In the first round (and yes, this may be the only round) we have The Eagle vs. The Seagull Bonus: the winner gets to take on a pride of feisty lionesses.
My new dog Peanut steals cutlery, carries it off proudly..... we did wonder why there was a carving knife on the sofa waiting to be sat on.... then yesterday I saw her having a parade with a spoon held in her mouth at a jaunty angle.
Molly knows that I stuff the extra disgusting special used ski socks in my ski boots. She'll snag and curl up with them if I don't get them into the laundry basket fast enough (not high on my prority list after skiing).
They do say that the reason dogs like to lick human feet because they taste rather like a dogs vagina (to a dog one assumes). See what your dog has done? She has trained and encouraged you to do the laundry - they say a dog will train an owner if it can. Clever Molly.
If some human don't think some animals have intelligence, then they are lacking themselves... Sometimes, they are playing the joke on us.