Reply To: Hot Dog Eating Contest

LU: Omgosh! That’s such a great point. They will obviously grow out of it (most likely). So it doesn’t make sense to forbid it.

PLUS… Who knows what they were doing before the eating contest? My dog will try to bite at my arm and does a jumping thing when he wants my attention or wants to play. I give him toys, and recently old shmattis to rip up.

If someone walked into my home at that moment, or was dog-sitting, they would see me pleased that my dog is ripping up rags. Little does this person know that because of these toys, he is thankfully entertained and not getting into trouble.

Okay so my dog is not necessarily going to grow out of wanting to play with dog toys. However, I substituted something unpleasant and inappropriate for him to do socially with something else.