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3/22/2017

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​I strive to have an inverse relationship with sadness and happiness. More specifically, the less sadness, the better. More importantly, sharing happiness, even smiles, is destined to markedly improve someone’s day.

I’m grateful to my friend, Shauna Bowling, who introduced me to BarkPost several months back. She knows I love anything of a pooch nature.  

Here is a snippet from a recent post...

​​Welcome to Thank Dog It's Friday (TDIF!), when we dig up our goofiest, most ridiculous stories, just for you. If things don’t get weird, we’re doing something wrong. This week: a slightly over-dramatic reflection on the toys we lost this year.

~ Think your friends would love what we dig up? Refer them to BarkPost Email
                                                                         
If your dog is like the BarkPost dogs, you’ve noticed that treasured toys have a way of getting, well, destroyed. There’s a couple ways you can react when your pup’s favorite toy bites the dust. Personally, we’re big fans of going the melodramatic, over-the-top route with this sorta thing.
​With Andy, it’s all about the toys.  He can Walk On By treat after treat if there is a toy within eyesight (Thank heavens for Zoey, who is furrever on ‘treat’ duty).

Andy can demolish a toy in mere moments - no matter how well advertised the product is for doggability. I know he is not in isolation with this doggedly determined style of destruction.

I enjoy comments and photos sent to me by my SFAM, Peg Cole.  Like me, she has two beautiful Black Labradors, Indy and Tony.

In my mind, Tony and Andy are BFAM - as they share a similar Modus operandi--a penchant for pulverizing their pooch possessions.

So, in answer to BarkPosts post, I react in a mellow-dramatic manner when my mutt mangles his material matters, and I’m often moved to a vocalization of song at an actual or pictorial rendition of the dirty, dawgy deed.

Here are some examples. Thanks to Peg for providing the giggles in the photos she sent.
Click on any of the blue links to take a musical journey inside mar’s head.

I Fall to Pieces, just as soulfully as Patsy Cline (well I think so!) when I see a before-and-after shot like this.

Mr. Beaver, you never stood a chance, but I think you knew that.

Tony & Indy's Mr. Beaver
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Rest in pieces, Mr. Beaver
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Images via Peg Cole of In The World

One Way or Another these dawgs sniff down what they know exists. Personally, I’ve been on so many guilt trips I could fill a passport book.

According to Peg,
“Tony is begging for Mr. Dinkleman, which is on the shelf where he can't reach it. Dinkleman is in the toy protection program.”
"I know you're in there, Mr. Dinkleman..."
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Image via Peg Cole of In The world
Clearly this young man Ain't Too Proud to Beg.

Peg wrote me:

“The funny thing about Mr. Beaver was that I cut off the mostly undamaged head thinking I would sew it onto a new body in denim. Tony spotted it on my sewing table and sat begging for the head of Mr. Beaver until I realized what he wanted.”
I’m a lover, not a killer (Tony)
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Image via Peg Cole of In The World
When Andy saw this, a lightbulb went off.

The Sick Toy Hospital (aka the floor of our hall closet) had been established long before his time, under the reign of Aunt Baby, who fancied herself a nurse (albeit a homicidal one) where her toys were concerned.

Now convinced that his tattered things belong in the Toy Protection Program, Andy allowed the following shot of recent remnants, revealed to be BITS of a bone, PIECES of Miss Pumpkin and SCRAPS of Mr. Shark, and unable to be resuscitated and shown, before the victims were transported to Texas (Oops! I’ve already said too much! You didn’t hear this from me...)​
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Falling to pieces...
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​ShoutOuts

​☙ Robin Hood and The Big Bad Banks via WarnerWords
☙ Step One! Making the Decision via Graceful Intentions
☙ #SmarterNotHarder: Collaborating? Why it’s better to start your doc “inside” Google Drive via flashPress

Until next week, please smile often at unexpected, even sweet, moments in life.

Hugs,

mar

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15 Comments
paula
3/22/2017 07:32:21 am

This cleverly written post has me smiling ear to ear! I enjoy hearing your pooch pondering! Sounds like you & Peg have a couple of active teens on your hands. Can't help but love 'em.
The hours of fun and cuddling our fur babies bring us is so worth the hassle of ripped up toys. Well Mom, isn't that what my toys are for? LOL "The Toy protection Program!!" LOL! Maria, you crack me up, girl.
Here's to many years of keeping the Doggy Toy Manufacturers in business! It's the least fur babies deserve for all that unconditional love & loyalty! Hugs, Paula

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Peg
3/22/2017 08:58:56 am

Oh, Maria, I laughed again seeing these unfortunate victims of Tony's darker side. How I wish I'd taken before pictures of the residents in our own Toy Hospital (cabinet under the Treat Zone). There's Dino the dinosaur, Skunk Man, Mr. Bunny and several ancestors of Mr. Beaver along with a host of others who held on for as long as they could. Kitty, who finally became Kitty Blob was discarded after many repairs along with Oscar the Octopus who transitioned into Starfish. It's laughable to watch Tony waiting as I sew the legs and ears of his precious toys back on and stitch up their wounds. His patience is inspiring.
Thanks so much for featuring our BFAMs on this week's spotlight. Reading your post brought many smiles and good memories. Listening now to your song selections. Love and hugs.

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Vicki link
3/22/2017 09:27:24 am

Dear Mareer,
So great you have two pooches who know how to keep balance in life - one for the treats, and the other for the toys! Oh my, Andy, so glad super tough frisbees don't have faces! It's pretty amazing to see the wholesale destruction this sharp teeth can do!
And there we thought Zoey might be a 'gentling' influence on her bro. That boy is just plain incorrigible, even though adorable.
Very nice, light post, dear friend. Just perfect for mid week.
Love and hugs,
Vickster

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Ruby link
3/22/2017 04:52:47 pm

This was so cute and clever. I love the song, 'Walk On By ' Oh how I wish I could have a doggie to love and buy toys for, but I'm forever thankful for my birds and the neighbors cat. ( I feed them all daily ) Tweeted..

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Martie link
3/22/2017 05:10:25 pm

The innocence on Andy's face tells a story. He can't help loving his toys to pieces.

Our Bella's list of perished toys, pillows, blankets, carpets, shoes, plants, and even baby nappies are as long as her tail. She just loves to love everything to pieces.

Thanks for making me smile, dearest Maria.

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Mike
3/22/2017 05:47:16 pm

Hello mar - thanks for the smiles.

Ruby - I think, Andy, Zoey, Indy and Tony would not mind a 'Toys For US' program. ha

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Maria link
3/23/2017 05:50:09 am

Paula, I love the thought of this making you smile from ear to ear.

Peg, Between Tony and Andy, we could develop quite the series? Thanks for sharing your beautiful boy with us - dark side and all!

Vickster, Andy continues to love his tough and resilient orange Frisbee...always think of you when we play... :)

Ruby, You are so loving with all of us two and four-legged critters. Thanks for stopping by.

Martie, Although this 'looks' like Andy, it is Peg's son, Tony, that you see in the above pictures. Bella sounds like she would fit right in.

Toys FOR Us... kinda goes without saying in Andy's world, Mike!

Having a difficult time answering comments individually this AM - hoping it's a temporary Weebly glitch. Hugs to all, mar

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Michael link
3/23/2017 06:04:11 pm

Lovely story Mar. It's amazing how our furry friends and feathered ones can be such a comfort.
We had 3 dogs in Cape Town and they each had distinct characters. They always put a smoke on my face.

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Maria link
3/28/2017 09:34:20 pm

I'm not surprised that you're a dog lover, Michael.

Thanks for your visit and your sharing too.

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Sannel link
3/24/2017 12:50:09 pm

Dear Maria,

Even with the knowledge that so many toys have been met with a violent and short lived life, I could not help laughing myself into tears, reading this witty and hilarious post. So Funny! :)

I too, have a rapidly growing toy cemetery thanks to Freddie. The latest one, an adorably, fluffy little mouse did not live more than twenty seconds after Freddie got hold of him. That's a record even for Freddie.

Thank you, Maria and Peg for sharing your stories of your destructive, but very adoggably pups.

Love and hugs,
Sannel

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Maria link
3/28/2017 09:37:11 pm

Wow, 20 seconds is a record...Freddie sounds like he can stand paw to paw with both Andy and Tony. :)

Thanks for your comments and your friendship, dear Sannel - also appreciate how faithfully you share my writing. Love, Maria

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Genna East
3/28/2017 04:25:03 pm

I loved, this Maria. The "I Fall to Pieces," and "The Toy Protection Program" are so darned cute. And who hasn't parented a beautiful canine family member that destroys toys, then clings to their remnants as if to say, "I don't care what it looks like, it's still mine.."? Many thanks to Peg for her contributions. Hugs.

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Maria link
3/28/2017 09:39:18 pm

So happy you enjoyed this, dear Genna - there sure are a lot of dog lovers in our circle of friends.

Hope you are having a peaceful week. Hugs, Maria

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Shauna
4/19/2017 04:50:49 pm

You'd think doggie toys would be a little more durable. Then again, I'm sure half the fun is tearing them apart, much to their humans' chagrin!

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Maria link
4/19/2017 07:22:15 pm

Yes, you would think...and yes, without a doubt, dear Sha.

Love you and thanks for the visit, mar

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