The things they play with

Minnie is also ecstatic with light plastic buckets, the more they can make noise the better.

When we go our trips at the beach and she finds a plastic tub or similar then she gets completely silly and runs around and throws it on most of the trip

 

That's so funny. I make toys from stuff lying about my house and the dogs generally use them. I found a blog with some toy-making ideas

https://www.petdoors.com/blog/11-ways-to-reuse-household-items-as-pet-toys/

 

Beau's favorite game is "puzzle". I take anything cardboard (paper towel rolls holders, TP rolls, shoe boxes, Oatmeal boxes, etc) and stuff a treat in one and then nest them as much as possible--making it difficult to get to the treat. He has gotten quite good and can open a shoe box, pull out a hardcard board roll stuffed with brown paper, pull out the TP cardboard inside and pull the brown paper wrapped treat out in under 5 minutes. I try to constantly come up with new challenges such as including a plastic bottle with the cardboard stuffed partially inside. He absolutely loves this game. I think he watches to see how the treat is hidden so he can get it faster.

 

Well, this one won't do anyone any good, and has sort of an "ew" factor, and only lasted a while, but.....The other day I heard Phoebe barking at something on the patio. When I investigated I saw what she was after. A large lizard. I rescued the poor fellow, but not before he had shed his tail. Phoebe danced and pranced and barked around it and that tail danced and pranced right back. The next day she still barked at it, trying to get it to move, but no such luck. I got rid of it.

 

Heh, heh! I had heard of lizards disconnecting their tail to distract their pursuers, but had never witnessed it.