On Saturday, he destroyed Bone -- an inexpensive stuffed red bone. He'd had this incarnation of bone for 3 or 4 months (and another one just like it from before we got him). So yesterday after Church,
robot_grrl and I stopped by PetCo and picked up Doggie -- a neoprene covered version of the common dog-shaped toy. Before I went to bed, he had torn it opened and the head and removed some stuffing. So less than a day after getting it, Doggie got hidden in our trashcan.This evening, I stopped by PetCo again and got him Hose -- supposedly a stuffed piece of fire hose. Not long ago, I went upstairs and found Hose sitting with a big hole torn in one corner. I've put it out of his reach and will try to fix it if I can find our duct (or is it duck) tape.
I'm beginning to wonder if he is upset because Derrick is gone, is feeding off of the stress that Tara and I are feeling about the Bartlett House, or a combination of the two.
I'm just hoping that we'll be able to keep him from going through too many toys before he calms down. I'm also worried about what he'll destroy if he doesn't have a toy of his own. With the house, furniture and even the cat there are many things that he could do serious damage to.
