What would your dog choose?

[ArklePig]

Santa has made his annual visit to Dogs Trust in Dublin and each dog was sent to pick a toy.

Fodhla only has eyes for balls and sticks, so I'm not sure the others would get a look in. She also likes to love a stuffed toy to literal death but only when the humour takes her.

What about your dog?

 

[CorvusCorax]

The old one would savage each and every one individually and the place would look like a bomb had hit it and people would be running away, screaming.

Middle one loves sticks so anything stick-like, probably that big red yoke.

Little one likes small, squishy balls, but would probably prefer some nice biscuits, thank you.

Bless them, they look so happy! I love Jessie, very discerning. And the wee terrier picking the duck that is bigger than him. And Nero trotting along all puffed up! And Queenie wanting All The Things.

 

[sportsmansB]

Nancy would be picking up a tennis ball size thing
Murphy would take anything at all, he likes ones that squeak and Nancy hates them and takes them off him and carefully confiscates them!

 

[ArklePig]

Bless them, they look so happy! I love Jessie, very discerning. And the wee terrier picking the duck that is bigger than him. And Nero trotting along all puffed up! And Queenie wanting All The Things.

Nero has a serious swagger about him.

I was very taken with Queenie and Ida, I wonder if either of them would like to live with a pampered sprointer (does that sound ridiculous I found the term on Instagram?) and an overbearing Ma.

@sportsmansB she is welcome anytime to take squeaky toys off my dog I cannot cope with them!

 

[sportsmansB]

Nero has a serious swagger about him.



@sportsmansB she is welcome anytime to take squeaky toys off my dog I cannot cope with them!

She absolutely hates him playing with them, she's normally so placid but it makes her mad. So mad that her lower jaw starts to quiver. She's still the boss even though he grew up bigger, and she just takes them off him and hides them behind her and basically dares him to try and get them back!
To be fair he doesn't seem to care whether something squeaks or not, he just tries to destroy them whatever

 

[Escapade]

Mine’s like Archie. Pick a big squishy thing, get distracted and take off buck leaping. Then remember big squishy thing and knock things flying à la Riley?

 

[meleeka]

I absolutely love these videos! I was only watching last years the other day.

The terrier would check there’s no mice hiding, then she’d tell everyone not to be so stupid and flounce off. The German Shepherd would just shred the lot, until she found something so boring that nobody else wanted and she’d have that. Her current favourite toys are a tyre from a mobility scooter and the best one, an empty horse snack ball which she spends hours carrying around (she can undo the screw lid to give her something to hold it by ?).

 

[rara007]

So sweet! Whatever mine chose nothing there looks strong enough to last more than 5 mins as they love tearing things up… But they’d enjoy the rag for a while longer?!

 

[Spotherisk]

Rew would have picked the big spider/octopus thing, he kinda self-flagalates with them! ?

 

[splashgirl45]

Mine would have destroyed the soft toys and one of the terriers would have picked up a ball and dropped it at someone’s feet…

 

[misst]

Moti would like a ball and Ruby would just like ALL of them! It would blow her tiny brain to see so many!

 

[DabDab]

Phoebe would take a small ball, particularly if there's one that squeaks.

Dee would go for something small, soft, stuffed and squeaky, and would immediately dismember it.

Eira would find the noisiest toy in there and then would just walk round making noise with it. So probably that noisy pig thing that one of the dogs in the video picked up

 

[Squeak]

Oh that was such a sweet video. It's amazing how specific most of them seemed to be (well the ones shown on the video anyway) and really seemed to go through them to pick out a favourite.

I just hope they all get a home soon that's full of their favourite toys.

 

[ArklePig]

I'm loving hearing about how everyone's dog likes to play! Fodhla also loves to love the rags/carcass of toys she's destroyed. Warms the heart as when we got her she didn't really know how to play, so we had to teach her (and to not connect with skin while doing it!).

Just watched the video again and might have shed a tear, echo what @Squeak said, I hope they're all in homes soon!

 

[Dexter]

I take mine to pets at home occasionally and let them pick a toy. They go for fluffy, ideally fluffy with dangling bits.

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

Goose likes a squeaky toy and endlessly squeaks it then destroys it and eats the squeak. Mitch likes whatever Goose has plus sticks. Bear would have a good sniff then go and find someone’s feet to sit next to.

I’d quite like the whippet that bounces round, extremely cute-Jasper.

 

[blackcob]

Jessie needs a job! That was unexpectedly heartwarming, thanks. ?

Small dog likes a nylabone-style plastic thing that he can carry around and hoard.

 

[ihatework]

What a lovely video!

Loki would primarily want whatever the other dog had. He has a serious case of fomo

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

Aww what a wholesome video! Lol at Jasper just running around not choosing anything. Also please can I adopt Shady

Ivy pulled this face (from a previously peaceful snooze) at the squeaking...



She'd definitely go for squeaky stuffy toy and destroy the absolute crap out of it.

 

[ycbm]

I love the little one who picks a yellow thing bigger than he is. What a heart warming video.
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[Jenko109]

My heart hurts.

 

[DressageCob]

I love how Cash tested the bite feel of each toy. He knew exactly what he was after.

Henry would sniff them all to determine how many other dogs had been there before selecting something fluffy