[PyrNet-L] CHAT: Toys Albert likes to play with

[MagEBroD@aol.com]

     I thought I'd share what some of Albert's favorite toys are since so 
many are getting new pups now. Hope this helps!
     Albert is now 20.5 months old and his favorite toys are: soccer balls,  
soccer cones,  a bowling ball, large about 8-inch to 14-inch Easter 
egg-shaped toys, Flexible Flyer flying disc, knotted rope toys,  Kong toys 
with treats inside (peanut butter helps keep the treats from coming out too 
easily), Buster Balls and Buster Cube with treats inside, very small tires,  
knotted woolen socks, or  old T-shirts tied in lots of knots, large plastic 
gallon milk jugs, & 2.5 gallon water containers.  And when supervised: 
hardballs and tennis balls and plastic pop containers (sometimes we freeze 
water in these, too, to play with when hot), and heavy duty scoops that hold 
about 1-1.5 cups and plastic toy bowling pins and large plastic bowls. He 
also likes to fetch sticks and small logs. His personal favorite, but not 
mine , are plant pots!  Sometimes he has to remove pesky plants first though! 
I keep my eyes open at garage sales and thrift stores for things that he may 
like both in housewares and toy sections. You might also consuider a sturdy 
wading pool for summer months when they get a bit bigger.  Tempted to get him 
some dumbbells if I see some cheap ones. Sure he'd love them! I am also 
tempted to try the IndestructiBall, too, and see if it holds upto Albert's 
abuses. He likes variety and change, too. So sometimes we hide a few of his 
toys for a few days and then give them back and he's more excited to see them 
and play with them then. Then we remove a few other toys, etc. etc. (Used to 
do this with my kids when they were young!)
      His favorite toys are us, Mattie his playmate,  and his sisters, 
though!!
      Hope this helps! Good luck!
  
  :)  &  :)```   (me grinning & Albert grinning & drooling!)
 
See Albert's photo at:   
http://www.sonic.net/~cdlcruz/pyr-l/pyrlpix3.htm#Albert
 
  Janice Vocke
  MagEBroD@aol.com
  Shelton, WA.