Play Towel
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Sesame Street Elmo Towel Sale Price: $12.50  |
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Disney Pooh and Friends Bath Beach Towel List Price: $19.99 Sale Price: $14.00 |
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Beach towel aprox 30x60" 100% cotton Machine washable and dryable |
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Pirate Hooded Play Towel - Style 39720 List Price: $19.99 Sale Price: $12.00 |
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Bath time becomes playtime with this colorful hooded "costume" towel! Splashy cartoon pirate print and cozy terry cloth make this the perfect comfy companion for any budding buccaneer. 100% Cotton. Machine wash warm; tumble dry warm. 24" x 48" high. |
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Avon Teddy Bear Hooded Towel Boy or Girl Sale Price: $12.99 |
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Such a Cute Brand New Bath towel with Hood from Avon CUTE BROWN TEDDY BEAR WITH EARS AND A BIG SMILE ANY CHILD WILL BE SO HAPPY TO CUDDLE UP IN THIS ADORABLE HOODED BATH TOWEL GREAT CAMP GIFT - BIRTHDAY - VACATION - BABY SHOWER - DAYCAMP - AND MORE !!!! |
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Lil Chef Set List Price: $14.99 Sale Price: $9.49 Average Rating:  |
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Includes all the ingredients you need to dress like a chef! Begin by putting on the apron and getting your pot holders. Add a dishtowel that makes clean up a snap. This little chef set is great for dramatic play. Color may vary. |
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Bratz World Familiez Passion for Individuality 2 Pack Play Set - Cloe as a Little Kid and Polita (Cloe's Mom) with Exclusive Pet, Towel, Earrings, Glass, Lotion Bottle, Cell Phone and Hairbrush Sale Price: $21.94 |
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Bratz World Familiez Passion for Individuality 2 Pack Play Set - Cloe as a Little Kid and Polita (Cloe's Mom) with Exclusive Pet, Towel, Earrings, Glass, Lotion Bottle, Cell Phone and Hairbrush |
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Puzzle 3D Neuschwanstein Castle List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $90.00 Average Rating:  |
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3D Educational Puzzle Castle Features: 100% brand new DIY toy non toxic and harmless! Educational toy improves children's intelligence and view 836 pieces for assembling Castle Great decoration for children bedroom or as GIFT Piece size: 17.7''x7.1''x11.0'' |
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Little Brown Jug Winners: Shadow Play, Little Brown Jug, Niatross, Keystone Ore, Bret Hanover, Strike Out, Overtrick, Adios Butler, Beach Towel List Price: $14.14 Sale Price: $14.13 |
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Shadow Play, Little Brown Jug, Niatross, Keystone Ore, Bret Hanover, Strike Out, Overtrick, Adios Butler, Beach Towel, Precious Bunny. Excerpt: Shadow Play (foaled 5 June 2005) is a world record holding standardbred racehorse. He was sired by The Panderosa, out of Matts Filly, a Matts Scooter mare. The colt was purchased as a yearling for $16 000, and is currently owned by Dr Ian Moore of Charlottetown, PEI, R G McGroup LTD of Bathurst, NB, and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee, Serge Savard of Saint-Bruno, Quebec. Shadow Play made his racing debut on 21 June 2007 in Charlottetown, PEI. With owner/trainer Dr Ian Moore at the controls, he powered away from a field of maiden pacers to win by 4-1/2 lengths. Shortly thereafter, Dr Moore shipped the colt to Ontario where he raced for the remainder of his 2-year-old year. He finished 2nd in 2 legs of the Dream Maker Pacing Series, followed by a 4th in the final. The highlight of his year was a 3rd place finish in an elimination of The Metro Pace at Mohawk. Stricken with another outside post, Shadow Play never really got into the race despite pacing his own mile in 1:51-3/5. Shadow Play completed his freshman campaign with a mark of 1:57.2 (taken at Mohawk Racetrack) while compiling 3 wins, 3 seconds, and 3 thirds in 13 starts earning $31,151. On 12 April 2008, Shadow Play surfaced for his sophomore year with an eye-catching 1:58 qualifier in Charlottetown, where he was 14 lengths the best. He returned to the track one week later to make his parimutuel debut, where he once against overpowered the field by 13 lengths for a 1:56 victory. Shadow Play's next start came in the Diplomat Pacing Series at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, ON where he return a winner in a new career best 1:52-1/5. After winning b... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18744745 |
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The Adventures of Super Towel: The Great Bedtime Battle (Volume 1) List Price: $6.25 Sale Price: $6.25 |
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Kevin and Lisa don't like to go to bed. With a strong imagination and a towel, they become the crimefighters, Super Towel and the Pink Princess! Can even the nefarious Dr. Sleepytickle put them to bed? The Great Bedtime Battle is an early reader book aimed at children K-3. |
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The Topsy-turvy Towel List Price: $14.95 Sale Price: $9.99 Average Rating:  |
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Sam, Sally and Suzy continue to use nothing but their elaborate imaginations and ordinary objects to go on all kinds of creative adventures. First, it was with a silly old string. Next, it was a shiny, round hubcap. In The Topsy-Turvy Towel, their object is a big, colorful beach towel. The three friends spend the day on the beach building a beautiful sandcastle. After seeing it get washed away by a wave, the three friends turn their attention to an ordinary beach towel. In their minds, it becomes a hot air balloon, a flying magic carpet, a superheros capeand thats just the beginning. The animated copy builds with each page, capturing childrens attention and bringing the story to life. Clever rhyming and repetitive phrasing begs to be read over and over again. The strikingly original illustrations use bold colors and dynamic images to keep children coming back for more. A variety of perspectives adds further visual interest to each page, delivering illustrations from a birds eye view, a worms eye view and more. Looking closely, the reader will also notice a unique blending of drawings and actual photographs. The illustrations are hand-drawn in pencil and then colorized and enhanced by computer. The book includes a bonus activity guide with fun, educational activities that complement the story. With all of the gizmos and gadgets available for purchase these days, its easy to forget that the best entertainment is free. Using something as simple as the imagination allows us to create universes of fancy where everyday objects turn into magnificent things. |
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Fun Cooler and Game Outdoor Backpack List Price: $25.99 Sale Price: $12.95 |
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Backpack features a striped design, a cooler pocket that can hold food and drink, a large mesh pocket that holds towels and other beach accessories, and a small exterior zipper pocket. Frisbee and Velcro ball and catch game are included. |
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Small World Toys 5516400 Bathtime & Bubbles Sale Price: $14.99 |
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What could be better than a dollhouse bathroom set with all the necessities for pretend-play splishing and splashing. Detailed- 12-piece wood bathtub and bathroom set includes- tub- shower- with removable cloth curtain and shower head- sink with mirror- toilet- toilet paper holder- wall cabinet- towel holder- 2 floor mats and 3 terrycloth towels. Wall-mounted accessories have double-sided adhesive on the back for easy attachment. |
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Srixon Play Better I Switched Towel Black 40" x 20" NEW Sale Price: $7.99 |
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Towel Specifications: BRAND: Srixon MODEL: Play Better Ball, "I Switched" Towel, center loop with carabiner, 100% cotton SIZE: 40" x 20" COLOR: Black LENGTH: HEADCOVER: |
HOW TO PLAY TUG OF WAR WITH YOUR DOG
HOW TO PLAY TUG OF WAR WITH YOUR DOG
By
VIKRAM KARVE
There is no better stress buster, health tonic and joyful activity than playing with your dog.
Here is my favourite game I play with my pet girl Sherry. Her mother is pure Doberman and father the Caravan Hound, a Mudhol Indian Hound, who prowled next door
Sherry is not a cute cuddly indoor lapdog, nor is she merely an excitable watch dog who only barks at intruders – she is a superb guard dog, strong, fast, active and ferocious, ready to attack in order to protect what she considers her territory, which includes our house and family, especially her Master – woe betide anyone who comes menacingly to close to me for her comfort, particularly approaching joggers, cyclists et al.
Whenever Sherry wants to play, she invites me to play by adopting the “playful pose” – her front legs lowered, her butt raised up in the air, her tail high up in the air wagging friendly, her eyes looking upwards invitingly into mine, her ears up alerts and her mouth is open in a "grin".
Normally I respond immediately, but sometimes if I am preoccupied and inadvertently do not notice her, Sherry will some near me, raise her paws, giving cyclic shake hands, beckon me with friendly entreating sounds, and if even that doesn’t work, she will run and get her ball [to play “fetch-the-ball], her toy bone [for the “ bone game”] or just run round and round at top speed in our garden [for the chase game] – now all these are vigorous outdoor games.
Indoors, our favourite game is “tug of war”, for it too is a spirited, energetic, rough and tough game; robust mental and physical exercise both for Sherry and me.
After a long hiatus, it is raining incessantly out here in Girinagar, so we’ve had to call off our evening walk up the hills, and Sherry is getting restless, so I suddenly command: “Pusa…Pusa…Gheun Ye…”
Now, Sherry is a Maharashtrian Doberman, and in Marathi, Pusa… Pusa means “wipe… wipe” and refers to her towel…when Sherry was a baby I would give her a bath and then say Pusa…Pusa while wiping her vigorously with her Turkish towel so she associates Pusa…Pusa with a towel or any such cloth.
Sherry rushes off delightfully and brings her towel in her mouth and offers it to me to start the tug-of-war game. A thick Turkish towel is the best tug of war toy – it is sturdy yet soft, good for her teeth and easy for me to hold, and even when the going gets rough, Sherry loves the vigorous feel of the towel rubbing against her neck, head and body.
It is a rough and tough game of strength and skill – you just don’t pull – actually it is not a tug of war, but rather a jiggle, wiggle, waggle, jerk, squirm, twist and turn, and shake of war so I do all sorts of manoeuvres, shaking, teasing, loosening and improvising; in fact Sherry thinks up numerous ways to win this tug of war.
We play in a large area without distractions, clutter or dangerous objects. Outdoors is great, but the beauty of tug of war is that it can be safely played indoors if you have a bit of space. Make sure there is room for you both to move about and that there is nothing in the way should one of you back up.
As the game of tug of war hot up, Sherry [and me too] gets highly excited, wags her tail briskly and mock growls, so I rub against her and say in her ear…baba la gurr…baba la gurr – dogs love body contact and speaking in their ears.
With experience I learnt tricks of the trade – you cannot always win by pulling alone – it is like flying kites – you have to give dheel sometimes followed by a jhatka – and then jittery shakes – the possibilities are endless.
Conventional wisdom says that the “owner” must win all the time to assert his dominance in the “pack”. But I let Sherry win sometimes. I don’t need to “establish” my place in the “hierarchy” – do you need to establish your place in the hierarchy with your daughter, or son, or wife?
A tough dog needs to bite. Biting is in a dog’s natural instinct and temperament and it is one of the best natural ways for dogs to release pent up stress and energy. It is better Sherry happily releases her pent up stress and energy on the inanimate tug of war towel rather than on some hapless animate object, isn’t it?
Also I don’t want my Sherry to be a sissy – she must be her natural aggressive self – after all she is a top quality guard dog and I must not curb too much her natural preying instincts. That is why I simulate quite an energetic tug of war game with a lot of growling, grunting and shaking on both sides.
If things get too rough, or I am tired and want to end the game, I just softly say: “Drop it” and Sherry lets go of the towel and then I give her a tit-bit.
I love playing tug-of-war with Sherry – it is a mentally and physically stimulating game for Sherry and me and is a great form of aerobic exercise too. And it is so much fun – playing tug of war with Sherry is a most enjoyable and satisfying pastime.
Tug of War is a rough game so only a tough guy like me plays tug of war with Sherry. My son, who is a tough guy too, sometimes plays rough and tough with Sherry but I never allow small children near Sherry, let alone let them play tug of war with her.
As I write this on my laptop, Sherry is calling me to play tug of war, enticing me with her Pusa…Pusa towel in her mouth rubbing against my thigh, so here I go to play a vigorous bout of tug of war with Sherry.
VIKRAM KARVE
Copyright © Vikram Karve 2009
Vikram Karve has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.
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About the Author
VIKRAM KARVE educated at IIT Delhi, ITBHU and The Lawrence School Lovedale, is an Electronics and Communications Engineer by profession, a Human Resource and Training Manager by occupation, a Teacher by vocation, a Creative Writer by inclination and a Foodie by passion. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles in magazines and journals for many years before the advent of blogging. His delicious foodie blogs have been compiled in a book “Appetite for a Stroll”. Vikram lives in Pune with his family and pet Doberman girl Sherry, with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.
Would the towel trick work with the xbox 360 showing only two red lines?
ive been playing my xbox 360 just fine for eight months , but now, in the middle of gears of war 2 it started flashing only two red lights, not all three. yesterday i looked up the towel trick on you tube, and noticed that everyones xbox 'ring of death' flashed 3 lights. just wondering if i should do the towel trick or not. (idk about my warranty)
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2 red lights happend to my friend 1month ago and still working fine, so you could probably be ok with the xbox, but if you want to try the towel thing.