My lab, who didn't have a lot of skill areas, really like to take bananas and potatoes to bed with her. She didn't eat them.. mind you, she just like to have them around in her sleeping area. She sometimes lick and snuzzle them, but not if I was watching. She worked out an arrangement with the cat, whereby Dulcita would kick bananas off the counter,and she she would pick them up and trot off to bed. Never could understand what the payoff was for the cat.