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binx44 · May 1, 2009, 07:10 AM

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

danielnoahsmommy · May 1, 2009, 07:48 AM

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

shazamataz · May 1, 2009, 07:51 AM

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 :)

binx44 · May 1, 2009, 08:06 AM

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

shazamataz · May 1, 2009, 08:09 AM

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.

binx44 · May 1, 2009, 08:10 AM

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.

shazamataz · May 1, 2009, 08:14 AM

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)

Catsmine · May 1, 2009, 03:30 PM

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.

AuntSwee · May 1, 2009, 11:38 PM

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

shazamataz · May 2, 2009, 12:55 AM

AuntSwee · May 2, 2009, 01:07 AM

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.

shazamataz · May 2, 2009, 01:12 AM

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 :)

binx44 · May 4, 2009, 04:19 AM

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

shazamataz · May 4, 2009, 04:54 AM

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.

binx44 · May 4, 2009, 05:00 AM

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

shazamataz · May 4, 2009, 05:27 AM

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

binx44 · May 4, 2009, 05:41 AM

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

shazamataz · May 4, 2009, 05:59 AM

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.

binx44 · May 4, 2009, 08:33 AM

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

shazamataz · May 4, 2009, 08:54 AM

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. :(