my boy loves his ropes. He doesn't shred them, should I still be concerned?

 

If they aren't shredding or unraveling, I wouldn't be concerned. We still use ropes, but once they come untied or start to shred, then they go in the trash.

My point in posting this was to bring awareness to the dangers of rope toys when you have a hard chewer and aren't paying attention.

Moxy has long since passed (2017), and we now have a 2 year old knucklehead named Zoda. She and our Springer love playing tug with a rope. We found the "monkey fist" knotted rope has held up better than the standard ones.

Hope all your pooches are safe and well!

 

I just throw a rope away today. My new pup was playing with it when it came apart on her. It was amazing to see how much she managed to get into her mouth in such a short time with me standing less than a foot away on the otherside of the rope.

 

Having worked in the veterinary field for many years, I tell everyone I know, do NOT give your dogs the rope toys, or, the rawhide bones.

I've assisted in surgeries, where both of those had been injested and, had caused severe impactions in the intestines.

It's a very serious surgery.

I've also seen dogs choke to death on those things.

 

Thank you for that warning. It is time to go through all of our toys again and discard the frayed, chewed to a nub, and shredded toys. I will look fir better options when I go to the store. Do you have any you recommend?

 

The Kong toys are generally pretty safe, my dog has a small and large size Kong toy, they do seem to be indestructible.......although, I've had someone tell me her dog, a black lab, can destroy them in minutes ......I have never seen that happen, with any dog, as long as I've been around dogs.

 

Mine Wolfie "eat" some of the rope yesterday. I am very concerned All I can do is just mind his poop for the next couple of days..fun!!

 

One other thing to be aware of: TOWELS!! When a dog shreds a towel, it tends to come apart in long strings. These can cause the same problems as strands of rope, if the dog swallows them. I imagine knitted blankets would also be dangerous if your dog chews up its bedding.

Oh, and I heard it mentioned that Kongs are the best toys for heavy chewers, because they are virtually indestructible.
Nope.

Have yet to find a toy that Star can't destroy. The Bad Cuz toys, which are made of heavy rubber, have the best life span, but first I have to remove the feet and horns, or she'll chew them off. Once she can get the squeaker out, she attacks the squeaker hole, and eventually manages to rip pieces off that. When that happens, the toy goes in the garbage, though she seems to have no trouble passing the pieces of rubber in her poop.