toys

Our Boston TerrierBeing first-time dog owners we've asked lots of people advice on playtime and toys. The best one was the idea to give him the cardboard roll from the paper towels when they run out. You'd think you'd just given him a key to Fort Knox. He runs around with it in his mouth and chews the ends. If you can get it away from him and throw it he will run it down and pounce on it. Then he proudly trots back like a hunter returning with his kill. We keep an eye on him while he has it. We've watched the Emergency Vet show for so many years we don't want that cardboard in his stomach so we cut the ends off as he chews them to shreds. He doesn't even seem to notice the diminished size.

He totally loves his plush toys- even when the squeakers break- and his Booda bone is getting very frayed at the knots. One of his favorite things to chew is the plastic basket my sister picked up at a dollar store. We use it as his toy box and he loves to grab his toys out of it. Originally, it had handles but he chewed them to bits so we cut them off. Nostalgic moment: when we first got Tug he fit inside the little basket. Now, he's so big he can step into it where it was once taller than he was. He's too big to lie in it now. (sniff) Our baby's growing up!