TanksMommy

What kinds of "homemade toys" do you let your dobe play with?

I will clean out a milk jug and Tank will chase that around the house all day!

and I was just wondering what other good Ideas I could get from everyone he gets bored with his toys quite fast I try rotating them but that does not work either and it gets a bit $$$$ to buy 2 or 3 toys every week or so!

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brw1982

Fiona wouldn't stop stealing towels out of laundry baskets, the bathroom, when the linen closet door was open for 2 seconds...so, I finally grabbed one really big towel and tied it up into a huge knot and let her have it. She loves that thing. She carries it allover the place and will stand on it with her front feet and try to rip it apart with her mouth. It's really sturdy and she still hasn't even managed to tear it in one spot yet. Although, it's still a strictly supervised "toy"; I can imagine if I turned my back for one second she'd find a way to eat half of it. It also works with blankets. My brother really liked the idea and tied a fleece throw blanket into a big knot for his mini schnauzer, who also loves it for some reason.

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brigette
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the_discowhore

We get old socks and knot them up and make them into a big sock ball for Lottie, don't let Libby have it as she would shred it though. Also have an old sweatshirt from my dad which we knotted up and gave to the dogs as a tug-o-war toy.

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von Cosack Dobermann

Viho plays piano, very well, but only in one key!!! Von.

michael327

Knots tied in almost anything work for mine. I take old work jeans, cut the legs off tie an end, toss in a tennis ball and tie off the other end. Lasts a good long time and the two of them will tug with each other for hours.

Cardboard boxes at work are a hit as long as you don't mind the clean up later.

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In his grief over the loss of a dog, a little boy stands for the first time on tiptoe, peering into the rueful morrow of manhood. After this most inconsolable of sorrows there is nothing life can do to him that he will not be able to somehow bear. " - James Thurber

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brw1982

Oh YES! Cardboard boxes!! I even have to immediately put away 12 packs of soda or Fiona will grab hold and drag them around. It was really, really funny when she was little. Now it doesn't take so much effort on her part.

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"I can not call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people" ~ Mark Twain

brigette
DT geek club member # i

Swoosh~66

When we were visiting my parents for Thanksgiving, my Mother took a Powerade bottle that Diamond was enamored with and put some barley in it so it made a great sound when she flipped it around (sarcasm used with "great")


Don't all Dobies play piano? I thought they were born with the gift of music?

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We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment. ~George Eliot

Alisande

Now, if they played the guitar I'd be impressed.

Patches Mom

I give Buddy a coconut he will carry it around then I break it open pour the milk in a bowl if they want to drink it.I take off the hard outside shell they eat the rest keeps them busy for a little while they seem to enjoy it a lot I do this maybe once a month.Lately some of the coconuts seem to be moldy looking I throw those away.Get dirty looks from the Fur Kids though.

bean

Right now I don't give Si anything that's not a recognizable dog toy as I am trying to limit chewing and shredding of non-dog stuff.

But I did rip up a pair of old jeans and braid the strips for a tug toy. I like the idea of stuffing a tennis ball in a leg of jeans!

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Erica