Wing Nuts

I am sure you have seen a wing nut before. We made a run to Home Depot last Saturday to buy one...and thankfully bought several while we were there. Max has a water bowl in his crate that is anchored on by a wing nut. The bolt this wing nut is attached to is at least an inch and a half long. Oh no!! Somehow, Max got the wing nut off the bolt last week while I was out of town. And after yesterday he has now done this twice. How in the world did he get them separated? The bolt is not stripped so I think he would have had to unscrew the nut from the bolt. We have not been able to find those two wing nuts so we can only assume Max ate them. That can't be good, can it? Thankfully, the wing nuts are not too big so they shouldn't be painful to pass. We are trying to figure out how we can leave Max at home without leaving him in his crate. I don't know that this is a good idea since he's only 6 months old. Today I left him with his normal water bowl (the one that generally sits on the bathroom floor with his food bowl). We'll see if he knocked it over or left it alone today.