The dogs' Auntie Phyllis sent them a stuffed Milkbone dog and an Orbee-Tuff bulb (which is only rated for medium chewers, and thus you can't blame them for what happened when Tristan got ahold of it!) Phyllis is a brilliant dog writer and she did an article for the Tufts University vet school newsletter in which she compared various toys and gifts for dogs.
Anyhoo, I was going to save these gifts from Christmas, but the dogs were driving me nuts the other day when it was too damn cold to go for a walk (today I gave in and walked them in a -30C windchill. I care, they don't!!!) so I let them have their prezzies. First, Tristan got the stuffed toy and surgically removed the squeaker within 90 seconds:
"Is that it?"Meanwhile, Sophie checked out the giant rubber Christmas bulb:
"I'm allowed to have this, right?"Then Sophie foolishly left her bulb toy unattended and Tristan grabbed it:
"Hey! This is minty! Cool!!"And in 90 seconds, the Orbee-Tuff bulb was ... not so tough anymore:
Yes, Tristan bit the base right off! And again, don't blame Orbee, because they rightly rated this for medium chewers. I should get the Tristanator an Orbee-Tuff Snowball, rated for aggressive chewers like him. Knob.
Tristan is faster at disemboweling than Dodger is, but Dodger/Butthead leaves a FAR bigger mess...stuffing everywhere. And that Milkbone thing was cheap, so no surprise. Still, you wish they'd last more than a few seconds.
ReplyDelete90 whole seconds for the Orbee Not So Tuff, eh? I think if you got him the aggressive one, he'd nail it in two minutes. Let's clock him!
We are not even lasting a few minutes outside to do business, much less take a walk. Phyllis
I LOVE Tristan's face!
ReplyDeleteThere is no stuffie safe with Duncan either. And he makes a massive mess of stuffie guts also.
Merry Christmas Tristan!
Orbee-Tuff, not tough enough for your crew, huh?
ReplyDeleteThat's OK, Emma shredded her purse in short order. She is still working on the squirrel and wooly frisbee though.
Ha ha ha i love it that you call him 'Tristanator' cause we call Nethmi, 'Nethminator' especially during her terrible twos phase ;o)
ReplyDeleteI think our Shadow puppy must be related to Tristan. The entire point of a stuffed toy seems to be to get to that lovely, fluffy stuffing as fast as possible!
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