Sorry about the delays in posts for those of you reading this....aka Rosella lol. I haven't been feeling up to much lately, damn this morning sickness! Anyway, the other day I was playing with Dublin and I noticed a sad lump of yarn lying lonely in the yard. It was almost to the point where it was unrecognizable, but after staring at it for a second, I remembered that it was Dublin's knot toy. A month later, its more an explosion of yarn than a knot really.
When you first look at this toy online or in the store, it actually looks really durable.The material seems pretty tough as its rolled up in this big knot, and you think "my dog could never destroy this!" Yea....not so much. Even though the material is pretty bound up in the knot, the material is made of cheap kmart yarn. So even though you think your dog could never get his teeth into that knot, all he needs to do his rip out one string and the whole thing starts to collapse, leaving you with....a nice explosion of colorful yarn everywhere. Yes! Exactly what I wanted to spend my afternoon cleaning up. Again, the primary hazard of this toy is that your silly dog can eat the yarn and poop out enough of it, for you to make a matching set of a hat and gloves. While definitely amusing at first, it becomes not so amusing when the yarn balls up in your dogs stomach and the vet is charging you your life savings to pump little poochie's stomach empty.
Final Conclusion: So whats the lesson we learn from this ladies and gentleman....knot toys are not conducive to dogs with big teeth. The five seconds of amusement it gives your dog is not worth the clean up, time, and money you'll be investing. On the tough scale, I would definitely gives this a 4, and if your dog is extra enthusiastic about ripping things up, I would give it a 3.
As always, AP and the Dublinator
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