Buster Bust It !!!

As you'll already know (if you've read my previous posts), it was Busters birthday last Thursday.  We thought we'd treat him, like you do !  We bought him a, umm, well you decide.  We'll call it a leggy lion.  It was just a cuddly toy with long legs and long arms.  It was (yes, WAS) a proper dog toy and we bought it from Pets At Home !  We gave it to him and within five minutes the lion appeared to have lost both its legs.  The left arm looked like it was about to come off and the poor lions arse was hanging out !  I've had several of his toys on my desk aka operating table on many occasions but I knew if he'd done this to the lion within five minutes, then it didn't stand much of a chance when sewn up.

So that was it.  We went back to the shop on Sunday.  I put the bag with the lion in it on the counter and I very politely explained that my dog had only had this toy for about five minutes before it was practically ripped to shreds.  Admittedly I didn't tell them that HE had hold of one of the arms and Buster had hold of the other and they were tugging it round our lounge.  Even so, I'm sure it was meant to last longer than it did.  I mean, with the length of the lions arms and legs they were meant to be pulled, right ?  They very kindly told us we could go and get a replacement.  I made a point of saying we didn't want one the same because they looked like they weren't made that strong.  I didn't say that we'd take another of the same item so that too could be pulled round the lounge and brought back to the shop the next day.  No.  We picked another thing that I can only describe as a monkey in a ring.  It's not broken yet.  I tested it out with HIM in the shop.  We both had a quick game of tug-of-war with it.  Apart from HIM tugging it that hard and almost dislocating my other shoulder, it seemed okay.  Buster is pleased with it too, we think.

Buster is the one on the far right as you look at the picture !