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I have a mini dachshund and there's nothing she loves more than running around with a soft toy, shaking it, and UTTERLY DESTROYING IT in about five minutes. We get those 'super heavy duty' ropes, or nylon reinforced stuffed animals, and she has them eviscerated in 3-5 minutes. No joke. She loves her bones, too, so she can get her chew on with no problem, but she never seems happier than when she's tearing the everliving hell out of a soft toy. I've gone through all the possibilities available at my local pet stores, so I'm hoping maybe one of you guys has run into a dealer of like... I don't know, artisinal Kevlar ropes or something. I will order, I will pay whatever they cost, I just want my dog to be happy and not howl in distress when we have to take her toy away after three minutes lest she poo poo string for the next 24 hours.
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Nov 23, 2014 21:00
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My aunt has several large dogs that similarly have a passion for destroying stuffed animals. She scavenges for the cheapest plushies she can find during the warm months, when there are garage sales and sales at second hand shops like Goodwill. She tries to spend five cents or less per stuffed animal and keeps then in the basement in garbage bags. Every Sunday she has a plushie shredding party with her dogs, rationing it to once a week so her hoard can last all year round. It should go without saying, but she monitors her dogs during their party, then throws the remnants away (choking hazards) after their three to five minutes of bliss. If there is an indestructible stuffed animal, I do not know what it is. However, not being able to shred the plushie may frustrate your dog from its sacred shredding quest.
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Nov 23, 2014 21:19
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Ferryll's suggestion is what a lot of people end up doing, honestly. dogs that want to shred don't give a poo poo about toys they can't shred, so you just have to find a way to let them do it that won't cost you hundreds of dollars. maybe try getting her into other kinds of play, like food dispensing toys or sturdier tug toys (mootugs on etsy makes tugs from used, sterilised rubber milking tubes that dogs lose their poo poo over).
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Nov 23, 2014 23:05
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I feel dumb, it never occurred to me to get cheaper stuff and let her have a supervised shred session. I just kept buying the expensive ones hoping she wouldn't be able to, lol.
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Nov 24, 2014 00:04
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My dog does that. We get her cheap stuffed animals, and rawhides. She adores rawhides.
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Nov 24, 2014 05:35
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Have you tried these? http://www.tuffietoys.com/ My dog destroys toys in record time as well. He eventually destroyed these, but it took him months, rather than minutes. The "ultimate" ones lasted longer for my tooth monster. He got to the stuffing of the octopus and the lobster quicker than the rings, for example.
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Nov 24, 2014 06:22
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The skinneeez brand of toys wont work for your dog because they don't have any stuffing and therefore are not fun, right?
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Nov 25, 2014 22:36
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My dogs can shred a toy with the best of them, but this one stood up for months instead of minutes: http://www.amazon.com/Kyjen-FH05022-Squeak-Fetch-Large/dp/B0002MISZ0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417027517&sr=8-1
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