Dog Toys

[Lex_Luthor]

I thought about giving mine motorcycle tires or bicycle tires to play with, but I wonder if it's dangerous for them to swallow accidentally. My dog does pretty well at chewing things up and not swallowing them, but every once in a while he gets an upset stomach and I'll see a couple pieces of chewed up toy in his puke. I think the rubber from the Tire Biters is safer, but I'm not positive if there's even a difference at all.

[Ah Pook]

Kongs! My guys love them and have lasted for several years. Firehose toys look sturdy. I also use knotted up climbing ropes.

[Monky]

Kongs! My guys love them and have lasted for several years. Firehose toys look sturdy. I also use knotted up climbing ropes.

+1 on Kongs!

The black ones are 'indestructible' and has survived a pit for the last 6months w/o even having a chunk taken out of it.

[Ronin13]

+1 on Kongs!

The black ones are 'indestructible' and has survived a pit for the last 6months w/o even having a chunk taken out of it.

Our friends had a very aggressive (toward toys) pit years ago that would wreak havoc on us playing football in the yard. Every dropped or incomplete pass he would swoop in and try and nab the ball, if he got it he would pop it quick. That was until they got him a Kong... oh and some pits must really hate stuffed animals, everyone of my friends that have pits a stuffed animal gets demolished in minutes, if not seconds.

[Lex_Luthor]

^^^ Exactly. My dog is partial to soccer balls. It's been more than one occasion that I've had to give some kids whatever change was in my pocket to buy a new ball.

[Hoser]

Black and red kongs here. Occasional nyla-bones.

[Mtn.man]

Lawn Tractor tires. we used to have a dog that loved em.
Never could chew up to swallow.

[BuffCyclist]

I have a rhodesian ridgeback that chews like you wouldn't believe. Comforters. My shirts. Pillows. My cat (to be fair, it was merely a nibble). My toes.

I got her a rope toy and she LOVED it, but chewed it to pieces in about 10 minutes. I finally found her a 1 foot monkey's fist knotted rope toy at PetSense (PetSmart wannabe in the small town near me). She plays with it every day and its so heavy (made of like 2" rope) she can sometimes barely lift it. We've had it now for couple of months and its still completely intact.

She also has a kong, and another bright orange "indestructible" type of chew toy, I remember that Struttin' Pup in Lafayette had the brand, it's some hybrid rubber that literally can't be destroyed. If I recall, they even have some in a mint flavor and another in something else to entice their teeth.

[cofi]

the black kongs are ok for my pitbull.....and a product called nylabone is as indestructible as it comes