The Dogmother Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Does your pet have a stuffed animal that they are attached to? Ruby has a charity shop ted that I bought for her when she was a tiny pup. Amazingly, it's the only toy that she hasn't shredded, well he has lost his red hat but he's basically intact. This site has some 'ahhhh photos' of animals with their toys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Ah bless. Cookie had a stuffed husky dog/wolf that my ES gave to her when she was a puppy. I think he lost an eye but she never chewed it, just slobbed on it a lot. She seemed to stop carrying him (he had a name but for the life of me I can't remember what it was ) about a year ago (she's 4) so we threw him away. When she had a phantom pregnancy she carried him around all the time. I don't think we have any photos though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 only catnip mice ... not sure they count! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 My collie has a very large hairy cat that he sucks and ...................ahem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 My Poppy cat has a springy mouse. It was off a round thing with a ball in it. It used to have the spring on it, with the mouse on the end that she could whack. It was soon pulled off, complete with the large spring attatched to it still. As she is a house cat, we often find it on our bed or the landing in the mornings - a kind of present for us. It's funny to hear her carrying it up the stairs with the spring catching. It's even funnier to see it in her mouth with the spring sticking out the side of her mouth. But the state of it! We even bought her a new toy & pulled the springy mouse off it, but no - it has to be the old one! She also has Pink pig ( cat kong) in her basket, plus a white & a pink mouse. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 For a minute I thought you meant taxidermy. Phew - not sure how my cats would cope with a stuffed REAL cat. probably claw it to bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlotta Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 My girlies love toys but being big hulking 11 stone newfies they tend to rip them limb from limb through sheer enthusiasm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerryegg Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I think a great many of the soft toys sold in charity shops are for dogs. My Deerhound helped himself to one out of a neighbours rubbish but unfortunately I had to confiscate it due to serious dis-emboweling and eye removal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 This is the soft toy that lasted the longest. A whole two weeks. (Although his eyes were removed straight away ). It's a meerkat my OH won a 'grabby' machine at the sea front so it only cost a few pence. Got some looks as walked the 20mins back to our car. I'm sure it looked to passers-by that she had someones actual cat in her chops! We were picking up fluff and severed limbs for days. Poor teddy. Simples! (Can't seem to make the image smaller, mods, sorry) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklyrabbit Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Ha ha - technically this doesn't count, but my old rabbit Frank (rip), used to drag his blanket EVERYWHERE with him, throughout the house, in the garden and then manage to get underneath it to sleep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS1 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Current favourites (of two greyhounds) are a reindeer, which has lasted since Christmas which is amazing; a warthog and a squirrel. We've prolonged their life by buying a job slot of squeakers and replacing when they are punctured! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Ruby loves her honking pheasant! We've had a variety of toys that Candy usually shreds, but she ignores the fluffy pheasant. Ruby ignores all the toys, but loves to carry around the pheasant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 I think that my Ruby holds the world record for shredding any honking or squeaking toys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybettybabs Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Dylan (my strapping but sensitive gundog ) has Teddy Eddy, It comes out with us when we are training and working. I use it as a reward retrieve so he knows he has done well or to give him confidence if he couldn't do an excercise, I used to get some looks from the other trainers, But i have now heard reports of teddys being used for other sensitive gun dogs. I should pantent Teddy Eddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 only you could carry that off K! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 only catnip mice ... not sure they count! hahahaha! that did make me laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Henry has bulldog..... My MIL got it at a charity shop she's also found a big bulldog, a massive bulldog and a tiny bulldog.. Henry know them all as "bulldogs" and loves them all more than his other cuddly toys (apart from maybe Christmas oggie - a hedgehog which has a stocking that you can put a biscuit in ) Should add, Henry is a 16 year old terrier that still plays like a pup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Love the pic where the teddy is bigger than Ruby Otis had a toy lamb when he was a pup, we still have it somewhere - I wonder if he ever imagined that some day he would be playing with real lambs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 How gorgeous is that photo of Otis, Tasha?! Did you spot Ruby's knitted coat? She was tiny and felt the cold when we first got her. She used to cuddle up to Ted in her crate at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Ohhhh I want an Otis! How gorgeous is he?! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Not a stuffed animal but here is Scally with one of her many softies One is nearly as big as her. The are often used a chin rest and she also clamps her mouth on them and falls asleep..awwww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 What cute photos these all are!!! ... don't dogs look adorable when playing with cuddly toys... This was Charlie's favourite teddy when he was little (the big white teddy at the back) : He had it for quite a while, then one day I found fluff in his bed and found poor ted was more or less beheaded... I sewed his head back on, but Charlie took it right off again. I couldn't bring myself to throwing it away, so teddy (looking grubby and raggedy) now sits on the radiator in the playroom, as a souvenir of Charlie's baby months. I love dogs reactions to toys... at Xmas, we all gave Charlie a gift, and he played with each toy then proudly gathered them between his paws and went to sleep snuggling them... he gets as much joy from a gift as kids do... On the squeaky toy front, he is totally mad about those 'spacehoppers' you can get... he has gone through three or four so far... will buy him another one some time, but we don't replace them as soon as they get damaged anymore, as it'd become a tad expensive!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 Every now and then I have to limit the use of the squeaky toy... for my own sanity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Scally loves the kong squeaky tennis balls but waits until we are all sitting watching the TV to play with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 Yes, I had to hide those too, Ruby gets into a frenzy Cyrus just doesn't understand them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...