"Virtually Indestructible" My Ass...

[Bailey Guns]

So, Lola - my JRT - has been a little bored since she's by herself. We walk 2 or 3 times a day but I decided to take her shopping at Petco for a new chew toy.

She seemed very fond of a squeaky Kong toy. The Kong stuff generally holds up pretty well. "Virtually indestructible" it said on the label except "by all but the most powerful chewers". $7.99...sounded like a pretty good deal.

Turns out it was a little more than a dollar per minute in Terrier chew time. Destroyed to the point it needed to be thrown away...the pieces I could find, anyway.

I should've known it was bullshit when I saw the French writing on the label.

[nogaroheli]

My lab destroyed the red Kongs in minutes when he was little so I tried out the black Super Duty Kongs and he smoked through those as well. After much trial and error, and colorful rubber laced yard bombs, I found that the yellow Brine (not red, blue, pink or whatever, and not Warrior) lacrosse balls are the most chew proof option. They're way cheaper than Kong stuff too. Good luck!

[Monky]

Try having a pit... I offered the latest and greatness indestructible toy a chance to product test after my dog dismantled their toy for exceptionally strong chewers... Never heard back.

He hasn't destroyed more than two of the large black kongs.. I learned to stuff them with pb and freeze it. Keeps him going for a few hours and then he has no interest once the pb is gone.

He's gone through tires... Fire hoses.. Nylabones, and antlers last an hour maybe...




Sent by a free-range electronic weasel, with no sense of personal space.

[hatidua]

Turns out it was a little more than a dollar per minute in Terrier chew time.

worth every penny!

[Mazin]

Lmao that's funny as shit. My JRT (rip) use to take his brothers toys out of their mouths and just shred the shit out of whatever it was, balls, plastic toys, stuffed animals. He actually had one toy that he never tore up but he did perform surgery on it to remove the noise maker. JRT's are a blast.

[glenncal1]

I should've known it was bullshit when I saw the French writing on the label.

Once again the French are forced to surrender....

[Gman]

Once again the French are forced to surrender....

Apparently, they didn't put up much resistance.

Sent from my electronic leash.

[Alpha2]

Nobody forces the French to surrender...well, maybe the occasional JRT.

[blacklabel]

Try having a pit... I offered the latest and greatness indestructible toy a chance to product test after my dog dismantled their toy for exceptionally strong chewers... Never heard back.

He hasn't destroyed more than two of the large black kongs.. I learned to stuff them with pb and freeze it. Keeps him going for a few hours and then he has no interest once the pb is gone.

He's gone through tires... Fire hoses.. Nylabones, and antlers last an hour maybe...




Sent by a free-range electronic weasel, with no sense of personal space.

Our pit has no interest in Kong toys. He prefers stuffed chew toys that he can rip the head off and pull all of the stuffing out. It's kind of disturbing.

[Monky]

Our pit has no interest in Kong toys. He prefers stuffed chew toys that he can rip the head off and pull all of the stuffing out. It's kind of disturbing.

I stopped buying stuffed toys for that reason. They lasted minutes before I was cleaning stuffing off of everything. I also no longer have feather pillows.

[Lex_Luthor]

Brutus loved those Tire Biters. He shredded the rope in about a minute flat. But I could get the tire part to last a couple months until he chewed away the tread portion & left two frisbee - esque halves.

[argonstrom]

If a dog can't destroy an "indestructible" toy; it's not a real dog.


:)

[Irving]

My dog doesn't usually destroy stuff as fast as you guys are talking about, but she likes her Jolly Ball from Costco. It's so big she can barely get it in her mouth. The only reason I thought of it is because she just came over and sat it in my lap while reading this thread. HA!
She likes to bite it right in the middle and uses the handle only as a last resort.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bALVBH-EJnoNRz9Sp19qXXwenddyK59u6MNr8IiiZO9x=w1698-h955-no

[hollohas]

My lab won't destroy any toys. I worked real hard on training her to have a soft mouth for hunting reasons. She doesn't hunt anymore, but her toys last literally forever. She chews on them, but super soft like...just enough to squish them a little. Hell, she has found a few young mice outside this summer and even after a trip in her mouth, the mice run off when she let's them go.

[flogger]

I stopped buying stuffed toys for that reason. They lasted minutes before I was cleaning stuffing off of everything. I also no longer have feather pillows.

Had a Border Collie mix that did the same thing, found the squeak diaphragm, tore it out and punctured it, then she was finished with it.

[buffalobo]

Had a Border Collie mix that did the same thing, found the squeak diaphragm, tore it out and punctured it, then she was finished with it.

My heeler does similar, except after the squeaker is destroyed, he proceeds to remove all the parts(eyes, nose, ears, tag) one at a time like he his dissecting it. [facepalm]

As soon as we hear the squeaking stop toy gets tossed(he only gets stuffed toy when we can watch him), can't risk the bonehead eating the stuffing.

Regular rubber type toys(kongs etc) he just chews/bites, doesn't try to tear up.

[TheGrey]

I've heard some disappointing things about Kongs.

Try these:
https://www.westpawdesign.com/scoop/indestructible-dog-toys

[flogger]

Size the toy! A relative had a ex service police/military german shepard (real train wreck), it ended up choking to death playing with the 9 year old. Not a good day.