So, I am new at being a, “Dog person” and I am also a new Chewy account holder. I never anticipated and spending so much money on her nor did I anticipate loving her so much! She truly is, #MyGirlL!!! I recently looked at my Chewy account history and have found out that I have ordered her 16 toys (both Tug and Chew) and she has destroyed most of them! It took some time for me to realize that she is an extreme chewer so of course, I HAD to place another order for more appropriate chew toys. Sean got her this toy when he brought her home for the first time:
She loves to play with it and if I can grab a knot at one of the ends, I can successfully play tug-of-war with her. A couple drawbacks of this toy though; it stinks! I told you I am new at being a dog person! We have washed it a couple times in the little over two months that we’ve had her though. Not too long ago, this happened:
It’s settled into a thin red line on my arm. So I immediately looked for a longer toy so as NOT to be scratched by her. Here is what I found:
I originally purchased it for Sean to play with it with her in the yard but now since it been so warm these past few days, I can play with it and her in the house.. It didn’t take me very long to realize how much my physical limitations hamper my time to play with her. But, as long as I have a good hold of it, I can play with it with her for a while!
My Mom was quite concerned that she was going to pull me out of my wheelchair. I told my Mom that my chair is 400 pounds and I am belted into it. She thought for a moment and told me that Leia was going to pull my arm out of its socket. I dismissed that by telling my Mom that she is not even 40 pounds and if it gets that serious, I would just let go of the toy.
I played with her and it for the first time on Wednesday. It was super fun to watch her wiggle her hand trying to get the toy. I kept teasing her by saying, “I got it!” as I shook my hand. She eventually got me to fall over to my left and subsequently I got dizzy so I am let the toy go.
Thursday, I did some re-calculations in my head and if I hold on to the right arm of my chair, I wasn’t going to fall over and get dizzy. This time as she tried to get an away from me, I kept saying, “Get it, girl!” and I laughed.
But yesterday, she has been here for a while and knows how lethargic I am in the morning and that my hands are pretty numb when I wake up. She trotted it over to me pretty early in the morning as I was still trying to wake up with it in her mouth so I grabbed the other side and tried to hold on but not very successfully. She won that round for sure!
I’m sure that we will have a rematch sometime today and it WILL be ready for it! My favorite part of tugging this with her is watching her stop for a moment and I can see her brain working. Each day, she tries to put her shoulder between her mouth abd my hand to get leverage over me. It’s so cute! Or, she will shake her head really fast trying to wiggle it out of my hand which just makes me laugh. It’s taken 16 different tries to get the toys that work for her and I think this one might be the sweet 16th!
You are having fun exercise play time. I remember the two dogs my mom had when I was a girl. I settled for 2 cats. Play wasn’t am option. Petting them was the extent of together time. I’m so glad you enjoy each other