Durable dog toys.

[jimmyj]

I have been selling dog toys for over 30 years so this is right up my alley. If anyone can invent a truly indestructible dog toy they can get rich LOL.

The black rubber KONG is about the toughest thing from my experience. The aforementioned Hurley toys are pretty tough too. They are both harder rubber than the Tire Biter. Note that deer or elk antlers can break off parts of dog teeth. I do use them for 3 of my dogs but I don't give antlers to my two most aggressive chewers. There are a number of really strong plush or material toys but if you leave them for the dog to chew they won't stand a chance.

With a lot of toys you can play with the dog but once playtime is over you have to take the toy away and put it away until next time. Sometimes dogs just don't enjoy the toys they cannot ruin. Ha ha, great topic!

 

[Capt Dan]

I like the Chuckit brand for toys. Specifically there balls called the Ultra ball. It holds up well for my GoodleDoodle. The medium size (tennis ball) size with the long thrower. Make sure you get the Ultra balls. Package of 2 at our Farm and Fleet are $6.99.

 

[jix]

I look for heavy chewer toys. My dog has one bone that is dense plastic feel like its made out of concrete and its lasted a year, she gnaws on that like crazy. That and the kongs. She is also persistent (golden doodle) her favorite toy is plastic drink containers, grabs those and trashes them in 5 mins tops.

My 70 lb 2 year old Golden doodle has teeth like a car crusher. No toy has lasted a week, except the big KONG toy, and he gets bored with that real fast..unless I stuff it with a rag or something. Then he will work at it until the rag can be pulled out and turned into confetti. small tires, hunks of tough 2" rope, rawhide from COSTCO all same. Plastic bottles, beer cans, rolls of paper towels, boots, shoes, pillows, blankets, glasses, hearing aids, TV remotes, furniture, corners of walls... all made instantly into trash

I hope he never bites me, Sheesh what a jaw! But I love the darn dog anyways

 

[Walkin Horse]

Maybe they need a job. My dog is too serious to play with toys. His main job is to watch everything I do. At the most he mite chew a peice of firewood while I'm splitting. Other wise he's all biznes. When we come in he's too tired to anything but sleep.

 

[Tractor Seabee]

With our Golden Lab nothing last more than a day or two till we found Bovine Tibia Bones. They are the real thing, dried out, about 20" long, and in sealed plastic, $12.99 at the corner mini mart. She is approaching 1 week and has destroyed only about 25%. She has chewed into the marrow so that slows her down to figure out how to get it all out.

Ron

 

[blackdog2086]

I've been a dog trainer and handler for almost 30 years, and it took me awhile to figure this one out myself. Most of the dogs I worked were over 75 lbs., some were over 100, and all were aggressive. If it's for them to just lay around and chew on, go with Nylabones (regular not the ones for puppies, which are too soft). They seem expensive at around $10 each, but they last for months. If it's to throw around and play with, go with the Kong brand toys.

 

[Larry Jones]

My 80 pound hound shepherd mix always goes for the squeaker, so toys don't last. He is just as happy with a one or a two liter pop bottle. Remove the label, cap and cap ring. he has them punched full of holes in no time and a new replacement is always available. Also the plastic coffee cans, Maxwell House with the handle is a favorite.

 

[tow653]

Our 90 lb lab/shepherd loves squeaky toys and has always gone after the squeaker. She used to be able to find and remove it within half an hour. We got her hedge hog over a year ago. She plays with it every day and it still is in one piece(more or less), and the squeaker is still in place. We bought a second toy for her this Christmas but she still likes the hedgehog.

Photos are attached. The white tag on the bear refers to "PLUSH BUDDIES INDESTRUCTIBLES" and is torn off on the hedge hog. The black tags on each refer to "PLUSH PUPPIES" with a website:

www.kyjen.com

here are the hedghogs:

Dog Toys :: Hedgehogs -


We got ours locally.

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Half an hour is good,we had a Border Collie that would have the squeaker out in under 5 min,we timed him!

 

[forgeblast]

Just to let you know about my golden doodle, we lost a dear friend to cancer on Monday. My wife is crushed and was crying in our bedroom. Our dog hear her and started crying too. When my wife went downstairs the dog jumped on the couch and tried to lick her tears away.
I can honestly say that this dog will be one of the best I have ever owned.

I had to laugh at Plastic bottles, beer cans, rolls of paper towels, boots, shoes, pillows, blankets, glasses, hearing aids, TV remotes, furniture, corners of walls... all made instantly into trash....that is the way her dog run is. She got into my burnable box and had a fun time tearing paper to shreds all over the yard...At least the snow has hidden it, spring will be another issue

 

[jerrybob]

We have two rescues......our tough guy....lab/bear dog mix.....is gentle with all of his toys and he will chew on them for months. Our sweet gentle cattle dog mix.......is the aggressive chewer.....doesn't matter what we give her......it's gone in minutes. I buy old footballs, soccer balls and basketballs at back yard sales. I deflate them and let the dogs play with them.....they work well and are cheap!