Then I had an idea. When there is an orphan lamb, or a mother has too many to feed, a foster mother will be chosen, usually one whose own lamb has died. A mother will not just accept any baby lamb, though as she is looking for her own. The farmer will get around this by skinning the dead lamb and putting this skin onto the orphan. When the mother smells her dead lamb's scent on the little creature trying to suckle her, she will usually accept it as her own. I decided to try the same thing with the poor rejected toy.
There was a bedraggled bit of chewed fur with a couple of eyes left from a disembowelled toy that wasn't much use any more. There was just enough for me to be able to pull and push the new smelling toy, head, front feet and all into it. The warn outer suddenly was filled out by the new, crinkly sounding, but strangely familiar smelling blue one. Joni grabbed it and attacked it with her usual enthusiasm. This works with orphan toys too! A new lease of life for the 'dead' teddy. 😀 So here it is, resting under a tree, recovering from the latest play session.
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I'm glad you like it +Ursula Klepper – and we are all glad it worked! 😀
Haha! funny and interresting story, I didn't know about this orphan trick! So you are glad it worked! :o)
+William McLean – thanks a lot. Whatever makes you think that? 😉
Nothing will entertain a cat (or a dog, I think) more than old cardboard boxes, +Susanne Stelle – you are right! But a dog like Joni will tear one to shreds in minutes, so we need toys that are more substantial!
Thanks again +Christina Lihani 😀
Thanks very much +Heiko Mahr
Wonderful idea and work +Ellie Kennard
How could she ignore tearing it to bits
What a remarkable story here! The toy is funny looking but I loved how you got Joni to accept it!
+Ellie Kennard What a good idea. I often bought something very nice for our cats but they ignore it. But old cardboards ……
What a good story – and what good thinking ☺️
You love that dog
Thanks, +Shelly Gunderson
Very neat story and quite interesting.
So glad to have enlightened you on this, +Elizabeth Lund
Glad you liked it 🙂
Too funny and I learned my new thing for today +Ellie Kennard I had never heard of the lamb thing!!!