Rudy's Birthday

Today is Rudy's fifth birthday. We bought him a ball and a tiny fleece squeaky bone for Emme. I figured that Rudy would love the bone too, so I bought another one just like it for him. When I brought the bag with the toys into the house on Wednesday, Rudy immediately knew that it came from the pet store. The items there must have some kind of distinctive smell that he recognizes. I put the bag on the counter in the laundry room and Rudy returned to that spot a hundred times before this morning to smell the bag.

This morning after breakfast, we gave Rudy the presents. He was lukewarm about the ball, but loved the fleecy bone. We gave the other bone to Emme, but invariably, she wanted the one that Rudy had in his mouth. At one time, Rudy was able to fit both fleece bones in his mouth at the same time and Emme was out of luck. I tried to find a tiny toy that Emme could squeak, but she hasn't figured out how to squeak the bone. It fits in her mouth, but she hasn't figured out how to make it squeak yet.