Here is a learning experience for anyone who tries to take the cheap route for buying dog toys for a new puppy.
So I adopt Rottweiler mix from a rescue in Atlanta Georgia. Doing my part to help save a life. He was 10 weeks old when we got him. He is smart and full of energy which leads to many crazy antics. He is 6 months now.
One time after finishing a water bottle I handed him the bottle – he loves to crush it and the sound it makes. He runs and crushes it until there is nothing left. The light bulb went off in the cob webbed mind of mine that hey I can save on dog toys. So I took an old sock, washed it so that there was no scent on it and shoved an empty water bottle in it.(made sure no cap was on it so he wouldn’t choke) and tied a big knot in the other end. I was so proud of myself for my creation…… that was until… I got bored with changing the the water bottle out every 20 minutes, when there was no more crushing noise coming out of it.
I got caught up in watching a show on the television and wasn’t paying strict attention and then I felt something wet. I was puzzled until out of the corner of my eye I saw that buckeye had taken a full unopened bottle of water and his k9 teeth had made it into a mini water sprinkler. He was standing next to me to get my attention. When I lunged for him which felt like slow motion he got in his head that we were playing a game and ran like a maniac all over the house sprinkling water everywhere he went. I almost caught up to him when the natural dynamics of a wet tile floor took over as my feet flipped up and I landed on my butt. Buckeye must have worried about the sound of the crash as I slid to a stop and rushed over to see if I was ok… and the water just sprinkled out over my face and chest. At this point there was nothing more to do but laugh and decide that when and if I was ever able to stand again I would just go get the mop. He must have thought I was crazy lying there on my back laughing and soaking wet, as he took pity on me and lay down next to me but by now the bottle was empty of water and he was able to now make that crunching sound he wanted in the first place. 
