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The other day while at the dog park, Rory and I watched a majestic German Shepherd play fetch with his football-throwing owner. It was quite a sight to see this huge animal chase eagerly after an actual football and rush to bring it back for another toss. It wasn’t something I had thought of trying with a larger dog before, which got me to thinking about odd dog toys.
Rory loves…
socks! She is an absolute scamp when it comes to stealing socks, either out of the drawer, out of the laundry or when they have been carelessly left lying about on the floor. If you call her name when she has a sock in her mouth she will momentarily freeze, stare at you, then frolic away completely proud of herself and in absolute heaven.
My friend’s bulldog puppy absolutely loves empty yogurt containers and will diligently snuffle them out of the recycling to play with whenever he can. Meanwhile, another friend’s unknown mix (we suspect a boxer mix of some sort) will do anything for a chance to play with a wooden hanger. Not plastic, wooden! How random!
It’s a hilarious notion really, similar to the idea that children will spend hours playing with the box their new brand toy came in. So I’m curious — what odd toys do your pets play with? I would love to know!