Exceedingly Mundane

Beau has a new toy, recommended to me by Stacy and my sister Suzanne. It’s a red Kong, and he really seems to like it. Of course, we’re filling the thing with treats, but hey, you do what you gotta do!

I had never heard of a Kong, but after seeing it and reading about it, I really like this toy. You can fill the inside cavity with any kind of food or treat, and the dog really has to work at licking the toy to get to the food inside. The red rubber itself is very sturdy and looks to be fairly indestructible. The first toy we bought Beau was a soft squeaky toy (like the kind we used to buy our other dog, a golden retriever mix), and that was a big mistake. He had chewed the ears off that toy and was pulling out the stuffing in just a few minutes. We realized right then that he needed something stronger and sturdier. I bought him some Nylabones at Petsmart last week, and he really likes those. But, we like to give him different toys and different things to chew on and play with.

I bought a bottle of Kong Stuff N Paste in the Liver flavor (they were out of peanut butter, which is what I wanted to try on him), and he LOVES this stuff! We squirt the paste in the cavity of the Kong, and he has a blast licking it and trying to get it all out. Both Stacy and Suzanne had told me that they put regular human-food peanut butter in the Kong for their dogs, so after we go through the squirt bottle of Liver paste (which won’t take long, he loves it and we’re giving him a good bit right now), we’ll try the peanut butter. (Hopefully he’s not allergic to peanuts or peanut butter… one thing at a time!)

Click on the extended entry to see some pictures I took of Beau with his Kong…