Lapping it up! Hilarious moment tenacious pooch sticks its tongue under a fence to retrieve a biscuit - and she doesn't stop licking until she succeeds

  • One tenacious pooch refused to give up in the face of failure last week
  • Good girl Zane the dog was tossed a biscuit by her local mailman last Friday
  • But the tasty treat fell short of the mark and landed just in front of a yard fence 
  • Zane begins poking her tongue out from underneath the bottom of the fence
  • And with a series of frantic - and amusing - licks, incredibly she succeeds 

A dog's encounter with a troublesome treat provided the perfect metaphor for why it's important to never give up in the face of failure.

Good girl Zane the dog was tossed a biscuit by her local mailman in California last Friday, but the tasty treat fell short of the mark and landed just in front of her owner's backyard gate.

Determined to get her chops on the bone shaped cookie, cunning Zane begins poking her tongue out from underneath the bottom of the fence and attempts pull the treat through the gate with a series of frantic - and amusing - licks. 

Good girl Zane the dog was tossed a biscuit by her local mailman last Friday
but the tasty treat fell short of the mark and landed just in front of her owner's backyard gate

Good girl Zane the dog was tossed a biscuit by her local mailman last Friday, but the tasty treat fell short of the mark and landed just in front of her owner's backyard gate

Determined to get her chops on the bone shaped cookie, cunning Zane begins poking her tongue out from underneath the bottom of the fence. Incredibly, all of the Zane's hard work finally pays off, as the little black dog manages to shepherd the snack into the far corner of the fence and hoist it through a small crack

Determined to get her chops on the bone shaped cookie, cunning Zane begins poking her tongue out from underneath the bottom of the fence. Incredibly, all of the Zane's hard work finally pays off, as the little black dog manages to shepherd the snack into the far corner of the fence and hoist it through a small crack

Watching on as the treat moves back and forth across the floor, Zane's owner, Adam Stoneman, can be heard chuckling along in the background. 

But incredibly, all of the Zane's hard work finally pays off, as the little black dog manages to shepherd the snack into the far corner of the fence and hoist it through a small crack. 

'Every afternoon our mailman throws a few treats over the gate to Zane,' Adam tweeted last week. 'Today his toss was a bit short, but that didn’t stop her!' 

'Every afternoon our mailman throws a few treats over the gate to Zane,' owner Adam tweeted last week. 'Today his toss was a bit short, but that didn¿t stop her!'

'Every afternoon our mailman throws a few treats over the gate to Zane,' owner Adam tweeted last week. 'Today his toss was a bit short, but that didn’t stop her!'

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Hilarious moment pooch sticks it's tongue under a backyard fence to retrieve a biscuit

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