Yeah, we tried to "ween" her off the bricks but to no avail (as of yet) We have tugs, balls, the chuck-it, etc... She's not buying it. If we throw a ball for her, she brings us back a brick :P
I don't think she's bored, we live in the middle of nowhere, her and Fred spend a ton of time running around outside, and when they're in Pita is pretty engaged. Four kids can keep a puppy on her toes :P
The only other "toy" she has any interest in is the floating one that we use at the lake, but without the water she's not impressed.
Hey, i'm not complaining, the bricks don't come in the house, and Pita's not screaming. Once she can't find anymore bricks that will be the end of it, she certainly doesn't mind leaving them once they're broken and small. I have tried to look for a toy that does that unpredictable movement like the bricks do, but no luck yet, everything ive seen so far has needed batteries, and i'm sure Pita would get to those.
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Elizabeth, it won't be so funny and cute anymore when your very young dog has damaged all her permanent teeth. Now would be a good time to make sure she never gets a brick in her mouth again.
There was grit mentioned that makes tennis balls abrasive and damages teeth when a dog carries the ball in its mouth often. A brick is more abrasive than a tennis ball, even if your vet might think otherwise
I totally understand the concern, and as i stated before i have looked for anything that mimics the brick dropping. What we have done is cover her bricks with a chin strap pad (for football), she can carry it and the ends are exposed enough that the wobble effect is the same. It's not ideal but it is what works for now.
We picked up the chuckit wheelie today, i'll give it a whirl tomorrow, i think it might be a winner though i'm not sure its intended use is spastic rolling it certainly does it.
Pita is giving me a run for my money, tonight at the park she was fairly quiet, but when she did scream i swear she has gotten LOUDER.
I did figure out a way to get her to scream in the yard so that i can work on this at home. Apparently she's not thrilled when Fred plays in the field while she's working. Normally i do one dog at a time but Fred had to "go" and as soon as Pita realized playing with him wasn't an option she sat down, looked at me and screamed. I'm pretty sure she was calling me nasty names, that's what i get for naming a puppy pain in the "butt".
Wow, it's been awhile since the brick stuff. Just a quick update, we're not screaming bloody murder anymore and bricks are a thing of the past, (briefly replaced with my shoes ><. Now she's chasing that big rubber ball with all the holes (i forget what its called) but she adores it. Now if only i could get her to stop breaking out of and into places. Dang dog is houdini!
I think some kind of switch flipped when she hit 11 months, she just stopped being so psycho, she still does crazy stuff but she is so much more fun to be around.
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