Dog Toy Surgery
An industry expert told me while I researched the history of dog toys that plush toys always outsell other kinds of dog toys — by far. It has less to do with relative usefulness in a dog’s life and more to do with likely impulse buys by the girls who shop for dog toys. (And, let’s face it, in the dog arena, the consumer is definitely a woman.) I got to thinking about this factoid while sewing back together a bunch of plush toys who’ve seen better days.
{I’m so sorry. The photo went missing in a massive blog photo glitch.}
Surgical report from Left to Right, Top to Bottom:
1. Pillow lamb suffered multiple lacerations across his back.
2. Duck had been torn nearly wing to wing.
3. Wiener dog used to have four short legs and was once about 5 inches longer.
4. Lambie also had legs at some point and had endured numerous puncture and tear wounds.
5. Monkey began life with four very long legs, that are long since gone. He too needed many holes patched.
6. Ducklet (perhaps the most pathetic of all) is what is left from a full-sized duck that dates back to our first dog, Penelope Grace, the Dalmatian. Ducklet is in sorry shape, but neither of us can imagine parting with this sentimental toy. So, I keep patching him up.
