I am a dog mom to an almost one-year-old Pit Bull puppy. His name is Chance and he has been causing trouble since the day I got him. More specifically he eats everything and anything he's not supposed to. I'm convinced he's got an indestructible stomach. Chance's antics will always keep me on my toes, to say the least. Going away to school and leaving him behind is one of the oddest feelings I'm sure any pet owner in college can relate to. With the Thanksgiving season upon us, I realized how grateful I am to have such an incredible dog, no matter what kind of trouble his stomach gets him into. Find out why his nicknames include "fat boy" and "beast boy" below as you read.
1. Socks
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This is Chance when he was only a few weeks old and yes, like most dogs, we soon realized he loved to chew on socks. Then as he grew bigger, he wasn't just chewing on socks, he was eating them WHOLE! Yup, you read that right. Chance would eat entire socks and well... the end result wasn't pretty.
2. The wall
As Chance grew, his appetite for peculiar items did as well. One day, when my family and I had come home from some outing, we saw that Chance had eaten a hole in our wall. There was drywall dust all over the floor and a puppy who was very excited to see us come home finally.
3. Treats
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I wouldn't say this is an odd object but the speed in which Chance devours them is not normal at all. Every bone made specifically durable for Pit Bulls is no match for his jaw. There is no treat or bone that Chance can't conquer.
4. Anything my sister left on the kitchen table
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As adorable as Chance is, there's no denying that his table manners need some work. My younger sister would often leave her plate of unfinished food on the kitchen table. She would run off to play and when she returned, more often than not, she'd find Chance had eaten the other half of her PB&J.
5. My brother's Playstation headset
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How could anybody get mad at that face?! Tell that to my brother when he found his Playstation headset ripped to shreds and the entire mic on it was gone. Needless to say, Chance was in the doghouse with my brother for quite some time after this incident.
6. A bag of uncooked rice
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There are two things my dog has been good at since he was a puppy: napping in bizarre positions and eating equally as bizarre items. He once got into our pantry and ate half a bag of uncooked rice. I still can't fathom what the appeal was but the rice being uncooked wasn't stopping him.
7. My acceptance letter to SDSU
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Well, this instance was definitely the most frustrating of them all. I probably wouldn't have even known Chance ate it if I hadn't found a small scrap of paper on the floor with the SDSU header on it. I guess all I can say is, I'm thankful that acceptance emails exist!
8. The glass coffee table
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To be fair, he obviously didn't eat our glass coffee table but he definitely tried. I would always catch him chewing on the corners of it!
9. An empty Windex bottle.
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I truly don't know how this pup does it. All that was left of the bottle was the nozzle and the shredded label. No material is a match for his jaw or more surprisingly, has an effect on his stomach.
10. Our couch
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Chance pretty much ate both of the cushions to my smaller couch. My dad had taken the covers off to wash them and Chance saw his opportunity to have some fun. He ripped apart the cushion, ate what he could and then played with the remaining bits.
I don't doubt my pup will find himself in more trouble and will most likely eat a couple more things he shouldn't. Since I'm not returning home for Thanksgiving, this article was an excellent reminder of the adorably insane dog I get to go home to for Christmas. I hope your stomach is as full as Chance's this holiday season.
