I think I mentioned Jack in an earlier blog. Jack is our 8 month old, tall, 70 pound puppy. Shadow is our eight year old, 65 pound black lab mix. Jack makes Shadow look like a puppy.
We got Jack back in April, when he was still a bit smaller than Shadow, because he was such a cutie. He still is. But the older he's gotten, the more energetic he's gotten. And he makes me tired just watching him.
Jack likes to chew things.
We found out very quickly that a time out in the bathroom wasn't going to work very well for us because he started eating the woodwork around the doorway. We found out that he loves to chew his leash and has, in fact, chewed through eight of them in the past four months.
He's demolished countless dog toys-that aren't exactly cheap, trashed three pairs of sneakers, one Dish Network remote control and various other household items.
This morning the last heavy duty rubber bone we bought about three weeks ago bit the dust. And payday isn't until Friday...
Uh-oh.
Jack looked high and low for that bone, repeatedly getting up on his back legs and knocking my laundry supplies off the dryer (because that's the last place he saw my daughter put it). He ran here and there, trying to jam his big head under the sofa, hoping it might appear there.
And I felt really bad for him because he really loves that thing. Unfortunately for him, bills ate up most of the last check and he's just out of luck for two more days.
So I headed to Google to see if there might be an indestructible toy we could get Friday, and found several options. But I also found a link about making chew toys for dogs who chew up the ones you buy.
I thought, why not check it out? At least it might distract him until Friday...
So...I got a couple of yards of fabric out of storage and tied four pretty big knots in it.
I'm going to guess that I paid maybe five bucks for that fabric maybe three years ago. Not very expensive, and certainly no trouble to knot up.
And Jack loves it!
He had a blast playing tug-o-war with us, flinging it around the house (he flung it himself!), and just laying on the floor chewing it.
The good news it's still in one piece!
Will we buy more dog toys on Friday? YES! Of course! Something he for sure can't chew through in under a month (please, God?!). But these knotted pieces of fabric will be good to have around, too.
Thank God for Google!
I know this is a shorter post than usual but it's been a really long day and my brain just doesn't want to think that hard tonight. What it wants to do is figure out what my taste buds and stomach would like for a bedtime snack...
Pizza anyone?
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