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Chew toys for extreme chewers (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a 40 lb Samoyed who is a specific type of aggressive chewer. It isn’t so much she destroys any toy I give her because of how hard she chews, but rather she is like a sniper. She finds the weak point in a toy and carefully chews it until the toy is destroyed. I had to stop giving her stuffed toys as she stripes the fur off of them and eats it. While nylon bones work, she will go through them in a few days. And I don’t want to give her toys so hard they will wreck her teeth.

The problem is when I go to pet stores, all the toys labeled for “aggressive chewers”, she finds the weak spot and destroys the toy within one day (sometimes within an hour).

I just recently got a tuffy ring and I was hopeful but she is chewing the ends and eating the fabric off of it.

Does anyone else have a dog like this and if so, what toys have worked for you?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

We have a Boston Terrier that loves to 'kill' anything with a squeaker in it within minutes, including the Kong toys although they were the absolute longest lasting ones.

What took some time was playing with the dog with the toy and convincing them not to kill all their toys. It took about 15 kong tennis balls before he caught on to the 'no kill' idea means even when we aren't around. Then we moved on to regular toys where he will still take out the squeaker, but then doesn't shred the rest.

My steps were just getting his attention when he started to gnaw on it and say 'no kill' calmly and make eye contact. If he stopped chewing, or did it less aggressivly he got praise until he caught onto the idea. Then just repetition and eventually saying it about the ball when we are done playing and then about other toys too. Took a few months because he really loves to shred stuff apart.