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Very tough dog toys

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On Wednesday we got our first dog from the RSPCA. He is a four year old lab. So far everything is going well, he has settled in very well, gets on with the cats and children, is pretty well trained.

The problem is finding a toy that will last for more than a day. We have had balls, a kong, rope etc. can anyone advise something tougher? X
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  • lisawood78
    lisawood78 Posts: 3,884 Forumite
    Hmmm, nope. We have Danes and have yet to find a toy that they can't destroy in seconds, if they put their minds to it.

    We find that playing with them with it, rather than letting them play with it alone helps lengthen most toys lives, it's when the tug of way between the pair of them starts then they toys days are numbered :-)
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  • Person_one
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    Have you tried the black Kongs? Think they're called 'Extreme'.
  • elsien
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    edited 13 October 2013 at 10:40AM
    Nylabone if they're into chewing. I would have said the black kong, but they last less than a day with gitdog and are too expensive to go through that fast. Someone also suggested sanding down a coconut for him to roll round, but that's probably best outdoors in case it breaks and the water goes everywhere.
    I now have a very large knot ball which I got off the local market and has lasted a week. It is falling apart and is leaving bits of cotton everywhere, but I'm desperate.
    I did try PAH ruff n tuff toys- they aren't. Less than 5 minutes before bits started falling off.
    The other possibility is a boomer ball that's too big to go in the mouth. I find them no use indoors as the dog chases it through the furniture and wreaks havoc. Might do for outdoors though?
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  • krlyr
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    I find rope toys good - not so much the rope tugs but the balls, rectangular bars, etc. from Poundland have lasted well here. Infact, the only real damage in the past 3 years is when I accidentally ran one over with the lawn mower!
  • pawsies
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    Plastic bottles are fun to destroy and free!!
  • skivenov
    skivenov Posts: 2,204 Forumite
    Tennis balls. Yeah, they can still destroy them, but when you can get packs of four from a pound shop, it's cheap jaw exercise.

    Anything that makes a noise when it rolls rather than when it gets squashed is normally a winner as well. Mine had a ball that was too big for his mouth that had a nobbled surface so it growled when it rolled along the floor, he had so much fun argueing with it.
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  • jenhug
    jenhug Posts: 2,277 Forumite
    try a trailer tyre in the garden, and toys developed for horses.
    http://www.likit.co.uk/treats-toys/k9-snak-a-ball/
  • lemontart
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    Kongs are definitely the way to go, they are a tad pricy but you will not be having to replace every week let alone every month as they last for ever.
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  • lemontart wrote: »
    Kongs are definitely the way to go, they are a tad pricy but you will not be having to replace every week let alone every month as they last for ever.

    He has destroyed one already
  • jenhug
    jenhug Posts: 2,277 Forumite
    you could also try a stag bar
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