'Hilarious' video shows toddler, black lab left perplexed after ball vanishes during fetch
Bennett, 1, and Wren, a 2-year-old Black lab were playing in Yorkshire in Northern England when the ball they were playing with ended in the hood of Bennett's jacket as he was throwing it.
Video footage shows the two looking around in complete confusion when the ball vanishes just as Bennett attempts to throw it for the waiting dog. While Wren can be seen hopping around looking for the ball, Bennett stands in shock trying to figure out what happened. That is until someone retrieves the ball from the hood and throws it, delighting the two.
Watch: Toddler and dog perplexed after ball they were playing with vanishes
'Cute and hilarious'
"Bennett only just started walking and (this) was his first time on foot for a dog walk," the toddler's mother Georgina Rawlinson told USA TODAY over email.
Rawlinson said her son is "normally amazing at throwing the ball," an activity they do daily, but this time "the ball was wet from the grass so slipped out his hand into his hood."
"Both boys were so confused. Looking to find the ball all over," Rawlinson said, adding she found it to be "cute and hilarious."
Rawlinson shared Bennett and Wren, who has been with them since he was a puppy "are two peas in a pod."
"Every morning, they are so excited to see each other," Rawlinson said. "It's (the) cutest."
Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at sshafiq@gannett.com and follow her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.
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