meta : pup

when Meta first came to live with us as a two-month-old puppy, pollee’s folks gave her what came to be known as “the Ellie toy”. So named after Jim’s prized hunting yellow Lab, Ellie, who had used the toy during her early months.

We figured if the thing had endured that much abuse then Meta would surely make nary a dent in it.

How wrong we were!

So, when they came to visit us this weekend and brought a new one for Meta’s delight, we thought we’d take before and after pictures to see how the thing fares :

Here’s what the freshie looked like after only a couple hours of chew-time :

Needless to say, our quest for a truly indestructible chew toy continues…

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our neighbor laurie schneider is a photographer and kindly offered to take some stills of our little girl.

as expected, she hammed it up like mad :

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the little girl can sure chew! fortunately, she only chews what she’s supposed to [mostly]

since she surgically works through chewtoys like mad, i went to the pup store last week and requested the most indestructible toy in the house. they recommended the recycled firehose toys.

sheeeesh, she made mincemeat out of the $8 toy in a day.

NOT highly recommended unless your pup is gum-toothed.