Tired of tripping over your pet’s toys? Sonja solved the problem by paw-chasing a child’s bench-toy-box and tossed in her dog, Ben’s toys into its 31" X 15 1/2" X 16" cavity.
She was tired of diving under fur-niture in search of colorful chewies, so the legless box also eliminated a new hoarding spot for his plastic and rubber treasures.
His ‘treasure’ chest also doubles as a window seat for such emergencies as overseeing the mailman’s arrival, important squirrel watching, or naps.
Sonja is a senior so when the CREW toy chest arrived in one piece, with no assembly required, it was an added benefit! Could it get any better?
The child-sized hand-hold notch paw-fectly fits a dog’s nose. Ben can open his toy box with a gentle nudge and he’s trained to retrieve and put his toys away. (For a small fee he’ll teach your children.) The chest’s safety hinge prevents its lid from coming down on his head.
“He also closes the box!” said Sonja. “He jumps over its open lid, and slams it closed with his ‘tail end’ for a clear view of who is knocking on our door. He loves his toy chest and so do I. It matches my décor and I sit on it while putting on my shoes.”
The chest is both fun and useful. Sonja instructs her dog to “stay” in another room or outside, then hides a treat for a game of Search to keep his senses keen. When she reopens the door she says, “Find your treat!" He systematically investigates their home and eventually finds a treat inside his toy chest.
When her grown son Rocky visits, he and Ben play Hide and Seek. Rocky puts Ben outside and then hides. Sonja lets an eager Ben in with the cue, "Find Rocky!"
On Rocky’s last visit, he hid in the closet beside her front door and across the threshold from Ben's toy chest.
“I let Ben in and commanded, ‘Find Rocky’,” said Sonja. “Ben searched three bedrooms, the office, both bathrooms, kitchen, etc.
Twice Rocky whistled for Ben who would come running back to recheck the living room, but no Rocky!
I could see his doggy wheels turning! Ben could smell his play partner was close by! He excitedly ran to his toy chest and opened it up! He was sure Rocky was in there! But no, so Ben continued searching.
Three times he went back to the toy chest, nosed it open, peered in fully expecting to see Rocky. The stunned look on his face was hilarious.
Finally, Rocky exposed his whereabouts to Ben when he burst out laughing! It is a great family memory and we still chuckle about it to this day!
Although Ben was unable to find Rocky, he attunes himself to our environment and has become a hunting dog in other areas.
I routinely set my phone timer on a QUACK-QUACK ring to alert me to the running water sprinkles, laundry, mail arrival, baking cookies, etc. Ben quickly picked up on what the ring meant. So, when the phone starts quacking, he comes to me which is doubly handy! If I can’t find my phone, he helps me track it down. He is so smart that sometimes I forget he is . . . a dog.”
