This post is dedicated to my friend, Chef the Boxer, who is the ultimate connoisseur of sticks! 
My humans don’t usually allow me to play with sticks I find because they can be dangerous – sticks can break and splinter easily, cutting into our mouths, leaving bacteria that can cause infection and sometimes, even impaling us and killing us!
(for more information, here are 2 articles by vets about the dangers of playing with sticks: ‘Stick Injuries in Dogs’ and ‘Throwing Sticks for Dogs May Kill Them’.)
BUT – sometimes, they find it really hard to be strict when they see how happy I am when I find a stick. And if it is a big stick that doesn’t look like it will break easily, they will let me play with it for a bit (although they never throw it for me).
Well – when we were out walking on Mission Bay last week, I found the stick to end all sticks!!
Ooh! What's this!
A GIANT STICK!!!
Now I've got you!
Oho! You think you can roll away, do you?
You're not getting away that easily!
I'll get you with a left hook...
...and a neck twist...
...and some paw pummelling!
Are you gonna surrender?
Hah! All Mine!
Oh, Honey! That’s the best stick I’ve ever seen!
I admire your advanced stick-wrangling skills – I hope I can be that good one day, but I’d have to find a good stick like that, too!
Puppy kisses
Sasha
I WANT THAT STICK!!!
That is an awesome stick Honey!! I love that last picture. You look so proud of yourself.
Wowzers Honey – you weren’t kidding, that sure is ‘a stick to end all sticks!’ Great moves you’ve got – you showed it who’s boss, he he he! Great photos – you really look like you had fun!
Tail wags – JD and Max.
Wow Honey…you & Norwood could have a contest on who can pick up the biggest stick! You’re sure a beauty! Great photos!!
Love ya,
Bruce:)
heehee! That stick is awesome!!
What a great stick!! Did you bring it home with you?
Wags,
Cocoa and Barley
Hi, Honey!
You found a pawesome stick!
I can see you had lots of fun playing with it!
Kisses and hugs
Lorenza
Hi Honey! Can you export that stick to me!? I have never seen one so big!! You gave it what for! Good for you! Good form I might add!
Barks at ya!
Luna and Sole’
Now THAT is a stikhk!
I bet Gus would love to wrastle that one away from woo!
Woo look beaWOOtiful as always!
Tank woo fur sharing!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
You made us laugh Honey!
Kisses
That’s not a stick — that’s a log!
Great job with the stick! that is huge, it would have taken over me for sure. =)
Holey moley that is the biggest stik I have ever seened!! You did a good job subdooing that stik! I am very impresed.
Yer pal Dozer
Wow Honey! You’re a girl after my own heart! What a huge stick – I think it’s a tree trunk! I’ve never found a stick as big as that. It’s definitely the Stick of the Year! Good girl!!! :0
Kisses!
xoxoxooxoox
Chef
oh wow honey,
that stick looks the best, we would love to play witha stick that size too,looks like you had lots of fun with it
leans & slobbers
Stripe & Nitro
Honey, I think you’ve graduated from sticks to small logs!LOL
Now THAT’S a Honey-sized stick – looks like you had a blast with it.
woos, the OP Pack
Honey, that is a perfect stick (or I would call it a log!!) for me to pee on
Actually I might have marked on that particular one, as I have been to Mission Bay. Didn’t it smell like me? Haha, don’t be offended. It’s just a joke!
You look pawsome in the last pic!
Honey, you found a pawsome stick. And you look so proud that in your last picture.
xoxo,
Thor
Hahahahaha… OMD, Honey! That is NOT a stick, that’s a tree!!
Seriously our humans are about to read the links you mentioned. They usually let us to chew the sticks at the park but now they are freaked out.
We just watched the farewell video to Ombre. It’s beautifully done!! You two have known each other for long and wow.. you two are TRUE friends!! It must be hard to say good-by to him and his family who is going move to here, Toronto. (or are they here already?)
Please give our pee mail address momocav@gmail.com or JY1017@gmail.com to his family. We would love to meet them or at least say welcome by email! Our humans have traveled alot so we are told that it’s not easy to settle in a new town. So whenever Ombre and his family are ready, he can always pee mail us.
Hope they like Toronto!
Momo & Pinot
Hi Honey!
I’m just stopping by to let you know that Scooby & Lady have set a date fur their wedding. Stop by my blog to see how to RSVP if you would like to attend.
Big licks to you
Suzuki
xxx
Hi! Honey.
I think the branch of the tree which got wet with water to be weight of around 10 pounds.
You are so very strong!
☮momoKo
Not a problem with the award. Just enjoy it.
Mommy says I have too much energy. I’m not sure what that means. I think she’s lazy. She needs to learn to keep up.
Jackal
Woah!! Mega cool stick! You sure had fun.
Thanks for the nice words about my Mum being a good trainer, that meant a very lot to her. She does her best. BOL!
Honey, you certainly conquered that giant stick. I am in awe of your masterful stick-wrangling ability.
That’s great your humans could make an exception to the no- stick rule so you could have a little doggie fun.
That is great. You certainly did find a nice stick. We didn’t know that we weren’t supposed to play with them but we so love it. Mom is just like yours if it makes us happy..
Big Sloppy Kisses
Gus, Louie and Callie
Now that’s some stick! No chance of swallowing that one!!
Ooh, thanks for the tips on sticks. We had no idea they could be dangerous for doggies.
Wow, that’s a Honey-sized stick all right! Only you could handle that type of stick Honey. (I would’ve just peed on it and ran away)
Great job
Teddy
That stick is bigger than both of us put together!! You really kicked that sticks bootie!!! Great job Honey!
That stick is HUGE Honey!!! Wow….only us big dogs can handle sticks like that!
My Mom only lets me play with sticks for brief periods because she is worried about that stuff too! 
Nala
That is the coolest stick EVER!
Wags,
Pruett and Daphne