Took Cody to Pet Smart last Saturday. He loves to play frisbee and ball, any kind of ball. My grandson and I play soccer with Cody but the big bouncy balls I keep  here for the grandkids don't last long whem Cody takes off with them in his mouth ( but it sure is a funny looking ) So while we were shopping I took Cody to the toy section. While I was looking at some cute squeaky toys I looked down to show Cody and there he stood with a new ball in his mouth. He picked out his own toy!!  This ball has a handle thing on it so maybe it will last longer. We still kick it and Cody runs after it. But it is also fun to throw using that handle. Here are a few pictures of Cody with his new ball when we first got home. He took it out of the bag and went for the door. It is one week old and still has air in it. haha

Thanks for the new ball...

Cody is a beauty boy and looks to love his Jolly Ball. Rocky went thur about 3 Jolly balls and was not truely happy until he completely chewed off the handle of the jolly ball. Rocky absolutely loves the Jolly Ball but is a turble chewer and destroys the ball. Too bad, I guess alot of GSP's are not that way.  Hope Cody is not a chewer and chews the handle right off.... Rocky will also take all the stuffing out and squeaker out of a squeaky toy. If the stuff animal doesnot have a squeaker in it he will play with the stuffed animal normal and not tear it apart. Poor Rocky's old stuffed pheasant that used to cackle is just a shell of a bird with no stuffing ripped in the middle everything removed.  

We have tried every kind of toy with Bo, and keep coming back to Kong toys ... he now has a Wubba, a Snugga (the only soft toy he hasn't destroyed!), a kong ball, three kongs ... I'm sure there are more ... we just keep buying him toys! Good thing we both work since I swear he gets a new toy everytime we go to a pet store. Of course, this doesn't include his weekly supply of dog chews (including bull pizzle, cow hoofs and pig twists) carrots, apples and yogurt.

I was giving Bo the yogurt in his kong (frozen with some carrots, yum!) but, to be honest, I got lazy. I give him a 1/2 cup of plain, no sugar (no aspartame either) fat free yogurt after his evening walks. As soon as we let him in the house, he goes racing to the kitchen to get his yogurt  It's gotten so we can't even eat vanilla ice cream around him since he is convinced it's yogurt. I forgot his peanut butter addiction 

The Kong ball is just a very good quality hard rubber ball (got a tip from a local weimie owner).

Since Bo is only 7 months, he is going through his "lean" period. Apparently they all look skin and bones until reaching maturity, sometime between 15 months and two years. Just make sure he is getting the recommended daily intake of his food. I can't remember if you said how old he is, but we feed Bo a whole life food (that is, same food for his entire life) that our breeder recommended. He loves it, and the biscuits that they also sell. I think everyone here could recommend a food they have had success with. If he's still a young dog, he will bulk up in good time.

If you're interested in the one we use, the details are at TLCpetfood.com