Does your dog have a preference: bones, toys, balls, rawhide

lil96 · Super Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 1265

I ask this because my old dog loved to get bones, rawhides, little doggy biscuits and balls. But my dog I have now, he has no interest in those things. He only likes the "indestructable"(he certainly can destroy them in a matter of minutes) soft toys with squeakys inside. When I first started to train him or now when someone tries to give him a dog biscuit he looks at it like, 'ok what am I supposed to do with that' and won't take it from anyone. But if there is human food being giving out you better watch your fingers! The other day I found a pet store near my house and they only had the rubber toys, which he doesn'T like, but thats ok bc they creap me out . So i got one of those things that look like pig skin and I brought it home for him and he ran from it and got very jealous bc the cat got cat nip! My bf suggested it was too big then I remembered he just doesn'T like these things. So is anyone elses dog like this or is my dog just weird?

Zekesmom · Member Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Posts: 80

As a puppy Zeke was very difficult to train. We failed dog school in fact. He would lay down and not budge when we would be heeling. He did everything else beautifully. I was so frustrated. At one point, all the trainers were using baby talk to get him to move. He wouldn't budge. I think because he loved the dog park and being off leash in the woods he thought everyone was nuts walking in a circle on a leash. Anyway, months later I found the magic motivator, latex toys that squeak. He loves them!! The vinyl ones he destroyed and it wasn't until he stole a neighbor's toy that I discovered the magic. Zeke is a Rottweiler and he has everything, bones, rawhides, pigs ears, nylabones, etc. But the only toy he takes from his basket is a yellow hedgehog, wearing red sneakers, and listening to a walkman and wearing a sweatband. It is the ugliest thing ever!! He adores it. After a walk he goes and gets it. Then he gets the puppy crazies and runs back and forth throwing this thing all around. The bad part about it is that he will not let another dog near it. He is not possessive about anything else but this toy. So, can we join the strange toy dog club?

moose · Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 1:43 pm Post subject:

alright, this one's not about my own dog -- she is my parents' dog, though we did live together for 6 years before i moved away. anyway, her obsession with a certain type of toy began when she was just a puppy and we bought her this yellow rubber ring that had a ball with a bell in the middle of it (does that make sense to anyone?). this toy became known as the "power ring" because whenever she was trying to act "tough" -- barking at a neighbor's dog or helping the smoke detector sound the alarm that my mom had burned the bisquits -- she would grab the power ring and fend off evil with her super powers that the power ring gave her!

she now also has a steady flow of "power bones" -- hard nylabones she chews down to a nub -- as well as a bright red NEW power ring! the yellow one had to be replaced after she had destroyed it.

Nik · Member Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 258 Location: UK

Floob's is a ball, any ball, just a ball. He'll galdly do anything playful rather than eat though, so if you go toward any toy when you've put his dinner down he won't eat it.

Saying that, when he's out on walks up the feild he loves his frisbee above everything else.

Now my female cat, her absolute favorite is a hair bobble. She'll hunt them out and play for hours with it. The male cat just likes to sleep Smile

And Lil, your dogs just weird Laughing

j/p

lil96 · Super Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 1265

When we were in obdience class, he was always perfect, picked things up on the first try and did them perfect! The teacher would always use him as the example of how to do something. WE did this with the clicker and he was always like oh what is that noise? sorta frightened sort suprised and if I tried to give him a dog treat he would only take it after coaxingthen usually set it dow. But if it was human food yummmm. He has the weirdest personailty I wish more people could come meet him!

Jamiya · Moderator Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 5593

Some dogs, if they weren't given toys as puppies, have no idea what to do with them. You actually have to teach them how to play with them.

Nala LOVES plush toys with squeakers, but she rips them up and tries to eat them so I can't give them to her anymore. Sad

Jamiya

susan_cude@hotmail.com · Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 2:45 pm Post subject:

Casey's favorite toy is a plush yellow kitten with a SQEAKER (oh my) drives me nuts! Freebie's fav is Casey Very Happy

Susan

bullylove1 · Super Senior Member Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 1075

Harley's fav. are plush toys with little squeakers in them. This is a treat once in a while because the only purpose is for her to rip them tho shreds so I have to watch her and then pick up the carnage after.

But, she loves to play ball, any ball, any size, if its round, she will instantly fall in love with it. She also has a rubber ring we play frisbee with and she loves it.

The bad thing with the frisbee is she is such a girl, she WON'T jump. No matter what. She will stand and watch the ring come towards her face and hit her, but she wont' jump for it. Oh well, we all have our quirks.

2pyrs · Member Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 180 Location: Ohio

We stopped wasting our money on that stuff. Our guys are just like most little kids, nice gift in a real nice box need I say more. We give our Jack R. plastic pop bottles and she has a blast. We also give them apples and just gave our little one a lemon to play with and that was funny. Like to play tug with our Collie use old belts.
Hot days in the summer we give them all frozen koolaide. Who needs to spend money when you have stuff all over your home for them. Oh our female Pyr has her towel she carries around with her and sleeps on it at night.

2pyrs

GinaH · Super Senior Member Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 1377

Tennis balls, Empty toilet paper/paper towel rolls, Anything plush that they can rip apart in 5 seconds,Pig ears and their favorite is the Tug-O-War Sock my husband made for them.

4Dogsihave · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 3:49 am Post subject:

My husky was abused all her life and she does not know how to play with toys. She wants to I think, she will get them in her mouth and whine. We have tried to teach her. She seems content to just carry some of her favorites around with her or bury them. Now bones on the other hand she will tear one of those up!

My poms love anything they can get their little mouths on. FiFi's favorite toys are actually my scruntchies. If I ever cant find one I just have to go her bed. Suprisingly she doesnt tear them up. (I know you are all probly grossed out by that but I am being honest here! lol)

nern · Moderator Joined: 14 Mar 2004 Posts: 5042 Location: NY

Both of my dogs really like their rawhide chews and squeaky toys. Natalie does'nt even chew her rawhide she just likes to lay with it....she quickly destroys squeaky toys but its fun to watch her play with them.

lanena322 · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 5:48 am Post subject:

Laika's new obsession is a nasty yellow fuzzy tennis ball. She will not pay attention to anything else except that ball.

Now Nana on the other hand adores EVERYTHING, chewable or not. Wether its a sock or a food dish, she will push it around or carry it around like she owns it. Its not hard buying toys for her.