fire and control

Just thought I would do a fun little post about some of Mackenzie’s favorite toys:

1. Hide-A-Squirrel Junior (JUST the squirrel):

She’s never actually played with the whole thing.  But she is absolutely infatuated with her little squirrel whom I intelligently named Chip (as in Chipmunk, duh).  He stays in the car permanently and every time she hops in the car to go to work or the park or wherever, she viciously attacks him.  If we are driving and I am not interacting with her she will put her two front paws on my leg and drop Chip onto my lap.  If that doesn’t work she will wedge her head in between my body and the steering wheel and make sure to drop chip to the floor near the gas pedal so that I will have to fish him out of there while driving and play with her.  This is by far her favorite toy of all time.  We are currently on Chip #2 (the original Chip was the bigger one and he is still around, he’s just in retirement).  For the record, Chip #2 is in near-perfect health (besides minor surgeries to fix holes and re-attachments of his tail).  He has also been de-squeaked by Dr. Mackenzie.

2. Wing-A-Ball (are we seeing a trend here with the names of her favorite toys?):

It’s a ball on a rope.  Seriously, how exciting could it possibly be?  I bought this toy for Mackenzie in the hopes that she would at least take a slight liking to it so that possibly we could use it as her training reward tug.  Little did I know she would LOVE it to death.  It is now nearing retirement since she has decided to rip it to shreds.  Mackenzie is the type of dog that if you are not interacting with her while she’s got a toy, she will proceed to rip it up and most likely ingest the materials.  So clearly it is better to play with her… all the time.

3. Nylon frisbee:

Now this one is a total surprise.  I got the large size (as show in the picture) for Spencer.  On a whim I decided to get an additional one in the smaller size joking to myself that perhaps one day Mackenzie would enjoy frisbee.  Sadly, Mackenzie is not going to be my next disc dog in training, but she has very much enjoyed this toy.  She has enjoyed every inch of this toy.  Again, Mackenzie will take a toy that she likes, make a HUGE deal of it, and if you don’t join in on the fun she will show you why you should have played with her by destroying the toy.  So this frisbee is pretty much ripped in every seam possible and the plastic circle is almost totally chewed up.

Did I mention that Mackenzie is the least destructive of our dogs?  These toys that I’m describing to you are her absolute favorites of all time.  I could do another list of 100s of toys that she has NEVER even popped a seam or de-squeaked.  So don’t be thinking that Mackenzie rips and destroys every toy she gets, quite the contrary.  These three are at the Top of their game.  The cream of the crop.  Mackenzie only destroys the very best of her toys.

(Mackenzie and Mr. Wing-A-Ball at the beginning of their love/hate relationship.)