Forest's Pink Ball

Besides Squeaky Hippo (related video) the Pink Ball is the only toy to have survived one whole year with Forest, the Destroyer of Puppy Toys. Like Squeaky Hippo, the Pink Ball had a brief hiatus (although this one wasn't our fault, the Pink Ball was too large to fit in Forest's little puppy mouth for the first 6 months of his life) but now the Pink Ball is definitely back in the puppy toy rotation. 

Time to play!

Now I was mistaken in assuming that the normal process for playing fetch was for the puppy to drop the ball on the ground so I could throw it. But no, Forest doesn't play simple puppy games. Instead, he taunts us with his Pink Ball by shoving it against our legs.

"Hey...Mom....hi...you wanna play?"

"Come on Dad, aren't you a tad interested in this here ball?"

But does the puppy ever relinquish the ball that he seems so eager to share? No. Forest wants us to fight for it.

"Aw, you can pull hard than that, you big wuss."

"Too hard! It's mine!"

Eventually I'll twist the ball out of his mouth and throw the wet toy down the hall. The puppy will scamper after it and we'll go back to playing tug-of-war. 

 "Pink Ball rocks!"

Please do not tell the color-blind puppy that pink is traditionally regarded as a girlie color. I don't believe in stereotyping colors, but Forest is a little sensitive about his manhood since he got snipped.

Forest's Pink Ball