Caterina Dellabona was walking past a house one day when she observed an interesting sign hanging on their gate.

The sign, written in Italian, read, “Please don’t throw the toy on the cacti (the dog will certainly harm itself). Throw either left or right thanks.”

She was first perplexed …

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… till, all of a sudden, a small dog reached the gate, a toy in his jaws, eager to play.

Dellabona told The Dodo, “He gazed at us, wagging his tail, then got his toy and put his head over the fence.” “It was big enough for his head to fit easily but not large enough for his body to get through, thus it was safe.”

The small puppy appeared to beg everyone that goes by to play with him, so his owners ultimately needed to put up a notice to guarantee that the playing was always safe.

Dellabona resumed throwing the toy, making sure to avoid the neighboring cactus, and the tiny canine eagerly recovered it and returned it to her. She had fun with him for a good ten minutes before leaving, much to the dog’s displeasure.

Dellabona currently pauses each time she passes the house to play fetch with her brand-new companion– but never ever for as long as he would want.

” Every time I walked past him, I ‘d have fun with him, but I ‘d constantly interrupt the game, not him,” Dellabona explained. “I doubt he’ll ever before quit!”