Drabble by Kevin Fagan for June 11, 2019

Why bother?

Yang was under most conditions the sweetest, gentlest cat that ever lived, but it didn’t take us long to learn not to get him any toys with bells in them, because he’d eviscerate them before you could even get out of the room.

I get my squeaky toys from Dollar Tree…that way I don’ waste as much moola. some of them last longer than the others.

My dog loves his squeakies, but doesn’t destroy them.

Amateur. My ‘Jaws of Death’ (85 lb. pit bull) would have that toy chewed up much faster than that.

The squeak toy looked like something Ralph would have enjoyed!

I’ve had dogs for 65 years and have never had a dog like that. The one I have now even has hand-me-down toys from two previous dogs. I have to stitch them up from time to time because she likes to plays tug-of-war with them and they get holes, but that’s it.

We’ve got a box of those for the cats. . .we just rotate them.

We have several toys that have toys inside them. The dogs can rip the little toys out, which satisfies their desire to eviscerate small critters. Each of the small toys has a squeaky. Stump: squirrels, Platypus: eggs, Cow:spotted eggs.

Get the squeakey out!

Wally – Kong tester.

My dachshunds have a whole BIG box of toys. The female destroys toys in seconds, the male plays with them forever and never destroys even one. But then, he has the brain of a door knob. She has a huge prey drive.

I bought an “indestructable” toy for my friends’ dog. She said it lasted in under a minute. Then, one day in Tractor Supply, I found these leather toys in the shapes of animals. I sent a few to her and the dog LOVED them.(that dog passed away about 4 months ago) There were no squeakers and the dog loved to chew on them but couldn’t destroy them. Now, her new dog is enjoying them.

I get the monthly Bark Box, with 2 toys and treats for my 3 dogs. Squeakers are out in minutes, but it is the happiest minutes of the month!

Wally is so proud of himself.

We got a “guaranteed indestructible” fake bone for our beagle/terrier (berrier? teagle?). Three months later, we had to take it away before it got small enough he might swallow it.