Have You Seen my Squeaker?

[Adina P]

Since he's de-legged and decapitated the last of two rubber pigs (after 2 years so that's still pretty good!) and his beloved little Wal Mart latex squeaker is circling the drain (intact but getting a bit grimy and thin)...I thought it was time for Rosco to have a brand new noisy toy.

So on Sunday I took him on a mommy-doggy trip to PetCo so we could pick out just the right one. I heeled Rosco into the store and down the toy aisle and had him sit stay while I examined the options, giving each one a squeeze to hear it's sound..after much deliberation I settled on this guy.

The sound wasn't high pitched and seemed like a good fit, one he wouldn't try to crunch through or demolish for a long time to come.

As Rosco waited patiently, I tossed it to him and he craned his neck, didn't break his stay, but also didn't catch it. It fell next to him and he sniffed it joyfully. He was VERY excited about this new noisemaker!

After we paid for it...we headed to a local college athletic field for some fetch.

OMG...he fell in LOVE with this thing...

BUT...as he mouthed and pawed and squashed it, I realized something unsettling...

It sounded like a GIGGLING/CRYING BABY!!!

Now, the chances that Rosco would confuse a baby with a squeaky toy based solely on my perception that it sounds like a baby are slim... but STILL.what if!?

So, I gave it to a friend of mine for her dog. But first I put it in a box in our carport...a carport that is visible to the dogs only from a set of stairs leading up to an apartment above our garage. Rosco SAW me put it there and he and Thule (Rosco MORE than Thule) have been climbing up there staring obsessively at what no longer exists.

And what's hilarious is that, yesterday, once I realized he was OCD'ing over this, I leashed him up and took him AND the squeaker to my car and had him WATCH me put it in the car.

Doesn't matter. He STILL thinks it's in the carport (which is not a location my car has ever been).

Poooooooooooor poooooooooooor Rosco. Hoping beyond all hope.

NOW I must find him a replacement that sounds a bit less human.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Karen has the right idea. The squeaks make me crazy by the end of the day. My neighbor who lives across the street even asked us to give it a break occasionally. LOL

Personally, we like the baby toys that quack, bark, moo and rattle. I really want to purchase a Tickle Me Elmo--but I really don't advise that in your situation! I have to say, we are all feeling for your Roscoe! Adina, can we plead with you to go back to the store with Roscoe and try a new toy??? PLEASE. He is such a good boy.

[Kim]

LOL. awe, poor Rosco. Hope he likes the next toy just as much!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Rosco must be taking Emily Dickinson seriously: "Hope is the thing with feathers", lol!
Have you tried the AKC realistic looking stuffed animal toys? The duck and the porcupine make grunting sounds...much less annoying than squeaks, and not at all human-sounding.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

I say give us your address and we will all gladly donate some squeaks for a good cause.

[April Cliber]

Poor Rosco! Great story though!

[Adrianne Matzkin]

Let us know what you replace it with.

[Tante & Jordan & now Annie!]

I have had to "re-hide" toys as well.It never works. The other day I brought out a new ball for fetch, Jordan grabbed it took her pee,then went back up the to the porch to get her old nasty ball. Why? IDK? Or if she loses a ball in the blackberry's, she will try and try,look at me for help.Sometimes I can get it,but I swear our blackberry's have at least 10 balls in there.

[Linda,Yankee & Finn]

Poor Rosco! Giving him something so fun and then taking it away. Mean Mommy! You better find something really good to replace it so he will forget about the chicken.