Bubbles does have a Kong—along with a Kong ball that has an asterisk shaped hole for the doggy equivalent of Slim Jim's jerky strips. He also has several sizes of rawhide chews (which someone told me the other day aren't good for puppies, but I'd rather he chew them than Lloyd's shoes.) I only give the dog paper towel rolls for variety. If I truly minded picking up the little pieces of cardboard this creates, I wouldn't give him the cardboard in the first place.
For those of you who do not know what a Kong is, it is a piece of hollow rubber, shaped like three graduated balls squashed together. You can put dog biscuits, peanut butter, cheese, etc. inside for the dog to work at while he also works on his chewing needs. Apparently the Kong Company sells other toys for dogs—along with consumables like meat paste in squeeze cans and chewy biscuits. They also have toys for cats, horses, ferrets and birds; however, I can personally state that the rubber chews are really great for dogs.
Our quotes for the day are from Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95), British biologist and educator. "Reflection #4", Aphorisms and Reflections, selected by Henrietta A. Huxley, Macmillan (London, 1907):
The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but
by verification.
and from C. S. Lewis, recalled on his death 22 Nov 63:
An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
;^) Jan
5 comments:
Great entry Jan love Jan xx
Very profound quotes for today! Those Kongs look like tons of fun for dogs...
These toys sound like fun lip smackers and gum /gnasher cleaners for Bubbles.
I like the idea that they can spend time being tantalised by the treat inside whilst they leave Lloyds shoes alone. Lol!
You certainly have explained well your "justification" for buying them to ring the changes from paper towel rolls or hide chews.
I like the name for them too...Kong.
I believe if puppies swallow hide chews they can expand inside them and either kill or choke them if not noticed on time. My old dog loved them and used to fall asleep with one in his mouth like a baby with a dummy.
Hugs
Jeanie xxx
YOu sure have given us a justified reason for buyng the Kongo...I am not sure though if my wee Dee could be bothered chewing it.. He really is a lazy old dog !! not even food makes him move himself...I call him an old stuff shirt ! Love sybil xx
Another fan of the Kong.
A trick we have done with Sadie is hide toys in the coat closet and them pull them out after a couple months (or when we clean and remember that they are there). That way we don't buy new toys all the time, but Sadie gets the fun of rediscovery.
Of course, Sadie only has about 5-6 toys total.* So we hide the toys that need the most supervision or that we are tired of for a while. (Squeak toys get hidden until we can kill the squeaker.)
The nice thing is that we have been working with Sadie to realize that the cat toys are not for her. Though they only have a couple of those.
*This does not count tennis balls for outside play and the sticks that she played with as a puppy.
~ Carm
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