What's brown and sticky?

A stick!

And a muddy pawed Lottie who had no intention of relinquishing one of the three sticks that she picked up in the park and dragged all the way back home.     It is only when I take her for a walk that she picks up sticks.    She associates me with playtime for some reason.

Unfortunately she trotted all across the cream carpet with her muddy paws and scuffed the wall with the muddy stick before I could stop her and clean her up...ooops.