TOYS

I have never seen dogs with so many toys.
Some of them are left over from dogs that are long gone. Some are relatively new. Some were gifts, some from me.
Some have spent entire seasons in the yard until their "fur" was green and I had to wash them with bleach.  Some still squeak, other's are voiceless.
Right now the most popular items are the ones in which other items arrived: cardboard boxes.
Not like cats-- not jumping in and out and hiding in. For eating. Ok for chewing since the puppy is not allowed to swallow paper products.

This is the most expensive toy I think I have ever bought. It was $20 and I think I got ripped, but that's ok. I like it.

 

 

Remember Cooper's Rat? We still have that. I am not sure where he is, maybe at the bottom of the toy basket, but he spent all summer in the yard and managed to survive. Typical rat.

A whole mess of toys. During the course of the day these become alternates. They are often used as distraction toys-- to stop unwanted behavior.

 

This is a puppy who has just been seriously corrected for getting into the trash. For the fourth time in a row. As you can see, this is what he thinks of my prohibition about trash cans, and since I even yelled he is going to assume I no longer love him and that he doesn't know I exist. Eventually we reconciled.

He has a toy I was unable to find. Heidi gave it to him and it is a little pink ball with tentacle kind of things and he loves it to death but I am not sure where, at the moment, it is.

The following photo shows him sleeping with his most favorite thing, which is unfortunately also one of MY most favorite things, but in this case he got to keep it for awhile.