My friend has a female 3 year old rottweiler and she loves toys but she is also toy aggressive. One problem we all have been having with the rotti is we cannot find a toy she can not tear apart in five minutes... we watch her constantly when giving toys and "trade" off the toy for something else to keep her from being aggressive (if you don't trade for something else she growls or you just leave her with it for a little longer and once it is not "new" she will let you take it) we even resorted to buying Tire toys that say they are the same thickness and strength as a real car tire but she demolishes them too... she loves playing with toys. But we cannot find her one. We even tried out a 50 dollar "TIGER TESTED" toy that is tested on tigers in zoos but she demolished that one just as fast

Try a kong... they love it. You can stuff them with treats

Yep kongs are great!
Mom has a miniature poodle that can destroy one in about 10 minutes but as a genral rule they take a long time to destroy.

You can get a large variety of hard rubber toys from pet stores.

Rope toys are also good... or heavy duty canvas toys.

If they don't mind things being destroyed, tennis balls are great, they die fairly easy but they are very cheap to replace if you buy in bulk :)

Honestly the rottweiler demolishes kongs too... even the strongest ones. :(

There's not much stronger than a kong sorry...

I think they are just going to have to use some alternatives like I posted above.

That is what we will do then. They don't mind replacing things if it is not too expensive. We buy the toys for their dogs and sometimes help them out with other things.

Very kind of you :)

We buy the tennis balls in bulk for the poodle... he is mental... you give him something with stuffing in it and literally 5 seconds later it looks like it's been snowing! :eek:

You can get them for under $1 each if you get them bulk (By bulk I mean 20 or so)

We had that problem with our dobie, until we took her to PetSmart and let her pick. She chose an ultraplush carrot of all things. It lasted about three years. She just held it down and nibbled the fuzz, it didn't come out or anything. If I could remember the brand I'd buy stock, it was that good. BTW, this was a dog that took 7minutes and 32 seconds to vaporize a baked beef femur.

May I ask what kong is, it might work for my daughter doxie as she chews anything in 2 seconds flat.

http://www.puppy-training-solutions.com/image-files/rubber-kong-dog-toys.jpg

Thanks Shaz, I will go to my local pet staore and try to find two as her mother in law has a bull terrier and it will get jealous if the doxie gets something and she doesn't.

No problem AuntSwee, I just pop a little dry dog food in them.

A cheaper alternative is using an empty softdrink bottle.
Just pop some dry food into it and leave the lid off. My dogs love the rattling sound too :)

as we traveled around the mall and shops yesterday getting tennis balls we came across a kong type toy that looks like one end of a bone. It is thick red rubber and may be made by kong I am not sure. But we gave it to her and four hours later *and three different dogs chewing on it (the rottie, two alapha blue blooded bull dogs) and it has nothing but a few teeth marks in it. No matter how hard they try it is not breaking at all. We got it at Global Ryans Pet food Store. I'm going to call our friends later this afternoon and see how it is still handling its self.
Shaz, we got our dog from the same people with the rottie . They don't have the nicest house and can't afford a lot of things because he can't work any more (degenrative muscle disease) so we assist them in any way possible. We help out with dog food, walking, taking the dogs out swimming in the summer, we buy toys and the occasional bone for them and this weekend we helped build a 15 x 20 outdoor pen and we will be helping with a building to keep them out of the wind and rain when they are outside

Sounds like they are much loved dogs binx44, by both their owners and by you!
I like the outdoor runs even though a lot of people think they are cruel.
We are currently building one for my mums poodle which will be arriving in a few months. As long as it's plenty big enough for them to run in and they still get to come out and play it's fine.

I'm a huge animal lover. If I don't have animals to play with I'm not as happy. Me I actually own five pets. I like outdoor runs too but since I only have one dog I just use the backyard which is huge and fenced in. me I think its worse tieing up a dog outside and leaving it for however long someone leaves it out for compaired to a run where they can move more freely and there are no worries about the chain getting stuck on things. Plus its kindof hard to tie all four dogs they own *the dobie doesn't play much on account he's 12 years old* outside in the yard. Its much easier to tie two out and put the two pups in the pen

Yes I agree completely, breaks my heart to see dogs chained up to kennels with dirt all around them.

If the Dobe is anything like one of my mums poodles she would just look at the younger one's playing with an expression of "come on kids... calm down..." lol

Yeppers that's exactally what Kilo is like.. he watches over all the young ones with a bored expression on his face making sure they don't hurt each other *if one gets hurt he wanders over and shoves the other one off the dog that got hurt*.Them bull dog pups are so hard on each other. He is currently slowly going down hill though so we don't know how much longer he will be around. He has an enlarged prostate, a tumor and he is losing control of his walking abilities in his back legs. A year ago the vet gave him one weekend to live and he is still kicking. He is on a few drugs, steroids and a low painkiller but he still is rocking on. :D. some days he has bad days but most of them are still good and its obvious that the drugs are helping and he's not hurting.
Even the rottie is doing much better though. A year and a half ago she had hip surgery and we all worried it was not going to heal right or anything. She couldn't keep weight on it or anything but now she uses it like it was never even hurt in the first place. But we don't let her play too much. I was wondering. Would you think that swimming would be OK for her on account of her leg. She loves running and such but when she twists to turn another direction we all worry she is going to get hurt again

It's always hard when they are getting a bit older, I'm glad he is surpassing the vets expectations and that you are doing everything to keep him comfortable :)

Swimming would probably be very good. It would strengthen the muscles without having any hard impact like running. A lot of dogs have hydrotherapy after an injury.

You are right there shaz, it is hard when they start to get older. We all are glad that our friend didn't listen to the vet. He told them to put the dog down (at the end of the weekend they said he wouldn't make it past) but he wasn't suffering at all and he still was eating fine and everything.
That's what I thought about swimming shaz but I figured I would ask you since you are so well versed about dogs. *or so it seems lol* I also accepted the request. Thanks :D

Good stuff lol thanks for the accept!
I'm glad she didn't listen to the vet either!
We've had a few tough calls like that, had to decide whether it was worth continuing treatment or not, nearly 10 years ago (wow has it been that long? ) our shih tzu had liver failure, we spent literally thousands trying to make him better but towards the end he was in obvious pain, despite the medications so decided it was the right thing to do.

I'm no expert in dogs but I have had them for a very long time and anything I don't know I can ask my mum! :) I've been there for the birthing of 6 litters... 1 rottweiler, 2 great danes and 3 poodles.
Down side of having dogs for so long is that they eventually get sick and unfortunately all the good times do come to an end. :(

Your right there. It can be heartbreaking. I've owned 5 dogs in my lifetime. A Nova Scotia Duck Toller (who didn't even know what outdoors was when we got her. They kept her in a small cage in the basement 99% of the time) Two mix breeds from the same father but different mothers (my friends dogs decided they both wanted the same babies daddy LOL) and A german shepard police dog (whom was locked in a room with her old owner who had passed away for three days) she was mentally unstable when I got her, she hated men and sadly I gave her away due to an attack on my boyfriend. :O you may think it was horrible to give away a dog with violent tendencies but I gave her to a couple who were both cops and owned a horse/alpaca farm and now with lots of work she is the best dog they could ever ask for. And now there's Rebel. My pride and joy Rare breed called A carolina dog (or American Dingo). I'll tell you it takes a lot of research and care when you get a breed that technically is a species not a breed. Hes a little odd compaired to regular dogs and he's got his own ways but its neat. You see Carolina dogs do unique things like communal pup rearing, regurgitation, digging small nose sized holes in spring and fall. I've been there for the birthing of two litters. But my forte is really horses. I train horses and give riding lessons in my spare time when I can

I don't think it's horrible at all.
We had to do the same thing with one of our poodles.
My mum bought a great dane a year ago and the poodle kept attacking him, he never did any damage but as the dane grew older he started realising that the poodle was being serious and started showing that he might fight back...
The only reason we did it was for the poodles safety, one day the dane would be a big grown up dog and if he decided to fight him seriously, the poodle would be dead.
He is in a very loving home now with an older lady who doesn't have any other dogs...
We still see him on occasion being walked as he lives in the same suburb as us which is nice :)

Horse riding is on my list of things to do!
The closest I've ever gotten was on my uncles big pallomino stallion when I was little, I adored that horse!
I refuse to go to any of the riding schools here because they are so hard on their horses... :(

Wow. That for sure was much safer for the poodle then. I find the littler dogs always think they are so much bigger. I've had some people call me a horrid person for giving someone an "evil" dog as they put it. Well at least you still get to see him. We make a point of driving by the farm to see if my old dog and his new owners are outside. They love us stopping by.
Ive been riding horses since I have been able to walk and I have seen how some places treat their horses. I use a training method called the Cook Method. Only because my old boss Christine Cook was the first one in Nova Scotia to come up with a unique, hands on, no stress training method. There is no stress placed on the horse, no hitting, yelling and plenty of paitence. With the technique she has started you can train a horse to take a rider willingly within 6 months or less and they don't shy from loud noises and you could even take a plastic bag and tie it to their foot, saddle, bridle or halter and it wouldn't even bother them at all. Have you thought about going to someone you know or lives near you that knows horses and owns one. They might let you learn to ride with their horse (s) and you would know how they are treated also

That's not a bad idea...
One of my old work mates has a horse but it's a bit of a terror apparently. I'll ask her if she knows anyone with a more "quieter" horse lol
That training method sounds great... all the riding school horses here are just so dull... you see them and they just seem so unhappy. There is one up the road from my mum and when we drive past they are always laying down in the (very small) paddocks or just standing there.

Hehe I've had a horse like that. He was a trickster though he could open his stall doors and everything. I've seen that before too. Not enough room for the poor things. I wish people would take account into the size of their animal versus the need for a specific amount of space