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It's been a long time since I've posted any pics on this site. I actually took a long break from this site after I got my two dogs and found myself devoted to learning how to best care for them. But now that I've settled into life with dogs, it's back to turtle world!

So here are some recent pics of Toby: (As a disclaimer, yes, Toby has issues with his shell, which I won't go into detail about but I will post an update on once I dig up the pictures I took after his shed.)







I took Toby outside a few times over the summer. Whenever I take him out of the tank I wrap him in a towel so that he doesn't freak out. This time he tried to eat the towel:











I filled up Toby's pool for him once this summer (if my water bill wasn't so insane I'd do it more often). For some reason my female pit bull, Lola, took a big interest in Toby. She seems him everyday in his tank but when I put him in the pool she acted like she had never seen him before. She just sat and watched him swim around:





















I also let Toby walk around in the grass for a little while:





And lastly, I picked Toby up to bring him inside and snapped a few more pictures of him...





...And then Lola came along and stuck her nose right in Toby's face. I quickly pulled back and snapped a picture, I just couldn't miss such a priceless moment (No dogs or turtles were harmed in the making of this photograph).

Aww love the outside pics, and im sure he loves that pool I might have to do that with Cody next year. I'm so scared of my dog around my turtle, I don't think he'd try biting him but god only knows what a dogs thinking lol.

Awesome post! I hope to do an outdoor pond thingy with a kiddy pool next summer.

Jaysea wrote:Aww love the outside pics, and im sure he loves that pool I might have to do that with Cody next year. I'm so scared of my dog around my turtle, I don't think he'd try biting him but god only knows what a dogs thinking lol.

Honestly I was only worried about Toby snapping at Lola. Lola is a big softy and she's more curious than anything. She's been up close and personal with my hamster as well as wild mice, frogs, and toads and all she does is sniff them at the most. She LOVES toads and sometimes tricks me into letting her outside (acting like she has to go to the bathroom) if she sees a toad on our patio. But all she likes to do it watch them jump around, she's a big goofball.

Toby seems to enjoy the pool, I set it up a couple times last summer and once this summer. I leave it up for a few days, last time about a week. It got kind of gross this year so I tossed it out and I think I might get a smaller one for next year so I can set it up more often.

OMG THE TOWEL BITING PICTURE. soooo cute!