Silly Puppy
By fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29819)
Momence, Illinois
March 14, 2016 7:59am CST
My son was home 2 weeks ago for a family wedding. He brought his dog with, Bones as he couldn't be left home alone. My son and his girlfriend got him at a shelter. They told me he was very thin with his ribs sticking out and very wary of people. They were getting ready to pick a different dog when they saw Bones. That was all it took, they had to have him.
When they got him home for a few days he was scared of them and they just sat with him and talked and petted him. Finally he was happy and starting to gain weight. He is now a healthy happy dog and such a cutie. I think they told me he is part Labrador but I'm not sure. He is very frisky and wants your attention all the time. He is such a cutie. When they were here my son had forgotten to bring him some toys so my husband went to the Dollar Store to get him something to chew on. He came home with this orange pig and another toy that looked like a leg of chicken. Bones loved the orange pig and promptly tore it up. This is what he does, he tears up the toys so my son says. Within 3 minutes he had the nose, both ears, the tail and 3 legs chewed off.
It was hard work and when that was done he had to take a rest with his new toy close by.
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25 responses
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
14 Mar 16
Puppies (and some adult dogs) chew - if you buy him something else, get elk antlers...they love them and they can't destroy them. We only buy Ruby 'tough chewer' type toys.If that is his photo def. some lab in him.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
14 Mar 16
@fishtiger58 Ruby has a bunch of them and keep her busy in winter, in summer she plays so hard she has no energy to chew them!
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
14 Mar 16
Yup that's Bones. Elk antlers aye I am going to look for some of those for him. Thanks Abby.
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
14 Mar 16
@AbbyGreenhill I just looked them up and I'm going to buy some and send them to my son.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
14 Mar 16
No toys last long when Bones is around lol. He is a happy dog and well behaved. I really love that Bones.
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@mommaj (23112)
• United States
21 Mar 16
@fishtiger58 It must have been. Poor thing looks all tuckered out.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
21 Mar 16
@mommaj He has amazing energy. He wasn't down for long lol.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
21 Mar 16
Bones does enjoy tearing up a toy. It's hard work.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
15 Mar 16
Preiti did that too when she was little. We had to puppy proof the house. But all is well now. She has turned out to be a dignified lady.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
16 Mar 16
@fishtiger58 May be he needs food that can be chewed.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
16 Mar 16
Bone is just over a year old they think and he still loves to chew.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
14 Mar 16
He sounds exactly like our dog.... and looks similar too, we thought ours was a labrador mix... but turned out he was a patterdale terrier...at two and a half months his coat changed completely, he is nothing like a labrador now in size or temperment.... he's friendly , full of energy and short and small...lol's. 
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
14 Mar 16
Bones is not real big either, I know he is a mix but don't know all what he is. He is a cutie and has a great personality. So glad my son and his gf rescued him.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
14 Mar 16
@sueznewz2 Thanks I will do a search, as he was abandoned they are not positive as to what he is exactly. I looked they do look very similar, although the nose looks longer with Bones.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
14 Mar 16
@fishtiger58. Yes ours is a rescue dog too..., it can be difficult to identify a mixed breed....
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Mar 16
our puppies are also growing so fast that they are so mobile and move, pee, and poop around, that our house smells like a dog house now.
they, and their mother Macy, also play around biting all things, that is why our house does not look like a decent house anymore, but a house of dogs resided by 3 persons.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
15 Mar 16
@fishtiger58 so, you have a silly, but a good puppy, my dear, because he is disciplined.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Mar 16
@ridingbet He only visits me, it's my son and his girlfriends dog.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Mar 16
My son hasn't mentioned if he chews things he shouldn't. They have a big mud room and so when my son is at school and his girlfriend is at work they don't give him the run of the house. No telling what they would come home to.
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@Blondie2222 (28610)
• United States
17 Mar 16
Dogs will do the silliest things but glad he liked his new toy. My mom's dog does the same thing with new toys as well.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Mar 16
He just wants your attention all the time. I enjoy him very much, much more than I expected to. I wish my son and his dog didn't live so far away.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
30 Mar 16
it was so nice to read this happy rescue story, and you got great tips from abby, too.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Mar 16
Yes I did get great tips and am going to get Bones some elk horns to chew on. Thanks I am so pleased my son and gf got Bones. He is a great dog and such a personality.
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
14 Mar 16
i'm glad to hear they adopted that sweet pup. labs/lab crosses're notorious fer chewin' - they'll e'en chew the wires out from under yer stock trailer if'n they get bored. i've raised many, they're very lovin' 'n high energy pups.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
15 Mar 16
@fishtiger58 chewin' 'n diggin'...they're prone to both. we'd one that loved to play with tennis balls, 'fter she'd ripped the cover off 'em :D
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
17 Mar 16
@crazyhorseladycx Bones can tear up a tennis ball really quick, it's pretty funny to watch him pull a piece off and spit it out and go for more.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Mar 16
I didn't know that labs and lab mixes like to chew. He sure does, it's like it bugs him if a toy isn't chewed up.
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
15 Mar 16
Aww, what a beauty Bones is! How people can be cruel to anything so loving and sweet is beyond me. I am so glad your son and his girlfriend gave Bones a loving home @fishtiger58 !
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
16 Mar 16
I am too, I get a kick out of him.
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@Marilynda1225 (91127)
• United States
23 Mar 16
He does look like a black lab and oh so cute!! our dogs also love getting those toys from the dollar store and for days I'm picking up the stuffing from them LOL
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Mar 16
I am bound and determined to find a toy Bones can't tear up. I got a few suggestions today from my nephew.
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
19 Mar 16
One of my son's dogs destroys all toys, the other grand dogs, just play with them...
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Mar 16
I am on a hunt. I am just determined to find one he can't destroy. I may find something yet.
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Have you planned on changing his name Bones now that he is no more thin?@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
16 Mar 16
No apparently his name was Indiana Bones when my son and girlfriend saw him in the shelter so decided to keep the name and call him Bones for short.
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Mar 16
He is just a cutie, and so lovable.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Mar 16
That's what my son loves about him too his eyes. I love when I get to see my son, his girlfriend and his dog.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Mar 16
And they toy is like 5 minutes old lol.
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@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
15 Mar 16
A a cutie! We have a Lab too, they do steal your heart.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
16 Mar 16
Yes they do he's not my dog but I enjoy seeing him when my son visits. Miss my son more but I do miss Bones.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Mar 16
I was happy they saved him too. He has such a great personality and if I sit on the couch he sits on top of me. So darn cute, and I think he knows it lol.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Mar 16
Yes, he's a lab and definitely a cutie. I've had labs and they are so good. Pip was part lab. I'm glad he responded well to your son and daughter-in-law. Labs do chew their toys. Mine loved tennis balls. First they played with them, I could actually toss it for her and she would bring it, but eventually it got chewed to pieces.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Mar 16
Oh yea they tried tennis balls, rips them to shreds lol.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Mar 16
He tore that toy up in record time lol.
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