Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Beauty the wonder dog Goes to the Park

There was a break in the rain today so I took Beauty the wonder dog out to the nearby park to run around and play. We encountered some local wildlife and several other pooches, including a Great Dane named Truman (Good God, those dogs are gargantuan!).



Consumer alert: ToyShoppe Playables brightly colored tennis balls for dogs suck! They are a sad replacement for the Chuckit blue and orange tennis balls, which not only can be found in almost any landscape but hold up under the intense pressure of a dog's jaws. (Note: the following picture is of the ToyShoppe Playables tennis ball that could not hold up under intense pressure.)

PetSmart was out of the Chuckit balls around Christmas when we were looking to purchase some extra tennis balls for Beauty's stocking. I grabbed the ToyShoppe Playables tennis balls because their bright blue, neon green, shocking orange, and loud fuchsia colors seemed perfect for easy identification against the natural colors of the park landscape. Unfortunately, with a few chomps Beauty the wonder dog was able to chew through the ball as if it was a piece of filet mignon. Within a few throws, the ToyShoppe Playables tennis ball ends up looking like this:

Beauty has three more of these horrid tennis balls to destroy before we return to the Chuckit brand - the clear champion maker of tennis balls for dogs.

1 comment:

FuzzyFleischer said...

PetSmart is very good about letting you return dog toys that don't work out. I bought one of those cute chickens and with in 2 minutes my Yorkie had chewed it's beak off. PetShop said bring it back with your receipt. I did and they gave me a store credit which I immediatley used for a sheepskin toy.

Sherry