Good-bye old friends

[Ann Kendig]

I finally broke down and went through Sheba & Duke's stuffed animals, or should I say, I finally went through what was left of their stuffed animals.  These old friends have been through hours of torture.  They have suffered through beheadings, loss of limbs, gutted, de-squeaked, left in the yard exposed to the elements and dropped out of car windows.  They have also been well loved.  Sheba had her favorites and wouldn't destroy these favorite "babies" as we called them. (Duke really doesn't have any favorites to speak of.)  Sheba happily shared her favorite babies with 5 foster dogs, my son's puppy Blaze, and Shadow, the dog my ex husband and I had together.  Needless to say,  Sheba's favorite babies were destroyed by one dog or another. (Sheba and Duke are not without guilt.)  I can't tell you how many times she picked up her favorite babies only to realize that it had been de-squeaked, probably by Shadow.  No more running back and forth through the house at all hours of the day and night squeaking her favorite baby over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...well, I think you get the picture.  She no longer wanted to play with them, nor did any of the other dogs.  So, we pay homage to these old friends.

 

Shadow - Biggest offender of de-squeaking babies.

 

Blaze - Not much damage done by her.  I do remember, however, she did have a couple "accidents" while potty training and several babies spent more time than the others in the washing machine.  She had a few favorite snuggle babies.

Foster Doodle Annabelle hiding the evidence.  Notice the three of them are acting very innocent.

 

Duke and Sheba saying a fond farewell to these babies.  Notice the somber faces?  Right after this photo was taken these old friends made a trip to the trash can.  Good-bye old friends, we'll miss you!!!

 

[Rose Ann and Amante]

LOL LOL LOL

[Suzann, Rosey & Bandit]

OMD Ann!! I love this!!  The pics are amazing!  We too need to hold a service, but I just can't bring myself to do it yet!!

[Leslie and Halas]

That's a familiar sight at our house, too.

[Lynette Main]

Tooooo  cute. Shea's toys are now just bones.He rips up the fire hose toys in about six minutes,He does love his knotted chews.Nothing lasts tooo long at our house.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Duke! Sheba!

Wow! These are in good shape compared to our old friends. Ours are really ratty. You coulda sent them to us like our grandma does.  We get all the old left overs.  We do NOT like sharing with our cousin LeRoi because he can ruin a toy faster than Clancy even! When he comes to visit, Mom picks up as many as she can before he spies them.

Ned and Clancy.

[F, Calla & Luca]

See my picture about skiing in the backyard.

[F, Calla & Luca]

One, these two could be twins. Two, you are mean!

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

Yes Ann, you had my heart going for a minute too!  There are some Lead In Titles I am afraid to open!  I was really holding my breath.  After seeing your pictures I got together Gracie Doodle's most prized possessions at the moment.  They are all in different stages of distruction.  They have a rubbery outside and foam on the inside.  Also an amazing squeaker!  She loves to play catch with them or just walk around the house squeaking over and over and over.  Also it is great fun to take one and jam it in to our crotch or lap!  Luckily she spits out all the pieces she chews off.  Gracie is not a swallower!!  So I lined up her monsters (Monnies) and took their picture.  She immediately gathered them all up so I wouldn't do anything foolish with them.  Later in the afternoon Bindi from across the street came over.  I dumped all the toys out and Gracie found a Christmas bear that still was intact.  Not for long.  She was not happy until she got the squeaker out!!!  Bindi meanwhile went to work on one of the already torn open monsters...hey, notice the greet grass and filtered sunlight in the later afternoon?????  Sorry...just had to...tee hee

 

Gracie's friend F1b GD 1 yr Bindi


Body Parts


Going for the kill!

The Squeaker is in sight!

Pwfuuie...stuffing!

The A Bite...The Squeaker!

The Game is Over!!

[Anna and Achilles]

Time for some new friends! Love the picture of Duke with the fuzz in his mouth priceless.

[Julie, Izzie & Max]

This looks like our house.  Toys with stuffing, squeakers and limbs are destroyed in seconds.

Good bye old friends.