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i am trying to be better about this blogging business ... between painting, and more painting, and making stuff, and running the actual folk dog business, i feel like i fall behind on the blog. boo. sorry 'bout that.

so ... let's talk about dog toys. my three dogs have more toys than they collectively know what to do with, and they each have their favorites. frida and selah both love balls for fetching outside. inside, frida loves these funny little 'fidgets' made by Go Dog ... which, incidentally, happen to be the ONLY stuffed toys that selah doesn't disembowel. mae prefers her frisbee outside, and inside, well, she likes ... socks. it's totally my fault, because i have let her have my socks since she was just a puppy. she doesn't put holes in them or anything; she just carries them around in her soft, gooey lab mouth.

i've been thinking about breaking her of this. then, the other day, i came across an entry about these boiled wool dog balls on phetched -- an awesome blog 'where form and function meet fido.' i love boiled wool stuff, myself, partly because of the feel, and also because of how bright and colorful and cheery and charming a lot of boiled wool products are. so i clicked on through to muttropolis.com, where i loved everything i read about these boiled wool balls. i ordered two.

yesterday, the balls arrived, and they are awesome. the dogs love them! mae spent some time making hers all slobbery and bringing it to me over and over to toss for her. frida is so smitten with hers that she drops it on the ground and rolls on it -- her way of making it "hers."

i don't know if these balls will break mae of her sock habit, but i do know that i'm glad we have some in the house. they're perfect for fetch, and even if the dogs don't notice their artistry, i certainly do.

so, what toys do your dogs favor?