How the heck do I explain this?!

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Took my dog for a walk this morning, she wouldn't put down an antler chew she was chewing before we left so she took it on the walk with her.

She carried it 3 miles, we were outside our next door neighbours house and she stopped to have a pee. First pee of the walk.. she dropped the chew. It fell down the grate in front of their house, through a wide open window into their basement!

They're never in as they're selling it, so they're going to do a house viewing and just come across an antler in their basement.

All the houses on our street have basements and they've all got grates below the pavement so if you stood on the pavement and looked down the grate you'd be able to see the window of the basement. Why the hell they've left the window wide open I have no idea.

Anyway, do I pop a note through the door explaining the antler chew is ours?

I wouldn't worry about it. I'd just leave it and replace it. Unless you really want it back?

@WildCoasts it was more because I'm embarrassed that they now have a dog chew in their house when they don't have a dog! However if you leave a window wide open things can get in so 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

😂live this. Will have to keep an eye out for your neighbours posting a wtf thread

Deer me. I can see your dilemma.

This really made me smile. Hope there's a thread in a few weeks from a MNetter pondering how a dog chew has appeared in their empty home

I would be glad that it’s just a dog chew if I was your neighbour, at first I thought you’ve meant a proper antler as from an adult deer - I would be definitely surprised to find that one in my basement.

Dear sir/madam,

I regret to inform you that I inadvertently dropped my antler into your basement whilst I was walking my human this morning.

I have a strong attachment to this antler so much so that I take it with me everywhere.

Please would you return it to number 22 at your earliest convenience otherwise I am forced to start chewing the furniture again.

Yours faithfully,

A. Hound

@ElenaSt 😂thanks!

I only hope your neighbours Doen't see Red.

It could have been worse, your dog could have wee'd over the grate and into the window!

I'd be stag-gered if I found that in my house.

I wonder if the OP has fallowed this up yet?

Doh! (A deer, a female deer)

They are antlers aren't they? Not a full one, doubt that would fit down a great, but a piece of an antler.

Grate 🙄

I look forward to seeing the next MN thread, "Antler in the basement?"

I was thinking more along the lines of "Idiot DH keeps leaving our basement window wide open".

😂😂😂😂😂

I got it back! He posted it through the letter box 😂😂

Yeah, look, so: I'm an idealist at heart, so I'd want to send a heart-felt "I'm so sorry" note instinctively.

I'm also reasonably pragmatic: shit happens - shit happens (no pun intended) and sometimes it's best to just let sleeping dogs lie (again: no pun ... whom am I kidding? I'm having field day, this is just too tempting!).

Anyway: do nothing (this time, genuinely, no pun intended!)

The Return of Bambi.