i saw a list online recently of “feminist“ literature and it was overwhelmingly white women authors. i wanted to have a go at adding more intersectional voices - please let me know of anything else you think should go in this list.
the stars are for books i have already read.
We have an mini english bull terrier we have to watch like a hawk to avoid eating all sorts of random stuff. He’s still under 18months old and wants to tug/chew/rip when he plays - and if we dont play he will go searching for stuff to munch! Just yesterday we had to pull a pencil sharpener out of his mouth that he stole off the table.
He’s a big fan of ripping and shredding and all the “invincible” toys have ended up as wads of fluff and strings of plastic that if not noticed quickly enough come up as balls of vomit later. We’ve decided that we will no longer be using any plastic items with him, including toys or puzzles or rope pulls.
We’ve tried the iceberg lettuce - huge success - but gave him a bad tummy later. He gets pretty unpredictable with our other dogs when there’s high value food around (pigs ears yak chews and bones) so he has to eat those in his crate but also too much does give him a sensitive stomach.
He has a large blue rubber tyre that has held up pretty well that we play tug with but slowly it is still going to disintegrate over time and i have concerns over him ingesting the pieces.
He has a puzzle toy that we used to hide his kibble in but he now has learnt that if he just picks up the whole toy and throws it against the wall/shakes it then some food will fall out - so we have stopped using it because it clearly isnt having the intended effect.
He is very food motivated but ideally i dont want all his enrichment to come from snacks as his tum is sensitive. Please offer any advice or ideas.
for the record he does get a 30 min walk first thing then a 1 hour walk late morning every day.