[Dailydrool] Toys & "leave it"

[Pamela McQuade via Dailydrool]

Many years ago, someone on the Drool sent our hounds Jane and Belvedere 
a cute lizard that became an immediate favorite. Fights did sometimes 
occur over it, but I could never find another one to make everything 
fair. They adored that toy for a long, long time.

Our current pack is not interested in the lizard at all, even though it 
still squeaks. Dex loves to chew on squeaky toys while I make his food, 
to remind me to hurry. He seems to like the unstuffed toys, though, 
since most of them no longer squeak. He still chews on their silent 
squeakers.

Dogs seem to have their own rules on what toys are best. Each one makes 
up personal rules, and deviations from them are not tolerated.

I get a pretty good response for Horton on "leave it." Unless, of 
course, he is headed for poop. Then it seems to depend on how enticing 
the poop is. Dex never needs the command, because, as I have said for 
years, he is perfect. Poop does not entice him. He never counter 
cruises. Only food that is handed to him is fair game. Whoever had this 
dog before we did was a wonderful dog trainer. I thank them for their 
work with him and cannot imagine how they could bear to give him up, 
glaucoma or not.

Pam, food slave to the Dashing Bassets