny character. Whenever he is outside and we let him in, he thinks he has to pick something up and carry it inside – sticks, leaves, rocks – whatever he can find. Then, when he goes outside, he always sneaks one of his dog toys out to his pen. So, we have to go out every other day to collect them all from his pen. Whenever we take him for a walk he carries his leash in his mouth and when he is done, he plops down and won’t move until we turn around and head back home. He is a very smart fellow, sometimes a little too smart!