All The Toys

I’ve written (bitched) extensively about Skeeter’s ability to destroy a dog toy in seconds flat. Even the ones touted to be INDESTRUCTIBLE are gone faster than it took us to buy them. We waiver between buying tough, “good” toys on sale and buying cheap toys for $1 at the dollar store.

Damned if we do, damned if we don’t.

And then Lola came along.

The folks at Wright-Way said she loves “babies”. She likes to carry them around. When they walked her through the building, she’d “steal” a toy out of the bin and take it with her. The toys in her kennel weren’t destroyed when we were there… though I knew that didn’t mean much. Plenty of new toys for them to toss in before the people came puppy shopping.

Still, I was hopeful.

But, either Skeeter has taught Lola how to destroy a toy or she knew it all along. She’s not as quick as Skeeter but she’s definitely good at it. And, since Skeeter believes she needs all of the toys, a lot of fighting over toys happens. Not mean fighting, just… that’s mine, I want it, I’m not giving it up, tug, tug, tug type of fighting.

Of course Skeeter also collapses on the floor/couch/bed and throws a tantrum a three year old would envy when Lola will just NOT give up the toy Skeeter wants. (Which, as I’ve mentioned, is all the toys.)

I was getting kind of tired of seeing shredded bits and pieces of toys all over the house so I figured what the hell. Petsmart was having a good sale on toys (and treats) — 50% off on a lot of things. I figured it was worth a visit. And, the pups need some exercise. Two birds, one stone and all that.

Off we went. Lola didn’t get car sick (yay!) — it was less than what we think is her 20 minute car ride limit, so I’m not sure that it really means anything that she didn’t.

They had fun. They barked madly at some sort of beagle/hound-like dog. They were petted a whole lots. They really want a guinea pig and enjoyed scaring the parakeets. Skeeter loves cockatiels but the birds in Petsmart aren’t in an ideal place for Skeeter to look at them, so she had to settle for parakeets. I think Lola wants a lizard.

We came home with 30 new dog toys, some prairie dog treats, a huge bag of prairie dog bedding, 4 bags of treats, and 2 of the very big logs of dog food (that we cut up into pieces to use as training treats.) We spent less than we normally spend on a trip to the pet store and came home with tons more stuff.

One hell of a sale, I’m telling you.

We’ve been home two hours. The dogs have destroyed five toys.

Hell.