Cardboard Tube Heaven

[jezza]

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Now I know how to use photobucket I'm gonna bore you all with some photos :lol: apologies if they are too big!

He finally wore himself out :wub:

 

[Evie]

Great photos. I love the first one especially. :wub:

 

[05whippet]

Someone looks like they have had a great time! LOL :lol: :lol:

Great pix.

 

[Janimal]

Great pictures :cheers: :wub: and glad youve got the hang of photobucket now. :cheers:

Lenny looks a real little character.

 

[Lanakeshena]

lovely pics!!! :lol: we get through a fair few tubes with the pups, they had a great time with the christmas wrapping ones (w00t)

 

[jezza]

Yes they were from the xmas wrapping paper too! My favourite is the first one, I've got it as my wall paper on my work pc :huggles:

 

[mantamuffin]

my word great - muffin loves tubes - we call them whippetwappers (w00t) he goes wild and loves them :blink: :lol:

 

[Trish]

have you been teasing lenny with them tubes again lucy,shame on you ,youve tired him out ,bless him :wub: :lol:

 

[EJW]

:lol: Brilliant photo's :thumbsup:

 

[gilliwigs]

I love those photos of Lenny :wub: - he looks as though he's having a really great time. I like the one of him asleep best. :wub: :wub:

 

[Black Diamond]

He is gorgeous but does like he is full of mischief !!!!

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[Ellen]

He's lovely ! I love sweet but crazy whippets

 

[Barkis]

I gave my litter of whippets a sturdy cardboard tube to play with when they were young. They loved it. One night I was locking up to go to bed and Jasper wouldn't come in - he was standing at the door of the puppy's night time run and listening hard. This was unusual enough for me to investigate and I am forever glad I did. One of the pups was sitting on her bed with her head firmly fixed inside the tube. The tube was open ended so she may not have suffocated, but if I had left her like that all night she would have been far more traumatised than she already was. She was just sitting there making small whimpers when I opened the door. I am forever grateful to darling Jasper for knowing something was wrong and will never use any tube larger or tougher than a toilet roll with any dogs ever again.

I had heard of italian greyhounds being suffocated when they got their heads stuck in Pringles tubes.

I don't want to be too depressing here but I think we learn from each other. Of course the tubes in the photos are perfectly safe for a dog of this size, but when I saw the thread title I had to tell my story.

Best wishes

Jackie H.

 

[jezza]

I gave my litter of whippets a sturdy cardboard tube to play with when they were young. They loved it. One night I was locking up to go to bed and Jasper wouldn't come in - he was standing at the door of the puppy's night time run and listening hard. This was unusual enough for me to investigate and I am forever glad I did. One of the pups was sitting on her bed with her head firmly fixed inside the tube. The tube was open ended so she may not have suffocated, but if I had left her like that all night she would have been far more traumatised than she already was. She was just sitting there making small whimpers when I opened the door. I am forever grateful to darling Jasper for knowing something was wrong and will never use any tube larger or tougher than a toilet roll with any dogs ever again.
I had heard of italian greyhounds being suffocated when they got their heads stuck in Pringles tubes.

I don't want to be too depressing here but I think we learn from each other. Of course the tubes in the photos are perfectly safe for a dog of this size, but when I saw the thread title I had to tell my story.

Best wishes

Jackie H.

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Oh no! What a close call that was. Poor little puppy, I can imagine how scared she must have been don't worry about being too depressing, like you say, we can all learn from other peoples experiences.

Yes, Lenny was safe with these tubes but I have given him bigger ones before and I must admit I never thought about him getting his head stuck in it. I had a pet rat once which got its head stuck in the tube of a roll of carpet tape! I only ever let Lenny have toilet roll tubes when he is unsupervised. I threw those big tubes over to him when I was wrapping xmas presents. Well, to be honest, he would've stolen them if I hadn't given them to him - he's obsessed :clown: