June 25, 2006
my string theory
Our dog Kwan Yin has been eating a lot of string lately. She took out the fringe on a couple of rugs last week. And last night I found a big, hard tube of regurgitated, congealed string-mass in my office. I will not be providing a picture of that, because it was truly revolting.
I will provide a picture of this destroyed chew toy, however. I believe it is part of the problem.
We bought it at the local supermarket. It looked like a sturdy rope, not like a collection of little strings. Well she made fast work of it, to the extent that you see here.
Shortly thereafter she started eating rugs and barfing up string balls.
Which brings me to my string theory.
My theory: the rope/string chew toy got our dog addicted to string.
We gave it to her, she ripped it up, and now that she'd had a taste, she was totally hooked. So she went after the rugs, and anything else string-like.
Maybe this is more like a conspiracy theory: the string/rope toy industry is turning our dogs into junkies.
So I'm putting up the picture and telling the story. You be the judge. In the meantime, if I were a dog owner, I'd stay away from rope/string chew toys like this one.