My husband and I were cruising around in Toys 'R Us on the weekend and came across this most interesting toy. It was a dog that came with a sock in its mouth and when you pulled on the sock, it growled and shook its head back and forth a few times. We got so entranced by this sock pullin' pooch that we had to buy it for the ferrets - we wanted to see who would win the sock pulling contest. Well, it was the funniest thing that I have seen in a long time. We just left this dog in the middle of the living room and waited. After a few minutes Chook and Taero were the first to check their room mate out. Lots of sniffing and pushing. Ping showed up a few minutes later and she had to check out this thing too. Taero was the first to get to the sock. He went to snatch and grab when he got the resistance, and then the growl and the shake. He was so surprised he let go of the sock and ran for his hidey hole behind the water fountain. Ping, who was investigating the same moment Taero got the dog to growl, immediately hissed and backed off a short distance but then charged the dog hissing again. Taero came back and tried to get the sock, but this time he didn't run - he just let go and then stood his ground. He made one more attempt at the little sock and the last thing I saw was a yellow dog being dragged behind the fountain. Ping and Chook closely followed. We could no longer see a thing but every few minutes we would hear the rattle of the dogs head going back and forth and the sound of the growl. We could just imagine who was trying to take the prize of the sock from the dog that would not let go of it. It made me giggle all weekend! Betty and Her Blur O'Fur To my ferts: You will always be the winner of the sock pulling contest in my eyes even though I know the dog put up a good fight! [Posted in FML issue 2645]