Around here, anything stuffed gets quickly de-stuffed and chewed to pieces. It’s just how things go. It’s expected. So imagine my surprize when it’s nearly the end of February and two of the stuffed toys I got them for christmas are still very much intact.

One is a large four-pronged fleece plushie. Each of the four ends has a squeaky in it. And all of them are still intact. This is one of Zeeke’s favorite fetch toys. I especially like to bonk him in the head with it.

The other is a different-looking stuffed chipmunk. It’s some special brand, I think it was supposed to be extra-tough or something. Good quality. Well apparently it is, because it’s still alive. It is one of Zoe’s favorite toys, she loves to carry it around, play fetch with it, and attack and shake it like it was evil. Late last night I was watching the olympics and she an I played fetch/tug for about half an hour. I never even had to move; she brought me the toy, I grabbed it, we played tug for a little bit. Then I’d throw it across the room, she’s run and grab it, bring it back. I think her favorite part is the tug, she really loves getting to bite and shake that thing.

And of course one of the favorites in this household is always the nylabones, of all shapes and sizes. But those, sturdy as they are, tend to get chewed pretty heavily. I need to replace them about once a month or so, depending on what’s in favor - theres this one nylabone teething ring that they’ve just destroyed. Not sure if I’ll buy them another, it didn’t stand up too well, but they sure loved it. And at this stage I love anything that saves our furniture and shoes from getting chewed!