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Photographs of Dog Toys Shed Light on Canine Behavior 

Photographs of Dog Toys Shed Light on Canine Behavior 

Daniel Paul August 21, 2020
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Photographs of Dog Toys Shed Light on Canine Behavior 

Hannele Lahti is a Virginia-based photographer who has captured the wear and tear performed by her pet dogs on the stuffed animal toys they were given. This story is repeated by many other pet parents who find that their furred friends quickly shred a new animal toy to bits or disembowels it. Lahti grooms three Boston terriers and she captured the tale of the toy destruction on her camera. This gave birth to her Dog Toy Project.  

Lahti extended the project to her friends and gathered seven participating dogs. The larger canines destroyed their toys in minutes. Lahti recalls the interesting episode of a Newfoundland breed dog named Oscar who was given a purple and gray stuffed elephant. But the dog parent soon found that the toy was missing. After a frantic search, the stuffed elephant was found buried in the backyard.  

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Wolf Instinct Still Intact 

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Similar to many other mammals, dogs use playtime to learn. Canine experts aver that stuffed toys remind dogs of the real-world prey that their wolf ancestors hunted in the wild. This may be the reason why pet dogs make fast work of the soft and adorable toys. You should ideally select toys based on your pooch’s loved activities. If they like chasing, you can give them a Frisbee or tennis ball. Likewise, if Fido loves chewing you can offer him a rope toy.    

Just like children, dogs become tired of toys quite soon. So, to maintain the entertainment element and to save money you should put their toys in storage for some time and reintroduce them after a few weeks to make the old toys look new. 

Lahti’s project sheds a unique and creative light on canine behavior. Each pooch leaves a unique mark on their toys. Lahti got down to her pets’ level and snapped many of the photos on all fours. In this way, she captures the enjoyment and reality of pet parenting which is one of the small pleasures of life. 

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Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2018/05/animals-pets-dog-toy/

Author: Carrie Arnold

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Daniel Paul

I was born in India in 1986 and moved to Finland in 2008. After graduating from the Tampere University of technology, I started my own dance school in 2010 and have ever since tried to grow as an individual and also as an entrepreneur. I am an entrepreneur, choreographer, dancer, and photographer I started photography as a hobby and now I have been doing it professionally and I love the ability it gives me as a photographer to capture the best moments for people. Right from young age, I have had love towards videos and pictures, as I grew older the wanting to know more about videos and pictures grew even more. I started to learn more about photography, editing, and videos and now I can proudly say that I have had the opportunity to photograph and work with the finest people in the Finnish media and also people from all walks of life. This is my new adventure with blogging

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