Soggy rawhide scraps everywhere. Not such a great idea, and they half-melt into the carpet.
Yep - our beasts are fans of the Kong Wubba. And I like saying Wubba.
It is fun, isn’t it? I’ll toss it up the hill and say, “Get your Kong Wubba.”
As for general recommendations, a medium Nylabone that is One Size Too Big can last a long time, and still be fun. The bigger ones incorporate a serious amount of nylon (they also cost some money) and are a little hard for a smaller dog to chew on.
I haven’t tried the super durable Nylabones, but imagine they would withstand some abuse.
Exactly. Part of the fun is the destruction or consumption of whatever the dog is chewing. My dogs have always liked beef chews or smoked hoofs.
I second nylabone and Kong for toys. I particularly like the Kong that comes with a rope tied through it, once the rope is chewed up I stuff it will a couple of pupperonis and my dog will work at it trying to get the treat out for hours.
Thanks for all the suggestions! I never dreamed there would be so many options. My aunt is going to be thrilled.
I work for a company that makes the rubber Kongs. Buy a Kong, keep me working. We make the Flyers (Frisbee’s), some of the bones, the 3-lobed original Kongs, and various other rubber toys. We make almost all of the multi-colored rubber toys.
Not all rubber Kongs are indestructible, the 3-lobes Kongs are hard to tear up because of the shape. The multi-colors are made from softer rubber and are for senior dog and puppies. The solid colors are harder to chew up, with the black being the toughest.
If the dog can tear one up, then go to the next bigger size or try the black rubber Kongs.
My dog loves the toys with the squeaker in them. My dog loves my job.
The Wubba’s are made in China, but most of the other toys are made in the States, a lot of them here in Colorado. They are tested to be free of lead and Phthalates.
Someday if you are really bored, let me know and I will tell you how the Kong toy got its shape!
My dad’s Cairn terrier Molly might look small and lazy, but she has the strength of a horse–in fact, my wife, who used to train horses, thinks pulling her along is more difficult than leading a horse. We joke that if she could be hooked up to a power plant, America’s energy needs would be solved.
Molly has actually destroyed several Kong Air Bones, the tennis-ball style ones. But they took her months of chewing and shaking, whereas other “indestructible” toys she has destroyed in under a day, or even a few seconds in one case where she found the seam right away. A friend of my dad’s bought her a fake Kong toy, and she wrecked it right in front of him in minutes–so insist on the real thing. On the other hand, the hard red rubber Kong toys haven’t interested Molly, so they’ve defeated her by default.
If there were a toy that Molly couldn’t destroy, I’d invest heavily in that company, then suggest to their owners that they try selling equipment to the US military. Anything that survived Molly would probably survive a direct IED blast too.
Surb? My dog’s a big fan, even if, yes, she can go through the black ones. But I wanted to make a comment on the Wubba. They’re nice, but there’s a variety I’ve picked up that, while equally as fragile (not very, lasts longer than most toys), had a minor improvement. The tail on the wubba is kind of slippery. The variation we try to use feels more like canvas, like an LL Bean bag. The dogs I know react more favorably to the texture.
Sadly, the other issue is the soft head on the Wubba lasts about four days before complete destruction.
(Specifically, I think they were called something or other squids, available through Wal-Mart.)
The Surb, you should start a thread “ask the guy who works for kong” or whatever the parent company is.
Unfortunately, my dog doesn’t like anything that’s not bone-shaped or a bone look-alike. Any toy that’s not a rope or off-white and bone shaped he has no interest in (so Diosa’s buttplug should be the ticket). As such, three of your products sit in a corner, never so much as looked at. But most of his friends are big fans!
Of my three dogs, only one really shows interest in the toys, but she only likes the squeaky Kongs and little flyers.
Unless of course, I put peanut butter or similar in them. Then they are all interested until the treat is gone.
We occasionally see returns of some of the toys and I have to wonder how big or how determined the dog is that destroyed it eek. They look like they’ve been through a lawnmower with teeth!
I’ll have to check out the WalMart toys.
About that big, really. She’s just smart and likes to go for the seams.
My Boston was a toy destroyer.
Kongs he didn’t destroy but unless they had food in them, he had no use for him: they were boring.
These ball guys? We called it “Footie” and he loved Footie more than anything. I, too, thought the feet would be goners, but that never happened.
Yeah, I call Mia’s “Orange Guy.” Orange Guy only comes out on special occasions now, because it makes the most horrifying noise. I wish they made an Orange Guy that didn’t scream. . .
Another toy of his that he adored was a hard ball (bowling ball size). That was Roundy.
He would corner it and bark and bark and bark. It was annoying but wow would he be happy.
I want to hear more about these indestructible puppies, and why they would have different toy preferences.
My dogs love Kong Toys, WubbaKong watertoys, Nylabone stuff, and Jolly Balls.
They also love to destroy rawhide. Sometimes destruction is a positive thing.
A friend’s dog’s favorite toy is the bowling ball from a Fisher Price kiddie bowling set. It skitters loudly. So he whack it, it skitters off, he chases, barking constantly. Same behavior as Baboon describes. Dog’s medium to small, terrier type.
Found the Squido. The squeaker doesn’t last, but the rest of it tends to have a multiple month duration. Dog strongly prefers the canvas tails to the Kong variant.
Just a heads up: I went to Ross this weekend (a discount store. Others include: Burlington Coat Factory, TJ Maxx, Marshall’s, etc.) and they had a whole bunch of Kong toys (regular size, black, extra extra strength) for $3.99. They also had those SUPER heavy duty huge rope toys with big knots and handles for $4.99. Obviously, most of you don’t live where I do, but just a heads up that it might be worth taking a look- as I see it, I feel a lot less rage when my dog destroys a $4 toy than when she destroys a full price, $15 Petsmart toy. 
I keep trying to convince my boyfriend to get those round things with feet but he says they look weak. Now I have recommendations so maybe i can break him down.
Our girls usually ignore the Kong toys unless they have nothing else left. They also used to ignore the nylabones but recently have started chewing on them. They look terrible but they’re still intact.
They completely destroyed a Kong frisbee in about 30 minutes and one of those firehose things didn’t make it to the 15 minute mark.