9. Xiao Ming is playing a ring toss game, scoring 9 points for each chicken, 5 points for each monkey, and 2 points for each dog. Xiao Ming tossed 10 times, hitting every time, and each toy was hit at least once. Xiao Ming scored a total of 61 points in 10 tosses. Question: What is the minimum number of times the chicken was hit?
9.【Solution】Catching a chick, a monkey, and a dog once each, for a total of $16(=9+5+2)$ points, so there are still $7(=10-3)$ times, totaling $45(=61-16)$ points. In these 7 times, the maximum number of times a chick can be caught is 4 (since $9 \times 5$ is already 45 points, so it's impossible to catch a chick 5 times), because
$$
9 \times 4+5 \times 1+2 \times 2=36
$$

So, it is possible to catch a chick 4 times, a monkey 1 time, and a dog 2 times. That is, in 10 times, the maximum number of times a chick can be caught is 5 (at this time, a monkey is caught 2 times, and a dog is caught 3 times).