dannymccann
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I'm struggling to find toys to keep him occupied / last long enough for him. We've all materials, all shapes and sizes and we've come to the conclusion that he is a bit of a gimp (has a rubber fetish) and at the minute he is making mincemeat of a solid rubber ball which is supposed to be 99% indestructible 
Gave him a pig's ear from the butchers this morning and by the time I had put the shopping away he was sitting waiting for his next toy  
I'm thinking I need something more....industrial....such as an old car tyre. Is that going to be an issue for his health? Any ideas on relatively cheap and readily available toys for him to nag on? Instead of tearing my kitchen to pieces 
edit: Staffy x Unknown, but he's 23/24kg
[Edited on 15-09-2012 by dannymccann]
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nathy_87
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Set up a tyre swing and let him have fun with that, it'll be fine. Shame he looks a beast. My uncle's got a bitch staffy, ready for breeding iirc. 
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Baskey
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How often you walking it? My puppy goes chewing mad if I havnt walked it enough
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dannymccann
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Hmmm, not really sure I want to encourage him to find his treats on our dinner table, and anyway, a cabbage wouldn't last 10 seconds
edit - he gets walked between 3.5 and 5 miles every day over 2 sessions, morning and evening
edit 2 - I would like to set a swing thing up but no trees / anything to hang it from, has to be floor based activities
[Edited on 15-09-2012 by dannymccann]
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Baskey
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Fair doos sound fine. Most dogs behaviour issues come from lack of walks/stimulation but yours sounds like it's getting enough
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nathy_87
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Hmm. get one of these or something similar take its mind off chewing evertything else up. You can get thicker/tougher ones.
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amos
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we got a 45kg American Bulldog x that will rip and pull apart any think including two kennels and the only thing he's not been able to rip up is a big boomer ball
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have you had him fixed? that can calm a lot of the naughty behaviour, you could just teach him to not chew? http://www.dog-obedience-training-review.com/stop-dog-chewing.html
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John
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Hep2o pipe seems to last for a bit, not because they couldn't demolish it, just because he seems to like playing with it.
Cows ears last for some reason as well, plays with it instead of chewing it?
Bones, balls etc get completely demolished.
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Tom J
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Tried a kong? (black one is toughest) Fill with peanut butter and treats, will spend ages trying to lick the stuff from inside
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Seany
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My staffy gets an off road style tyre on a rope to play with, it usually lasts about a month.
Everything else I've tried is gone in minutes as she just rips it to bits.
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Hep2o pipe seems to last for a bit, not because they couldn't demolish it, just because he seems to like playing with it.
My Dad's company produces that stuff - I'll let him know his products are being used for something useful 
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John
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It's great for dogs
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gazza808
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom J
Tried a kong? (black one is toughest) Fill with peanut butter and treats, will spend ages trying to lick the stuff from inside
Kong are ok but the black ones last my English bullterrier about a day.Z
[Edited on 15-09-2012 by gazza808]
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laingyla
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We got ours a antler he loves it had it for 2 MonNths it's only half way through and he nails them kong toys haha he's a staffie x rottie
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chloe16v
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try hooves stuffed with chicken or tripe, they are frozen, when they have got all the meat out it takes them ages to chew the hoof
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Kyle T
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My kitten has a toilet roll tube to play with, lasted 9 days so far
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chloe16v
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your kitten wouldnt last 9 seconds with my dogs
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My rabbit once growled at a doberman through a lattice fence and the dog just stepped back away from the fence and barked from a distance
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My rabbit useto beat my dog up..... Then it got killed by a different dog. Karma
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Steve X16XE
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This last a good 6 months with the mrs sister's staffy....
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&cp=5&gs_id=av&xhr=t&q=kong+dog+toys&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1920&bih=916&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=7429907092512716194&sa=X&ei=Yc1ZUOTICIWi0QWg8oEI&sqi=2&ved=0CFQQ8wIwAw
PS, I hate the thing. Always whining! It's really old but will out last an atom bomb. The Mrs is a Vet and I keep telling her to bring some "bump juice" home for it. She says no every time 
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chrisritch
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quote:
Originally posted by chloe16v
your kitten wouldnt last 9 seconds with my dogs
living in 2ft sheds and being fed carcasses, Im suprised your dogs have lasted 9 seconds with you
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andy1868
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We bought something off the market called an indestructaball for my bosses dogs. One is a labrador crossed with a bull mastiff or something and has a fiercely strong jaw and loves chewing. They're strong but hollow plastic but its size (we got a large one) meant that he couldn't get a grip of it in his mouth.
Another thing my boss gives him is strips of seatbelt that he removed from his land rover because he'd already chewed the buckle out of it they seem to last a while, in small strips he can't quite get a proper grip of it to completely tear it apart
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nathy_87
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quote:
Originally posted by chloe16v
your kitten wouldnt last 9 seconds with my dogs
quote:
Originally posted bychrisritch
living in 2ft sheds and being fed carcasses, Im suprised your dogs have lasted 9 seconds with you
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