Stuffed Toys

How do I get my dog to forget about his favorite toy and play with other toys?

My male dogs has the bone toy that he loves. We got my girl dog first and bought it for her and then 2 weeks later got him and he immediately grabbed that toy and started playing with it. Our girl dog didn’t care for it so we just let him have it. Well it’s 2 1/2 years later and we can’t get him to use other toys, which wouldn’t be a big deal if this one wasn’t so gross. It’s one of those soft sweaky toys that has the carpet like fur on it, and the fur stuff is falling out and most of it is just the mesh that was holding the stuff. I’ve tried getting him the same bone but new and drying them together to get the smell but every time we tell him to go and get his toy he looks around the house frantically until he finds his bone or if I had put it up until I give it to him. I have tried different types of toys to and he never touches them. This bone must have so much filth and bacteria on it and it’s can’t be good. Please let me know if you have been in a similar situation and how you got your dog to play with his other toys and forget about his favorite.

How long can the bacteria that causes Impetigo live on a surface? (Carpet, furniture etc)?

Basically any surface that can’t be washed/disinfected in a washer or sink.

A child I babysit was diagnosed with Impetigo on Friday. He was here Mon-Thu of last week. I’ve washed and disinfected all non-electronic toys in bleachwater, wiped down all other toys with disinfectant wipes, and washed all bedding and stuffed toys in my house that he would have had access to. But my daughter still seems to be breaking out so I’m trying to figure out what I’m missing in my cleaning mission. Thanks in advance!

How do you feel about toys and objects, to do with physics and science becoming the hottest thing?

Source with photo: http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/4511393/The-perfect-gift-for-a-future-serial-killer/

‘The perfect gift for a future serial-killer’
SAMANTHA SELINGER-MORRIS – Sydney Morning Herald
Last updated 15:23 04/01/2011

Toys and art objects based on science classes such as physics and microbiology have become the hottest thing.

Soft toys in the shape of subatomic particles (such as quarks and neutrons) and microbes (such as Ebola and salmonella) from, respectively, particlezoo.net and giantmicrobes.com, have been feted on the likes of CNN and interior design sites.

And joining them on the market are bespoke toys and an iPhone application of an animated talking bacteria – now in the top 25 free apps – that ”laughs” when you ”tickle” it.

There are almost as many theories behind the sudden rise in science stuff made cuddly as there are Giant Microbes on the market (87). The science journalist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki puts it down to a ”cultural expression of the oncoming genetic revolution”.

The products, he says, are a reflection of artists and thinkers of all types ”trying to deal” with the recent onslaught of information about such contentious issues as stem cell technology and the imminent possibility of modifying viruses – so that, for instance, ”one could attack only people who have blue eyes”.

For Ben Newsome, director of the science communications firm Fizzics Education, they are the byproduct of science enjoying more cultural cachet than ever before.

”You look at every advertisement, in cosmetics or whatever, and people are trying to put a scientific swing on their products to give it more credit,” he says, adding that TV shows such as The Big Bang Theory have created a ”geek chic”.

Dr Will Rifkin, who recently received a giant stuffed e-coli as a present from students, agreed, saying the popularity might stem from the profile of scientists as ”the smart person who is shown to be goofy” on television.

While the toys are popular with children – the NSW Association for Gifted and Talented Children uses them for holiday workshops to teach brain science and other bodily processes to primary pupils – adults are the main buyers.

Doctors, medical students and veterinarians are among those who favour toys with their skeletons exposed, made by the American sculptor Jason Freeny. ”It’s fun to imagine your toys as real living beings,” he says.

This theory does not spread across the entire trend.

Reaction was scathing to a ”Twin Teddy Kit” that shows new parents how to turn a mother’s placenta into a teddy bear.

”Finally,” wrote one woman on a parenting website, ”the answer to ‘What do you give the future serial killer who already has everything?”’

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That serial killer comment is odd lol :/ Also that Twin Teddy Bear kit is f***ed up isn’t it? lol
I’m more of a music geek and I do like my sci-fi lol.