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These are items our dog Oliver has destroyed since we’ve had him. He is now ~17 months old. I’m sure we will be adding to the list. (Updated 7/12/10)

1. numerous crayons, markers and pencils
2. most of my daughter’s stuffed animals, bath toys, and numerous figurines
3. one plastic bowling ball set
4. at least 8 pairs of shoes
5. he somehow managed to get the air vent stuck to his collar and was walking around with it clanging around his neck.
6. numerous pairs of my daughter’s underwear
7. a pumpkin
8. 4 expensive bras (one I never did find the underwire??)
9. cat litter
10. a movie
11. 2 sets of fitted sheets
12. a school book that the class made and L had brought home to share for one night.
13. my checkbook
14. 2 dog beds
15. our front entry carpet
16. corner of the fireplace
17. a friends pack of cigarettes
18. an entire box of female paraphernalia from under the sink
19. bath toys
20. 1 set of blinds
21. small wicker basket
22. Leather ottoman
23. Tony’s favorite baseball cap from Charleston
24. a $300 pair of Coach prescription eye glasses
25. kids play foam sprinkler set
26. standard size football
27. 1 chicken leg (involving a trip to the vet, medication, and a steam cleaner)
28. foam practice tennis ball
29. Our nicely bound book of wedding proofs
30. Oliver turned 1 year on 12/29!
31. another basket that held our kitchen towels
32. the corner of the tray that sits on our leather ottoman coffee table
33. the back of L’s new snow boot. (still wearable though)
34. our beautiful Restoration Hardware comforter cover that he tracked mud in from the back yard (I can’t get the stains out!!)
35. exercise stability ball that has been blown up for only 5 minutes.
36. L’s boot mentioned earlier in #32, now destroyed (and of course it snowed today)
37. 25 piece puzzle
38. another plastic bowling pin
39. another children’s book
40. 2 plastic hot dog buns and a plastic hot dog
41. the lid to our blender.
42. L’s karate belt.
43. vacuum cleaner attachment
44. kung fu panda doll
45. scotch tape dispenser
46. a nice recipe book my mother-in-law gave me
47. a large part of our brand new EXPENSIVE canister vacuum cleaner
48. Yet another small wedding photobook
49. Another hairbrush
50. Dish scrubber
51. Half box of mini powdered donuts (still can’t figure out how he got them)
52. A library book (this was my fault, I left it on L’s bedroom floor)
53. 1 paperback and 1 hardcover book I am STILL attempting to read.
54. Can opener (a manual one, not electric)
55. L’s friend’s mermaid doll (amputated the feet)
56. L’s toothbrush and a small tube of toothpaste.
57. Oliver has dug a huge hole in our back yard all the way down to the foundation of our house along with many others around the yard.
58. L’s little stuffed dog she was given after her ear tube surgery
59. The end of my new prescription glasses (at least they are still wearable)
60. Oliver has just dug up $450 worth of dirt and sod used to repair the yard. I am numb as I type this.
61. The handle of a can opener
62. A shower curtain I was GOING to return. (big whole through the center)
63. 1 package of Jelly Belly sports beans (I left them on the floor)
64. A whole package of Orbit gum which resulted in 3 trips to the vet, and numerous piles of shit all over our carpet due to the extra food we had to give him to keep his blood sugar up. Read all about Xylitol here.

This will be updated on a frequent basis. Stay tuned for more items….