Power chewer? What toys stand up to your dog?

[Fiddler]

My 18 month old destroys everything, even Kongs. She deflated a basket ball in ten minutes then proceeded to shred it in one day.

She does have a ball that she loves and can not destroy. It's about the size of a baseball and is made by FourPaws. It's yellow and has little
dimples in it like a golf ball. I haven't tried the rest of the FourPaws
toys but I would try those. Also Orka toys seem to hold up real well.

[Lin]

Originally Posted by onyx'girl

They charge $10 per pound...that chunk weighed 5#.

That sounds like a really good price! Most places I look charge outrageous prices. Like $16 for a teeny tiny piece.

[KZoppa]

power chewers aka aggressive chewers its best you stick with kongs.

[onyx'girl]

This place is the most reasonable(for now) that I've seen other than my local contact. Still have to pay shipping, though.

[mydogjack08]

jack likes rawhide rolls. he can go through 2 or 3 of those a day. I tried an elk antler he seemed to like eating the inside out of it more than chewing the whole thing, i also noticed it splinters rather easily. Kong is the best so far for toys he cant do any damage to them. except for the frisbee and the wubba. those are destroyed. i tried "indestructable" toys like the fire hose one but he had that messed up in about 10 minutes. i cant seem to find anything besides kong that is "jack proof".

[smdaigle]

Update . . . the official favorite toys in my house household are the Chuck-It balls . . . the Glow balls in particular. I have a combination of medium and large balls and both dogs carry them around and chew on them. None of them have any damage after lots of play time and chew time. Ridley also enjoys his antler and bully sticks when he needs something to chew. Rennie isn't much of a chewer.

[Kay]

Chuck it! brand balls. Not only is my gal obsessed with them, but during her "chewy phase" (which thankfully only ever involved the destruction of her toys) they were the only toy she couldn't destroy.

For general chewing, she LOVES those gross bullsticks. But we don't give her them very ofter. She also likes hooves, and antlers. Raw beef bones in the summer (she chews them outside).

[piper2011]

My dog Piper has the same love of destroying toys. She's almost 1 and 1/2 now and I have to second the "cheap toy" idea when supervised. Clean 2 liter soda bottles with the cap on are great for about 15-20 minutes if you are going to be in the same room to steal the cap when she gets it off. the star mark everlasting treat balls are great. If she's like our girl, anything Kong that is not the classic will be destroyed in a couple of days. And lastly, if she chews on her bed (thank god she finally stopped) I have to put in a plug for orvis "tough chew" beds, the customer service is great and they will replace the bed, no questions asked, when she chews a hole through it... FYI if you remove the bedding tags she is less likely to chew a hole.

[Tim Connell]

My dog ripped and shredded the top off a Kong in about 7 seconds, and swallowed an odd shaped piece that wouldn't pass...and was $1500 to remove from his stomach before it perforated his stomach. There are few things that are "indestructible", regardless of what anyone claims, so please monitor your dogs if you give them things to chew. I laugh when I see the toys for sale that are cloth, and rated for a "level 9 chewer"...maybe a toy breed "level 9 chewer", but not any dog that has actual jaws on it.

Nylabones, large raw marrow bones, Elk antlers, (and lately a toy is being tested from Planet Dog that is holding up so far) are all they get to play with. Always directly supervised though.

Kong is now only a short term reward toy for detection work, and many people I know use a LaCrosse ball as a reward toy- they seem pretty durable.

[justde]

Originally Posted by Tim Connell

My dog ripped and shredded the top off a Kong in about 7 seconds, and swallowed an odd shaped piece that wouldn't pass...and was $1500 to remove from his stomach before it perforated his stomach..... Kong is now only a short term reward toy for detection work, and many people I know use a LaCrosse ball as a reward toy- they seem pretty durable.

Was this the extra large black king kong? The others are an absolute no for my guy, and usually after he takes off the top the bottom two rings last a while longer. Great jaw exercise though.
Are the LaCrosse balls made of rubber as well? And large enough not to swallow? Or can you put a string on them?
I don't do bones too much as I worry about a broken tooth.