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Re-homed dog abandons bear


No love lost between this two!

Newsflash: A re-homed local mongrel dog has been caught on camera abandoning her pre-loved toy bear. Donna the local mongrel refused to share her bed with the teddy bear, so much so that she was willing to give up the bed to the bear. When asked why she thought the bear too repulsive to be near, Donna replied that she couldn’t sleep with the bear there and the human clicking away on her phone camera on the other end. The human cannot be reached for comment. 

Not only Donna is rehomed in our flat. Most of Donna’s toys including this bear are pre-loved too. When we first took Donna home, she did not tear up her toys on the first day, no. It took her some weeks, but that meant we might have to have a toy budget for her to replace her toys, say every couple of months. I took to scouring the Internet and with a stroke of luck found this kind lady trying to sell a whole lot of stuffies at such a low price, we picked up a whole load off her! She had gathered them so that she could sell them at the SPCA junk sale to help the animals there, but the junk sale was cancelled. Imagine that we should turn up at her door step picking up her toys for our dog!

We never did need to replace that load of toys, Donna stopped ripping them up so much so they were always mend-able and playable again.

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34 Comments

  1. Funny, our dog Tino did the same – used to rip them up almost immediately and then eventually they became beloved pals that he would carry around with him.

    • Dogs look adorable when they carry their toys around :) It’s very child-like. I imagine you would always have a smile on your face when you see Tino doing that, I know I do. :)

  2. Good for you, Donna, for not ripping your toys to shreds. Maya & Pierson are getting better about not destroying their toys, but I try to buy stuff that is more durable than the standard plush toys.

    • She seems to have different ways to play with her plush toys versus other toys, so we like to get her a variety. We tried to get a tougher stuffed toy that was more firm and she totally ignores it! XD

  3. Cascadian Nomads

    Very cool shot! Initial tearing of toys seems to be some sort of test by certain dogs to make sure the toy is worth befriending for life. Of course, this depends on a humans time to mend all these toys!

    • Well, looks like more of her toys pass the test! It’s not too bad really, we have enough to rotate the toys around and I mend them all in one shot every other month, or when I need something calming to do. :)

  4. Great image–you brought a smile to my early morning.

  5. Torrey used to be the same way. Every toy was destuffed in a day, maybe two. Thankfully, she got over that.

    • Yes! It’s very troubling when toys don’t last, The cost adds up and it’s such a waste too. Glad Torrey is over it now :)

  6. Love the picture and story!
    -Terry from MatildasJourney.com

  7. Donna grew up.

  8. I can offer a responsible home for the teddy bear? :)

    • Really? We’ll arrange to ship him over. I’m sure Donna won’t miss him very much. She’s presently busy sleeping.

  9. Our dogs still tear up the stuffies. They just don’t have a chance at our house:(

  10. Oh Donna, you must return to your bear! Wooooowooooooo! KuBear :-)

  11. Mel

    How very sweet! I love your story-telling and humor. Thank you for making me smile. :)

  12. Love the newsflash!! Great that Donna no longer tears up her toys…at least for a little while!

  13. Toys are loved and cherished here. Nothing has ever been destuffed!

  14. Our littles don’t tear up the bears… but the bad Boston does… guts them completely out :(

  15. Ruby is still hanging on to one old favourite which hasn’t been mauled. We do mend them and watch her tear them apart again. But she does love angry bird despite his thinness:)

  16. That was a great find on your part…since all toys are pretty much immediately destroyed by our golden, I really need bargain toys for sure. I also wish I could sew…I make attempts at it but it just doesn’t last. Plus I just really dislike it. :) Sounds like maybe Donna has outgrown the destruction, but Sheba is 9 so I don’t think that’s ever going to happen!

  17. Donna needs to swing by here and give THIS Donna’s pack a lesson in toy saving. :-) While she’s here, she and my Leah can discuss us humans and our annoying camera habit. :-)

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