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Toys for Dogs: Tough Chewers especially

blackjack50

blackjack50

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I have been in search of toys for my pup for a while now. It isn't exactly easy. She is a determined chewer. She goes right through the extreme Kongs and pretty much any toy you can think of. It is the pit in her. Well
I have finally found a few things that work VERY well for her. And I wanted to pass this on.

If you have a local sports shop (preferably a smaller one that sells used equipment), you can buy used lacrosse balls. These things might as well be made of rubber rapped concrete. I don't know what the construction is exactly, but where a tennis ball doesn't last a day (really more like 3 unwatched minutes), I have let her hold on to the ball for an hour with only minor chew marks in this thing.

The other is of course Nyla (dental) bones. These things clean teeth and work great. Plus she doesn't go right through them. I have also heard of a a frisbee made of this material, and I'm looking for one so she can finally play frisbee without killing it (and yes I've tried the big thick frisbees...might as well be made of butter).

So feel free to share your ideas on dog toys. Be it for determined chewers, or dogs who need a little extra incentive to play.


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blackjack50 said:
I have been in search of toys for my pup for a while now. It isn't exactly easy. She is a determined chewer. She goes right through the extreme Kongs and pretty much any toy you can think of. It is the pit in her. Well
I have finally found a few things that work VERY well for her. And I wanted to pass this on.

If you have a local sports shop (preferably a smaller one that sells used equipment), you can buy used lacrosse balls. These things might as well be made of rubber rapped concrete. I don't know what the construction is exactly, but where a tennis ball doesn't last a day (really more like 3 unwatched minutes), I have let her hold on to the ball for an hour with only minor chew marks in this thing.

The other is of course Nyla (dental) bones. These things clean teeth and work great. Plus she doesn't go right through them. I have also heard of a a frisbee made of this material, and I'm looking for one so she can finally play frisbee without killing it (and yes I've tried the big thick frisbees...might as well be made of butter).

So feel free to share your ideas on dog toys. Be it for determined chewers, or dogs who need a little extra incentive to play.


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The bad thing about Nyla bones is that once the dog is using their molars to gnaw on it, it'll leave very sharp little edges which often slice open their gums. Had to 'confiscate' the Nyla bone once I spot the bleeding. It'd be no good at all to drool blood all over the carpet, never mind that it could result in a gum infection.

I'll have to take a look at a lacrosse ball, but he's making his tennis balls last a few days before their cover is torn off.
 
blackjack50 said:
I have been in search of toys for my pup for a while now. It isn't exactly easy. She is a determined chewer. She goes right through the extreme Kongs and pretty much any toy you can think of. It is the pit in her. Well
I have finally found a few things that work VERY well for her. And I wanted to pass this on.

If you have a local sports shop (preferably a smaller one that sells used equipment), you can buy used lacrosse balls. These things might as well be made of rubber rapped concrete. I don't know what the construction is exactly, but where a tennis ball doesn't last a day (really more like 3 unwatched minutes), I have let her hold on to the ball for an hour with only minor chew marks in this thing.

The other is of course Nyla (dental) bones. These things clean teeth and work great. Plus she doesn't go right through them. I have also heard of a a frisbee made of this material, and I'm looking for one so she can finally play frisbee without killing it (and yes I've tried the big thick frisbees...might as well be made of butter).

So feel free to share your ideas on dog toys. Be it for determined chewers, or dogs who need a little extra incentive to play.


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Couches work well, especially the upholstered ones. The arms, in particular, seem to be attractive.

Floors with an overlayment of linoleum aren't bad either.

Signed...German Shepherd Puppy Momma. ;)

Seriously, thanks for sharing.
 
My Daughter has a "special" dog, with chewing issues, and would destroy most things.
She (the dog) likes these. the soft ones, they seem to last.
Rugged Dog Toys (NOTCOT)
 
eohrnberger said:
The bad thing about Nyla bones is that once the dog is using their molars to gnaw on it, it'll leave very sharp little edges which often slice open their gums. Had to 'confiscate' the Nyla bone once I spot the bleeding. It'd be no good at all to drool blood all over the carpet, never mind that it could result in a gum infection.

I'll have to take a look at a lacrosse ball, but he's making his tennis balls last a few days before their cover is torn off.
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I've been using Nylabones for years. For previous dogs (small-to-medium), they were toys for life. The English Mastiff, who isn't a persistent obsessive chewer at all, maybe three weeks until she chews it into a shiv and we replace. Insanely powerful jaws.
 
Citizen.Seven said:
I've been using Nylabones for years. For previous dogs (small-to-medium), they were toys for life. The English Mastiff, who isn't a persistent obsessive chewer at all, maybe three weeks until she chews it into a shiv and we replace. Insanely powerful jaws.
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Yup. Dangerous toys at that point.
 
My most recent puppy tried to eat the piano bench. It's still standing, but them legs is suuuure ugly now. So, a cherry piano bench will hold up for some time. Fortunately, he didn't touch the piano itself. In that case, he might have been a gift to a recently arrived Vietnamese family. Just kidding. I can make new, matching legs for the bench. It's what I do. He's turned out to be a great dog.
 
humbolt said:
My most recent puppy tried to eat the piano bench. It's still standing, but them legs is suuuure ugly now. So, a cherry piano bench will hold up for some time. Fortunately, he didn't touch the piano itself. In that case, he might have been a gift to a recently arrived Vietnamese family. Just kidding. I can make new, matching legs for the bench. It's what I do. He's turned out to be a great dog.
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I had a Labrador Samoyed cross who, as a puppy, shewed the **** out of a hand carved tobacco pipe I had. I loved that dog with all my heart, but it was sooooo hard just to accept it and not punish him. From then on I made sure he had a big soup bone at all times.

He was also the smartest dog I've ever known, he figured out for himself how to pull down the handle latch on the back door. Once, when he was trying to get to me on a bridge about ten feet above the ground. In front of a friend I said "go to the end of the bridge and come back to me." And he did. Another time I had him leashed at our campsite. The squirrels soon figured out he had a limited range and began torturing him. He backed up, put slack in the chain and waited. Killed the first one with a lightening strike and one shake of the head and got a piece of the second.

I have never known another dog smart enough to figure out how to put slack in their leash, or untangle themselves.
 
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blackjack50 said:
I have been in search of toys for my pup for a while now. It isn't exactly easy. She is a determined chewer. She goes right through the extreme Kongs and pretty much any toy you can think of. It is the pit in her. Well
I have finally found a few things that work VERY well for her. And I wanted to pass this on.

If you have a local sports shop (preferably a smaller one that sells used equipment), you can buy used lacrosse balls. These things might as well be made of rubber rapped concrete. I don't know what the construction is exactly, but where a tennis ball doesn't last a day (really more like 3 unwatched minutes), I have let her hold on to the ball for an hour with only minor chew marks in this thing.

The other is of course Nyla (dental) bones. These things clean teeth and work great. Plus she doesn't go right through them. I have also heard of a a frisbee made of this material, and I'm looking for one so she can finally play frisbee without killing it (and yes I've tried the big thick frisbees...might as well be made of butter).

So feel free to share your ideas on dog toys. Be it for determined chewers, or dogs who need a little extra incentive to play.


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How about an oxtail bone?

My guys never get through them. I cook them a new one every few weeks, and dispose of the old ones.
 
Our dog is part pitbull part whippet. He was a voracious chewer when he was younger. Even nylabones didn't work. We gave him one and he had chewed it into little shards of nylon in a couple days.

What we ended up finding that worked best was deer/elk antlers. He liked the taste of them, and they were hard enough to last between a week and a month with him gnawing on them pretty regularly.
 
Fearandloathing said:
I had a Labrador Samoyed cross who, as a puppy, shewed the **** out of a hand carved tobacco pipe I had. I loved that dog with all my heart, but it was sooooo hard just to accept it and not punish him. From then on I made sure he had a big soup bone at all times.

He was also the smartest dog I've ever known, he figured out for himself how to pull down the handle latch on the back door. Once, when he was trying to get to me on a bridge about ten feet above the ground. In front of a friend I said "go to the end of the bridge and come back to me." And he did. Another time I had him leashed at our campsite. The squirrels soon figured out he had a limited range and began torturing him. He backed up, put slack in the chain and waited. Killed the first one with a lightening strike and one shake of the head and got a piece of the second.

I have never known another dog smart enough to figure out how to put slack in their leash, or untangle themselves.
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Yeah. I've had some wonderful dogs, and it sounds as if you have, too. I love 'em, even when they're bad, sometimes. It's a tacit agreement at the outset that you're gonna forgive 'em for being dogs now and then.
 
humbolt said:
Yeah. I've had some wonderful dogs, and it sounds as if you have, too. I love 'em, even when they're bad, sometimes. It's a tacit agreement at the outset that you're gonna forgive 'em for being dogs now and then.
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Ever since him, and I have had three since, I have become more and more convinced they know a hell of a lot more than they let on. I began to see the trend toward "pretend stupidity" as opposed to simply not listening. I studied him and other part labs with children, they all showed something beyond instinct, knowing how to prevent a toddler from opening the cupboard under the sink, how to bodily "herd" them away from the gate etc., then ten minutes latter with a look of confusion when you get in the car and say "in the back". "Huh" These are words I don't understand.

Right buddy.
 
eohrnberger said:
The bad thing about Nyla bones is that once the dog is using their molars to gnaw on it, it'll leave very sharp little edges which often slice open their gums. Had to 'confiscate' the Nyla bone once I spot the bleeding. It'd be no good at all to drool blood all over the carpet, never mind that it could result in a gum infection.

I'll have to take a look at a lacrosse ball, but he's making his tennis balls last a few days before their cover is torn off.
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Yep. We take the shanks from our dogs. No need for them to sneak one in to jail (what we call the cage lol).


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MaggieD said:
Couches work well, especially the upholstered ones. The arms, in particular, seem to be attractive.

Floors with an overlayment of linoleum aren't bad either.

Signed...German Shepherd Puppy Momma. ;)

Seriously, thanks for sharing.
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Yep. Our dog got locked in a bathroom at girlfriend's parents on Halloween for like 2 hours. When we came back...she was eating food out of the pantry and the bathroom door was only about half of what it used to be lol.


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molten_dragon said:
Our dog is part pitbull part whippet. He was a voracious chewer when he was younger. Even nylabones didn't work. We gave him one and he had chewed it into little shards of nylon in a couple days.

What we ended up finding that worked best was deer/elk antlers. He liked the taste of them, and they were hard enough to last between a week and a month with him gnawing on them pretty regularly.
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I forgot about those!


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My dog can destroy a tennis ball in about fifteen minutes and leave a heck of a mess. Toys with sqeakers keep their squeakers about ten minutes. The thick ropes last a while but eventually get eaten. But, surprisingly, racquetball balls last. When he bites it hard it tends to shoot out the side of his mouth and he has to chase it down. He loses racquetball balls by dropping them off the balcony and watching the bounce down the hill but he's never chewed one into little bits.
 
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