I was looking through some photos this morning and came across this one-- then realized that Luna has since sent all of these three toys to the garbage can.
She ate off the feet and one of the ears of the yellow one. (Garbage can.)
She dislodged the squeaker from the pink one, but we kept it around. It could still make a very pathetic, wheezy squeak, poor thing. But then she tore off one of his feet. (Garbage can.)
The blue one hung on. Sure, it had some punctures from her puppy-teeth days. It didn't squeak with quite the same force as in its happier, pre-Luna days, but it was a tough toy. It could take the abuse. Until she ripped open one of its "bobbles" and proceeded to eat part of it. (Excuse me, but there's some
Oh! and she also tore (and tried to eat) part of a squeaker from a soft, fabric skunk toy (not pictured). I rescued the squeaker bit just in time, and I think it can be repaired. At least I'll try...
(I should note that all of this carnage happened when she was out of her crate, playing in the house "under supervision". Yeah, if you're supervising Luna, you're not allowed to turn your back on her for a few minutes at a time, happily imagining that she's playing safely and sweetly...)
So now she's destroyed pretty much every squeaky toy she had. There's one more that doesn't squeak unless two strong human hands work together (with great determination) to elicit a squeak-- and even that one's on his last leg. Now she's reduced to hard, rubber jingly balls and Nylabones and KONG toys... and a couple of other rubbery balls that she scorns, for some reason. There's a really fun, new squeaky toy hiding out of reach, but for now, it's not for the likes of her.
How many more months before she's calm enough to not ruin most dog toys?
