Epi4Dogs

Hi all!

I've posted here a bunch in the past, and happy to report Scottie is sitting pretty at 50 lbs (perfect for her size), eating well, and pooping normally! And the bile throw ups have gone down. So thank you thank you thank you for everything.

Question-- I want to get her some more toys, but am coming up short. The only things she really has now are flat stuffies that she loves to pull the fluff off of. She used to have nylabones that she loved, but she got a serious slab fracture on her tooth, and the vet removed it and said she shouldn't have hard toys anymore. Obviously anything that relies on food enrichment is out. She likes tennis balls ok, but often ignores them. Would love to find something she can use to amuse herself/self soothe/interact with in place of a bone. Anything that has worked for your babies?

Thanks

Mine love the Kong Wubba. It is 2 squeaky balls on top of each other with material over them and it looks like an octopus.

Jill

Thanks! This looks great I’ll get her one

My EPI dog Trixie is a destroyer of all toys. No soft or stuffed toy would last five minutes in her presence, and even many "indestructible" toys have died swift, painful deaths in her jaws. So any recommendations I have are based on that.

That said, though, she loves to catch her Kong frisbee (soft on the mouth, but still hard to chew through).

And we also found that Kong makes THE most diabolically entertaining dog toy in the entire world -- The Jumbler. It squeaks! It rolls! It rolls in crazy ways! It has two handles for tug-o-war. And the truly diabolical aspect: it has a tennis ball inside its (very thick) soft plastic exterior, so that when she finally destroys the main bits (which may take months), there's a reward still waiting within that is very, very difficult to get out.

https://www.amazon.com/KONG-Jumbler-Lar ... 00KNWVPFO/

Though she's only a slight, slender 32 pounds, we got her the large/x-large and it's just right. She's mad for the thing.

I'll be happily watching this thread for other recommendations.

What about a Tire Biter? It's made of rubber, so it isn't hard, but it isn't too soft, either. You could try a Jolly Ball or Jolly Egg. The latter, if you get the right size, is impossible to pick up, but is great fun for them to herd. Hyper Dog squeaky balls and "bone" (not hard, just lumpy TPR), or Planet Dog, if they're still around, are softish but tough.