Our dog does that with shoes when we get home! He steals 'em and runsOur dog (70+ pounds) loves to catch the ball thrown near her, but she's older and refuses to chase after it anymore when she misses.
However, our male cat (15 pounds) LOVES to play fetch, jumping up in the air like a volleyball player to spike the ball with one paw or like wide receiver to catch with both paws. He scrambles and chases when he misses and it's a fun show.
The problem is that the dog uses tennis balls and the cat uses little cloth balls or play mice. When the cat gets tired of playing, he'll take his little ball or toy mouse to the much bigger dog who will, almost always, chew it up.
Without a ball to play with, the cat often steals a sock from the laundry basket and carries it around like a ball, sometimes leaving it for his buddy the big dog, who often chews it up....
