• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        4·
        9 months ago

        I had a dog like that, except it wasn’t surgical. But she hated squeakers, so if she had a toy with one, she would do her best to tear it out.

  • Beldarofremulak@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    9 months ago

    That’s basically what plushies are designed to do. Be ripped apart. Now why they are as expensive as the extra tough rubber chew toys that are designed to last is the real question.

    • Gregorech@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I’ve found that you can get cheap stuffed animals at Goodwill if tearing it apart is the goal. Discount stores like Ross, or Marshall’s have a pet section where you can get some good actual dog toys for less than $5.

        • Gregorech@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          Personally the Goodwill ones I choose are no plastic parts; eyes, nose, ect mostly those mallow squishy ones also those are never unsupervised. The ones from the discount stores I look for name brands if I can find them like Bark or Outward Hound.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            4·
            9 months ago

            I’d even be worried about the stuffing, honestly. Who knows where that toy got made and what it was filled with. You can’t even trust toys designed for humans to be safe for kids!

            Maybe I’m being too cautious, maybe there’s no difference, but I’d hate to do it and then have my dog get sick.

            • eating3645@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              9 months ago

              Pretty sure the stuffing is polyester, which isn’t great for dogs, but it’s not so bad for them that you need to rush to the vet or anything. Pretty sure it’ll just come out the other end undigested.

              Source: I’m a random Internet stranger with zero qualifications, you can trust me.

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
                2·
                9 months ago

                I’m pretty sure of that too, but not sure enough to trust a Goodwill plushie. An ounce of doubt is enough for me to not want to risk my doggie’s health. Especially since she’s 9 years old.

  • Nougat@kbin.social
    91·
    9 months ago

    Dogs disembowel their toys because that’s what they would do to an animal in the wild in order to get to the meaty goodness inside.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      She kills a lot of critters in the back yard (we have a dog door, so she can go chase them whenever she wants) but surprisingly never disembowels them (and rarely eats them too). I don’t get it.

      She does “kill” her toys the same way she kills critters- grabbing them by the head and shaking them as hard as she possibly can.

      • GroundedGator@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        Looks and sounds like lab behavior. Though I’m sure other dogs do the same. I had a lab mix growing up that was great at catching just about everything, but got bored once they stopped moving.

  • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    For christmasnour dogs got extra super special durable toys because they love plushies but one of them demolishes them the way yours do.

    Each of them lasted less than a day…

  • w3dd1e@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    9 months ago

    My dog does this. I started picking up the stuffing and putting it back in. He gets to do it all over again. He loves it.

    • BlueLineBae@midwest.socialEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I got my dog a big log toy that has holes in it and is filled with teeny squeaky squirrels. He LOVES to stick his nose inside and pull out all the squirrels and shake each one! Then I put them back in so he can do it again. One time, he shook the log and all the squirrels went flying everywhere. I’m glad he hasn’t figured out how to do that on purpose 😂

  • Skanky@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    So here’s a question…

    Does anyone know where to buy the material for rope toys? I’m tired of shelling out $15 every couple of weeks for something that i could make myself

  • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    According to the metadata:

    7:48pm…

    8:02pm…

    15 mins is a good run for most toys that don’t have a rope skeleton, but the stuffing is usually out by minute 5.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Ouch! Was it one of the “for heavy chewers” toys (or whatever they call them?) That was my biggest gripe. This was supposed to be an extra-tough toy.

      • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        Initially I got those until I realised for the price they cost, I’d get five cheaper ones that’d get destroyed in total time of two hours, instead of the one toy being destroyed in 1 hour. The “indestructible” toys are total bs lol.

        I know that sounds like a savage dog, but he’s a Finnish Lapphund. Long story short, super friendly, cautious, intelligent, gentle, and submissive companion working breed, but how they were bred, they eat leftovers and carcasses like wild dogs. So he gets big frozen bones, ribs, etc. everyday. But, every now and then he gets a soft toy and it’s a big mental stimulation to rip it apart. The first couple mins is watching him literally explore areas for weak spots to get in, then it rapidly unravels like one of those YT vids of pelple solving Rubix cubes in under 30s.