Couch 2 of 4

Thank goodness for Craig's List. I supplied Tristan with an endless supply of low cost couches. Soon this three-seater was reduced down to the wavy wire springs. Tristan then made a game of dropping his balls through the springs, batting them around on the floor below and then trying to get them up and out.

I decided early on not to stress over Tristan's chewing. By happenstance I had virtually no furniture when Tristan arrived. It was soon clear that anything I brought into the house was fair game to Tristan. I decided to outwait the chewing stage (still waiting). I'm not sure it was the best decision but realistically I'm still not convinced I could have stopped Tristan from chewing on furniture. I would have been correcting him endlessly. He has no interest in Kong toys or Nylabones but he loves anything made of fabric.

I really worried about how much fabric he was ingesting. His walker would give me a poop report (unsolicited, egads!) but finally I decided I had to trust he would survive and so would I.