Chew Toys for Labs

[cspigner28]

Anyone else have a Lab, whose favorite past time is chewing??? I am trying to find that perfect toy for my lab, but he either loses interest, or has it completely to pieces in a matter of minutes. We just bought 2 toys, we thought he was going to love, a nylabone, (Which he loved for the first 10 or so minutes) then lost interest when it either lost flavor, or he figured out it couldn't tear it up. We also bought a dogzilla (I believe it is supposed to be like a kong) but it was chicken flavor. I thought this one is going to be great, he can't chew through a kong in a day, and it is chicken flavor, which he will love!! Well, he loved it alright, it lasted 5 minutes. Now I have a million red plastic pieces all over the floor I have to go clean up. These things are not cheap either we're talking 7-10 a pop. So, I was just wondering what other labs have enjoyed!!??!! (That doesn't cost an arm and a leg) TIA for any suggestions!!!

[shannon1189]

I have been very lucky with my girls. I have never had a problem with chewing.

[cspigner28]

Awww, they are SO Beautiful!!! I have a Marley and Me type Lab, Midas is always into EVERYTHING!!! Oh, and shedding is the worst!!!

[shannon1189]

Thank you

Oh yeah they shed, I am forever sweeping the floor. I have 5 all together. 3 Males 2 females.

Molly-Black
Dixie- Yellow
Pistol- Yellow
Sport- yellow
Diesel- yellow

The males stay at the hunting club until we can get the yard fenced in. Hopefully by next year I can bring them back home. My males used to stay inside when they was a bit younger but it was too much with all them inside. I have been very lucky . I do crate train and maybe that helped with chewing.

[motherofmolly]

try an actual kong...my lab has not been able to chew threw that one....i also have found a "tire" at petsmart...it looks like a small mini tire...my lab at first couldnt chew threw it but it took him a couple months to break a piece off of it...just small ones...and they can use it as a tug of war type toy...
make sure you get a bigger kong...you dont want it too small that it can get stuck in the dogs throat. also they are nice because when they bounce, they bounce crooked and will give the dogs a good run

i also would go to garage sales and grab $.10 stuffed animals just to let them destroy them for fun...makes a mess but it is cheaper than buying a toy

my two dogs (lab and belgian malinois) can destroy any toy...except a kong

[shannon1189]

Molly tore up the bed pillow. Thought ya might get a kick out of seeing this .

[selah]

We have a chocolate lab....she has never been a huge chewer...which from what I have heard, most are....this is our first lab...and will probably not be our last....love these dogs. When she does chew, she will usually chew on a rawhide bone and she will eat peanut butter out of a kong...but even as a puppy, she would not chew up things....I think she chewed a pen, maybe 2 shoes, and paper....and that was about it....but she did destroy many stuffed dog toys....one night I sat for about an hour repairing her toys...gave them to her....she had them all ripped up in about 10 minutes....boy, did I waste my time.quit buying her stuffed animals after that....we have tug toys for her, and balls and she loves those....loves for us to pitch things for her to retrieve....guess thats why they call them labrador retreivers.......oh, and when we leave we never crate her....my dh things it is cruel, so we have never done that...glad she has been good ....she is about 3 and a half yrs now.

[cspigner28]

lol, yea, Midas goes through stuffed animals like you wouldn't believe!! We finally gave up on stuffed animal type toys, because he started stealing them from my girlsThey didn't like that too much!!! Peanut butter is the only way to go with the kong for us, (unless they have a flavored one I haven't found yet) He doesn't like the taste of rubber, so I put peanut butter in them, and once it is gone, just put some more!! That's the only way he will mess with it!!! As far as when we leave the house, we have to lock him in the bathroom, or he would tear up the entire house!!! If we had a fenced in back yard, he would probably stay outside while we were gone, but not that lucky!!!

[cspigner28]

Looks like she had a ball!!!!

Originally Posted by shannon1189 Molly tore up the bed pillow. Thought ya might get a kick out of seeing this .

[shannon1189]

Do you have a problem with her chewing the walls or anything of that nature in the bathroom? I would be afraid to leave both loose in the house if I was not home. I think Dixie would be fine, but Molly is a different story. They will knock over the trash can, and see if some goodies is in there for them.