Dog Toys

Codye&Rex23 · 08-10-2006, 04:20 PM

I've went through almost every toy in the store. He chews up bones and toys in a heartbeat. He hates kong toys for some reason and will never play with them. What toys do you guys like. Do any of you guys use a flirt pole to play with your dog.

Deacon's-MoM · 08-10-2006, 04:39 PM

What are you stuffing in the kong? Deacon never played with it until i stuffed it with good stuff. I dont know how i survived with out it. Also soup bones form the meat department at the grocery store are great too.

What is a flirt pole!?!?!?

**BackInBlack** · 08-10-2006, 04:59 PM

You have to give the Kong some value....start throwing it and have your dog retreive it, or stuff it with something. Without any "value" to it, its kinda a boring toy. They take to long to tear apart...dont squeak... Mine used to ignore it too. They always want what they think they cant have.

Codye&Rex23 · 08-10-2006, 05:01 PM

A flirt pole reminds me of the cat toys that has a pole with a string and like a mouse on the end. Here is a site with a flirt pole. There is a couple way you can do it. Such as with a pvc pipe with a rope running through it with a knot at the end ( so the rope don't get pulled through ) and on the other end you can put a dog toy of some sort. I heard these are good for like tug-o-war and stuff like that.

http://www.americanbulldogs.co.uk/cooperfliet.jpg

Not a Doberman site, But I'm sure the concept will work.

Sooz · 08-10-2006, 05:22 PM

That's fine if you want to spend all your time "dog fishing". Personally, I would want some toys he enjoyed playing with by himself, giving me a break!

**BackInBlack** · 08-10-2006, 05:29 PM

We used those when Rommel was a puppy, I made one with PVC, rope, and a rag...just like you said. But even at 4 months old Rommel could pull the rope off of the pole, I doubt it would last very long with a 1 year old doberman. I would suggest maybe a tug made of jute, or the firehose toys. There arent many toys that a determined doberman cant destroy....good luck

**BackInBlack** · 08-10-2006, 05:30 PM

Here is a pic of the one I had

**brumwolf** · 08-10-2006, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sooz

That's fine if you want to spend all your time "dog fishing". Personally, I would want some toys he enjoyed playing with by himself, giving me a break!

What a great concept that would be,i will try it at the next doberman show i go to, see how many i catch, maybe up the pack numbers some more hahaha :-)

Codye&Rex23 · 08-10-2006, 05:42 PM

BackinBlack: Did it work well for you?

**TracyJo** · 08-10-2006, 06:26 PM

Chi destroys all toys except for kongs, nylabones and real bones. Like the others though, she had no desire to play with the kong until I filled it full of doggy crack (aka squirt cheese).