Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Air Kong!
Hi,
If like me you have a dog that loves running around playing and is not the best at fetch, but has a medioka go, this is the dog toy for you.
Max is very in to playing now, after not having a clue when he first arive. He loves getting a tennis ball and playing in the garden or when we go up to the field near us he has an Air Kong. Which at the time of purchase was seen as very expensive and a waste of money.
They are not cheap, but they are great to throw and with a throw rop attached to the kong the toy can be thrown a long way. When Max sees the kong and he is let off the lead in the park he bounces up and down egging us on to throw the kong for him to race after. Few things will take his attention when he is in persuit of his kong.
He usually does an impressive slide when he gets to the kong, occassionally doing a full forward roll over it if the grass is wet or his speed is more than his brain thought it was when he goes to pick up the kong in his mouth. (Very amusing!)
After picking himself up he grabs the kong or the rope attached to it and comes bounding back in our general direction. If he has hold of the rope the kong will be bouncing off the ground and his head as Max lollops along (best description of his method of movement is a lollop... :) If anyone has seen it you will know what i mean!).
Max will then either race around with his kong in tow until he drops it and we pick it up or he will respond to the drop command (sometimes!) and he will start the whole proceedings again. Depending on how full of energy he is this game can go on for at least half an hour or more. He will chase tennis balls, but drops them soon after he gets to them, the kong is his favourite.
We NEVER throw sticks for Max as these can catch in his throat or break in his mouth and cause nasty injuries and we never let Max go after kids' balls or toys as his teeth could pierce these and cause tears from their owners. We are always aware of who is in the park or area with us and we hope that other dog owners and people using the park are just as aware. (Some dog owners are not as vigillant and this I find rude and with some dog's attitudes annoying when they continually sniff and fuss around Max.)
V x
If like me you have a dog that loves running around playing and is not the best at fetch, but has a medioka go, this is the dog toy for you.
Max is very in to playing now, after not having a clue when he first arive. He loves getting a tennis ball and playing in the garden or when we go up to the field near us he has an Air Kong. Which at the time of purchase was seen as very expensive and a waste of money.
They are not cheap, but they are great to throw and with a throw rop attached to the kong the toy can be thrown a long way. When Max sees the kong and he is let off the lead in the park he bounces up and down egging us on to throw the kong for him to race after. Few things will take his attention when he is in persuit of his kong.
He usually does an impressive slide when he gets to the kong, occassionally doing a full forward roll over it if the grass is wet or his speed is more than his brain thought it was when he goes to pick up the kong in his mouth. (Very amusing!)
After picking himself up he grabs the kong or the rope attached to it and comes bounding back in our general direction. If he has hold of the rope the kong will be bouncing off the ground and his head as Max lollops along (best description of his method of movement is a lollop... :) If anyone has seen it you will know what i mean!).
Max will then either race around with his kong in tow until he drops it and we pick it up or he will respond to the drop command (sometimes!) and he will start the whole proceedings again. Depending on how full of energy he is this game can go on for at least half an hour or more. He will chase tennis balls, but drops them soon after he gets to them, the kong is his favourite.
We NEVER throw sticks for Max as these can catch in his throat or break in his mouth and cause nasty injuries and we never let Max go after kids' balls or toys as his teeth could pierce these and cause tears from their owners. We are always aware of who is in the park or area with us and we hope that other dog owners and people using the park are just as aware. (Some dog owners are not as vigillant and this I find rude and with some dog's attitudes annoying when they continually sniff and fuss around Max.)
V x
# posted by Vici : 12:50 pm
