What a cute cuddly doodle! Yes, Tori does that! Especially when she thinks she's pulling one over on us and steals a slipper. Usually all she wants to do is cuddle with it. Too cute! I have found that if I ignore the fact that she STOLE it, she calmly rests with it. If I try to take it, she guards it with a rolling, glutteral kind of growl.
Yes, where ever you find Gracie, she has a ball or toy in the exact same spot as Darwin!!! The same thing with greeting you when you come home. When my husband drives up the driveway Gracie runs around looking for something to grab in her mouth and then I open the door and she runs out to greet him!!! Very cute Doodles we all have...they are sooooo sweet!