The battle of the toy

Gidget sometimes will take a toy out of the puppy pen when she leaves. I found this rubber doggie toy she had evidently tried to bury in the yard a while back. I had scrubbed and scrubbed it and it wasn't coming clean so I put it in the dishwasher. When I emptied it this morning, I put the toy back in the pen. Well, this has got to be the most wonderful toy in the world:-) I have no idea if it was because it was new, if it smelled yummy or if there was some other reason that they all wanted it. I don't remember them ever paying that much attention to it before. The battle had been going on for about 5 minutes when I decided to get the camera out and try to get some video. Usually when I do that, it is a signal to them to stop whatever cute behavior they were doing right away. But, they kept at it, even ending up in the litter pan:-(. Have a look. I thought it was hysterical.

I hit on a winning combination of food that they will eat with relish. Not a very complete ration but I was encouraged. I browned some ground turkey and scrambled an egg. They absolutely gorged themselves. Actually, Peeta threw it all up right after he finished and I hadn't thought he had eaten as much as Prim and Gael (who tend to eat the best, hence their much larger size). He was playing with me just before and went right back to playing afterwards so I guess he didn't suffer any lasting harm. I'll mix some of the ground turkey and an egg with some kibble for their lunch and see how that goes. I fed them kibble by hand earlier. They will eat food out of my hand when they will ignore it in the bowl. Their mamma is that way too, or was, she's back to eating everything that, as the saying goes, "doesnt eat her first".