Sometimes my dogs get in the mood to rip things up.  This is the reason that most of their toys come from either The Dollar Store or The Christmas Tree Shoppes.  Our philosophy is we would rather have them rip apart a toy rather than say….a sofa!

Usually only on their birthdays will we splurge and spend more that a dollar to two on a toy.

Sometimes the toys barely last long enough for a quick sniff and other times the toys last for years.

Today Sampson was in the mood to tear a toy.

The Ritual begins like this.

First the toy gets placed on your lap.

Then a tug of war begins, the purpose of this is to rip the toy.  When he hears the first rip, he gets very excited.

Once the rip is large enough, he proceeds to pull the stuffing from the toy.

The entire purpose for destroying the toy, is to get the little squeaker out.  We call this their *bubble gum* because they chew it but don’t eat it.

Another satisfied customer.

I tried to catch a bit of video.