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Part
3 - Dog of Zurich page 2a
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No toy lasted
longer than a few minutes once Digger got hold of it, unless I watched
him carefully and took it away again. Toys cost money, and on the basis
of minutes of enjoyment divided by cost of toy, most dog toys could
only be justified as special treats. Any toy that couldn't be destroyed
was no fun to play with. He would even rip the felt off of tennis balls
and eventually bite them in half. I would usually let him play with
a new toy for a minute or two, then take it away and store it in the
closet for another day. His favorite type of toy (not counting tennis
balls) was a large stuffed hedgehog squeaktoy. His next favorite was
a supposedly chewable plastic hedgehog squeaktoy. (Igel, in
German). The stuffed toys were ripped open, the stuffing pulled out,
and finally the cloth ripped to shreds. The plastic toys were first
bitten in such a way as to get a tooth into the hole where the reed
was located in order to kill the squeak, then chewed into small bits
(some of which were swallowed).
The most fun
he ever had destroying a stuffed toy was the cow that Josh let him
have:
The stuffed
cow (on the chair behind me), before...
...during,
and after:
Last
page - more to be added later.
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