Kong Dog Toys

We had to put my dog Tulsa down a few months ago after fifteen years. My wife and I bought her as a pup --- she was a "mistake", the result of a New Hampshire farm Lab jumping the fence and getting it on with a Cocker Spaniel. She was the smallest of her brothers and sisters, and won our hearts by looking up at us and, well, peeing in submission.

Tulsa was a pretty small dog --- she looked like a Lab puppy her whole life. But she could chew like nobody's business. She could eat through nylabones and cow hooves in just a couple of hours. But she met her match with the Kong.

We still have her old Kong here. It's a bit chewed at the edges, but she never beat it. It's particularly fun to hide a treat inside the hole and watch them work to get it out (yes, eventually she'd get it --- we're not that sadistic!). With their weird shape they also bounce all over when you throw them, which makes for a seriously confused dog.

Anyways, I just came across one of her old leashes and it made me think of her. We all miss her a whole bunch.