Thai Vs. Buster (cube): Round 1
There is this really great dog toy called a Buster Cube which is sort of a puzzle for puppies. We bought one for Thai, filled it with the entire contents of his dinner and waited patiently (ok, maybe not-so-patiently) and watched as he grew increasingly hungry and frustrated.
The buster cube is a shaped like a large die (as in dice) with a center tunnel for food to fall out of the inside. All around the rube on the inside is a spiral tunnel for the food to fill, so as your dog spins the slightly rounded cube, more food head to the opening of the tunnel.
Round One went squarely to Buster. Thai basically gave up and took several punches and hit the floor for a ten count. He nudged it with his nose to no avail, clawed at it, then barked at it a bit. Then he stormed off to his crate and started looking for any trace of a morsel he may have forgotten earlier.
We tried getting him back into the game, but less than half of his found was dispensed and less than 10% of that was from Thai’s effort.
I, for one, want a rematch. Mostly because I paid for the toy and its really the only way Thai will be able to eat his dinner at the same time as us at this point in his puppy hood.
You would think at 45lbs, the Thai “The Black Lab” Retriever would have TKO’d the feather-weight Buster Cube. Maybe next round.
Rob
