Poor Bear....?

As you all know, Riley and the dog have been buddies since the beginning...

 Riley has always crawled and hugged on bear....

Which was fine until little Riley become...well, not so little anymore...

Now Riley uses Bear as a launching pad to jump off of and onto, as a step stool to reach unreachable objects and as a pawn in his little games, such as trying to brush her teeth with a spatula or putting hats on her head.  Riley gets in trouble for treating the dog this way...we really don't want bear to end up on as ASPCA commercial, but for some reason she really doesn't seem to mind all the abuse.