I imagine Ellie must always be the SEEKER in you game. If she hid, all you would have to do is ask, "Where is Ellie?" Her vigorously wagging tail would reveal her hiding place immediately! She clearly loves playing with you.

That is just the freaking sweetest!! Good for you guys training her so well!!

You two made my morning. Keep playing.

Notice that as soon as Ellie starts to use her olfactory senses,the owner gets found pretty much immediately!

A grown man playing children's games with his dog. Love it!!!

This started my day in the most heartwarming way! Thanks Ellie!!!!

When the bush is breathin’, hoomans be schemin’. Thanks for the collab!

I don't know Who's More Enthusiastic, Ellie or Mike and Rachel! They're So Proud of Their Little Fur Baby!😊

@0:41 The moment she realized that she found him!! She was SO excited 🥰

Who has more fun, Ellie or the owners? She is really a lucky dog

"It's always a matter of time before she finds you". Indeed, you can't be lost with a dog

I'm picturing a canine reboot of "Taken," with Ellie in Liam Neeson's role. _"I have a very particular set of skills... I WILL find you."_

What a fun time you're giving your dog. Wonderful video. Thanks for sharing ❤

Hahaha!!!! This reminded me of playing hide & seek with my old dog who has since passed away, although I didn't go this extreme. He had a method of finding me. 1st, he used his eyesight. If that didn't work, then he would use his nose. If he still couldn't find me, his last tactic is to cry. He always won. He loved this game which we pretty much played everyday. One time I hid in the walk-in master bedroom closet which is pitch dark without the lights on. I stood in the chair. He kept coming back to the closet to find me. He was literally standing next to the chair but he couln't see me. I busted out laughing because he started crying next to me. He knew I was nearby but he couldn't see me. I still miss him. He was my soulmate. I had adopted him when he was 7 weeks old and he passed away at 14 1/2.

Never borinh. Shes a good girl.

what a sweet family, such a sweet dog ellie is , that deserves loving owners like you guys.

This is so cute.

It’s a comfort to know that if you ever get lost in your home or the neighborhood, all you have to do is turn Ellie loose! 😊

The dog is straight - with high intelligence. And a keen sense of smell.

HILARIOUS! She’s got a good sniffer!

What a fantastic relationship!!!! Love it!!! 😂

Not only FUN. But is very good enrichment for the dog. Too cool.

My husband and I use to hide from our dog and he always found us. Such fun.

She is so smart, also cute,precious and adorable.

I've seen some of their videos before and I absolutely love them❤ This little family is always having fun and making memories along the way 🥰

Omg she's just the sweetest 💓

Our fur children still love us even when we’re ridiculous. They are too pure for this world. 😭🙏💜

So" ELLIEgant" after all SHE is a Labrador Retriever!bowWoW😊🐶😊

I play hide and seek with my golden retriever almost every night 😂

She will always find you, no matter how long it takes. She loves her hooman!!!❤❤❤

This is too cute! Love it!!!❤

Love this 😅

What a clever dog !!!

This is adorable! Back in the 90s/early 2000s - hide and Seek was the favorite game of my sister's dog!....I would distract the little guy with a treat or a game of tug-of-war while she would hide and I would then challenge him in an excited voice to go find her...at which point he knew the game was on!!!.....He wasn't always as successful as this beautiful Golden...but he did give it the old college try and we all had loads of fun. Bandit was such a sweet/special dog!!

She went RIGID when she locked on target. Good girl!

I would LOVE to play hide and seek with Ellie!! She is a beautiful sight to see!! She is a joy to watch!! Thank You for sharing Ellie's awesome story with us!!😊❤!!

I kept waiting for a car insurance ad to show up😅

My favorite dogs are rescue dogs, followed by golden retrievers. Sending Ellie lots of praise and belly rubs.

This is such amazing enrichment for Ellie. You make her life so exciting and intriguing with each new challenge. She's a very bright girl.

Thanks for letting us see how much fun it can be playing with your dog

I love this! I used to train Working Dogs, including S&Rs, and dogs love having a job, and they love play. What a great way to enrich your relationship and time together! It's interesting how you can see that the slightest wind has picked the scent a bit, and she has to find it as it shifts from air scenting to the ground.

How sweet! (Btw, thank you for the “where I am” instead of “where I’m at.”)

Aww

So sweet! I used to play hide in plain sight with my dog and he loved it. I love the bond these two have 🥰

Hide and seek, one of my favorite play times with dogs

What a wonderful video

How lucky to have such a fun beautiful dog.

The world needs so much more of this! Bless you guys!

Go Ellie! This brings back some wonderful memories. I used to have two cats and hid & seek was their favorite game. No matter how well I hid (including one time up in the attic) they always found me.

Kids will never grow up, especially those that are adults. They will always have the kid mentality in them.Bravo for being so young and continue having fun.

0:50 The loud sniffing noises 😭😭😭 lol 😂

This is so joyful...what a precious baby girl❤

Con un padre humano extremo esa perrita lo pasa fantástico y aprende maniobras de inteligencia.

He should do that disappearing test with the blanket or something

Its like this dog puts its senses through the paces...

Of course Ellie is going to win Hide and Seek, dogs have a great sense of smell.

Dogs can see thermal energy so yeh, she has an advantage 😂😂😂❤

You are very fun people 😊 So happy that you all have so much hide and seek fun with your dear, sweet Ellie 💕

Oh she COMPLETELY played along with you on the bench. She didn't give you a "EUREKA" moment, she just was like "Oh I wonder where he could be~?" and just went right to him when she was bored. Don't get me wrong, that just makes it triply as adorable!

You can even have her become a search dog. The ones who find missing people and children. Such a good girl, Ellie!

This is my favorite thing to do with our wire haired terrier. She gets so wound up when she doesn't find you right away.

What a great story;Ellie is a beautiful and super smart girl. You're so lucky to have each other! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

This is so sweet. And the ghillie suit will also be helpful when hiding from his wife when she wants him to do the dishes. ;)

I thought I was the only one who played hide-and-seek with my (Mum and Dad's) dog. Great fun, and it's good problem-solving for them, too.

I love doing this with my dogs too, the best part is when they find you!!

How adorable is she?

What sweethearts.

I loved doing that with my GS, best nose ever!!! Wherever I hid, inside or out, she was so fast!!

This Couple is Fantastic!

I laughed out loud like I’m a part of the game when she found you! Keep playing !❤️

Bobby and I loved playing hide and seek. Once I gave him a chance to hide, he stood behind an upright vacuum. Dude, I can still see you!

Made me laugh! I used to play hide and seek with my dogs. They would get so excited when they found dad!

Play hide with food with my puppy. I hide it all over the kitchen all over the living room and all over the bedroom and all over the bathroom wherever I can find and she will find every single morsel and she knows if there’s another one cause she won’t stop until she finds it. I’ve never had a piece of food not be found, it’s fun and it’s exciting for her. She loves to play hide.

I can see this being turned into a Disney movie where Ellie has to find her family lost in the woods.

She'd be great as one of those dogs that find people lost after an avalanche

A dog's training but it's fun.

The bandanas are sooo precious

IT'S NICE where ELLIE lives, I wish my house was like that.

Used to this with both my son and dog I hide when I got home from work I miss those days

Aww so sweet. My dad is extremely good at this. I am still looking for him and it's been 13 years.

Totally Awesome 🐾🐾❤❤

Now this is fun and adorable at the same time. What a smart baby you have😊

I used to play this game also with my dog. Even when walking without a leash. Until I saw him get really concerned and almost ran home :D Called him 10 times before he trusted me and came back. Trauma.

Her nose will always win out. Once she hones in on the smell and can decide where its strongest she seems to have a revelation of "oh i got you now"

This is so much fun. The suit is next level!

We used to play, hide and seek with our Westy, west highland white terrier. She was absolutely awesome at it, although to be fair we never went to these extremes!

What a wonderful video. Thank you! ❤

How adorable is she…❤❤❤…this would be so fun and it’s making me want a dog even more…lol

Good girl. She using her nose to find you ❤😂

Wonderful family ❤❤❤

Very strange game but as long as it works for that wonderful dog.

I loved when the music had a dramatic stop 😂😅

Adorable 😊

Super overload cute.

This is so sweet! 😊

Ellie cutie pie 🥰 so cool of you guys to play with Ellie 💕💕

This was so fun to see.

Looks like great fun ! 😸😸🐶🐶

There's no way you can hide from a dog...they will always sniff you out!!! LOL LOL LOL..

Oh, that's PRICELESS! ❤