I've had some luck with these: http://www.goughnuts.com/

 

Thanks - something like this might work!

My guy also quickly did in a tuffie, they aren't that strong against a dog who WANTS to take it apart. I've thought about trying a goughnut but I'm pretty sure if it is tough enough Jubel will quickly lose interested. If he can't destroy it it's not as much fun to him, makes it hard to have toys for him in general.

Shelby had a great time tearing the Tuffie Toy apart. He was so happy unstuffing it; it was kind of cute. Shelby does like to play fetch, so I think some of the goughnut products might be good for him.

 

My guy also quickly did in a tuffie, they aren't that strong against a dog who WANTS to take it apart. I've thought about trying a goughnut but I'm pretty sure if it is tough enough Jubel will quickly lose interested. If he can't destroy it it's not as much fun to him, makes it hard to have toys for him in general.

 

My dog takes about 2 minutes to destroy anything that's stuffed. Now, this isn't an indestructable toy, but it has no stuffing and is one my dog has had the longest (about a year). http://www.petstages.com/dogs/playing/stuffing-free-gator.html (Got it at Target.)

She did pull/chew off the felt accents, like the fins and the teeth, but the toy overall is still going strong. And, the good (or bad) thing is that it still squeaks very loudly -two tones - even after it gets punctured.

She does have a couple other things that have stood up well too, but I don't know who makes them so they're hard to find links to.

Edit: Oh I know you mentioned Kongs, but I don't know if you mean the food-dispensing ones or what. Kong Wubbas are pretty durable too.

 

That is pretty neat, I might have to try it! Shelby loves loud squeakers - though my parents may not be as thrilled!

http://www.jwpet.com/dog/megalasttoys.html

We got the blue ball pictured on the left for Max, and it seems to have lasted much longer than other rubber toys. What's nice about JW is that they make 'natural rubber' softer toys, and then their megalast line.

I will look into that, thanks!

After Esther dispatched a black Kong into so many pieces, I couldn't even gather them up, I decided that "indestructible" is a relative term.

The pet store gave me a refund, after quizzing me about what kind of beast I have, and I bought a couple of Nylabones, which hold up pretty well.

Tougher toys seem to bring out the shark in her but high-value, more delicate treasures - like tennis balls - are never destroyed.

When we first got her, before she was even slightly domesticated, she had a cheap squeak toy that she played with for a week before trashing it. I believe it was probably the first toy she ever had, so it may have deserved more consideration.

Shelby destroys everything that he can, but he is definitely no Esther - his black kong has survived so far!

I see several people have mentioned Nylabone products; I will have to go to Petsmart/Petco and take a look at them.

 

There's a brand we've had success with, I think it's "Rough and Rugged".
Also, most things by Nylabone work for us.

 

The standard nylabones have been good. I bought this nylabone product and he started popping out the red nubs within minutes, took about an hour cummulative time for him to cause it to split apart along it's seem. I just recently got him one of these and so far it's holding up the same as a standard nylabone.

 

A horse jolly ball which can be found at most tack stores as well as most TSC stores. I have had good luck with those lol. Also most Petco/ petsmart stores have "toughie" toys (I have a "toughie" toy dog so I feel you :/). Even for my other dog I buy them cuz they a)last longer & b)if my "toughie" dog steals the toy I know it won't be destroyed lol.

 

A jolly ball might be good. I hadn't thought of that. That would be a really great toy for him to play with outside.

I like sterilized bones too. And raw beef bones from the butcher. However, the raw bones don't actually LAST as they have to be thrown out after a day, but they are cheap and my dogs love, love, love them.

I've had some luck with the Tirebiters toys, however, some of them temporarily discolored my carpet when being actively chewed. It didn't stain, but it worried me at first!

My orbies have stood up too.

I also own kong killers. Nylabones, goughnuts, and jolly bones are great. Tuffy toys are fun, but the sqeakers are gone in minutes. Fortunately, mine will play with the "carcass" for months.

Shelby likes the carcass too. He quit chewing on it once he had completely unstuffed it and just carried it around for hours. Weird dog!

Oh, and he does get bones and bully sticks, he just really likes toys. I always buy something for mom and dad's dogs for Christmas, and I was just plain out of ideas for Shelby. Thanks everyone for the suggestions!

 

After Esther dispatched a black Kong into so many pieces, I couldn't even gather them up, I decided that "indestructible" is a relative term.

The pet store gave me a refund, after quizzing me about what kind of beast I have, and I bought a couple of Nylabones, which hold up pretty well.

Tougher toys seem to bring out the shark in her but high-value, more delicate treasures - like tennis balls - are never destroyed.

When we first got her, before she was even slightly domesticated, she had a cheap squeak toy that she played with for a week before trashing it. I believe it was probably the first toy she ever had, so it may have deserved more consideration.

 

Buff likes to peel the felt off of tennis balls *sigh*. If we could get it off 100% I'd let her play with it anyway, but there's always more to pull and I don't want her swallowing it. As for stuffed toys, she will gnaw and fuss at it until every last bit of stuffing is out. She even got one of those longer mostly non-stuffed toys turned completely inside-out to get to the golf-ball-sized wad of stuffing in its head.

 

http://www.jwpet.com/dog/megalasttoys.html

We got the blue ball pictured on the left for Max, and it seems to have lasted much longer than other rubber toys. What's nice about JW is that they make 'natural rubber' softer toys, and then their megalast line.

 

I like sterilized bones too. And raw beef bones from the butcher. However, the raw bones don't actually LAST as they have to be thrown out after a day, but they are cheap and my dogs love, love, love them.

I've had some luck with the Tirebiters toys, however, some of them temporarily discolored my carpet when being actively chewed. It didn't stain, but it worried me at first!

My orbies have stood up too.

I also own kong killers. Nylabones, goughnuts, and jolly bones are great. Tuffy toys are fun, but the sqeakers are gone in minutes. Fortunately, mine will play with the "carcass" for months.

 

*chuckle* ...... Carcass same here, tho I don't get squeakys, they just don't last ... Except the balls with the little feet & only cuz she can't get her mouth around them lol.

 

Jubel is just in it for destruction which I wouldn't mind so much if he wasn't likely to try and eat parts that come off. In the case of the tuffie he ran around happy with a new toy for a few minutes squeeking with just about every step. Then he settled down and starting gnawing with his back molars on a seam to begin the destruction. To prolong the life of this $15 toy I practiced a lot of "drop" with him and I'd either hand it back hoping he'd start chewing on another corner (no luck there) or toss it across the room for him to go chase. He'd go fetch it and settle back down in front of me to gnaw some more. I think the tuffie lived about 3 hours of cummulative time before I decided it was nearly unsafe for him.

Most of the toys that are tough enough or large enough to prevent him from getting his molars around it he loses interest in pretty quickly. I got one of the tire chews with a rope through it, he gnawed through the rope and once I removed the rope he hasn't touched it since. Only had one tennis ball in the house when I first brought him home. He swallowed parts of it before I knew how destructive he was and puked it back up a few hours later.

 

Kodi is a toy destroyer. I had to get rid of all his soft toys as he would pull at them and swallow threads. He puts holes in just about anything and chews off pieces. He won't play with really hard "indestructible" toys. Believe it or not, I saw these rubber chickens in Walmart. They are silly looking, floppy, in different colors with polka dots on them and a squeaker in the throat. I bought him one and he played with it a couple of weeks and then the squeaker broke but he still played with it. I got him another one about a month ago and the squeaker is still working, but not quite as good as when it was new. These are his absolute favorite toys and he plays with them, shakes them, bites them, and tries to kill them almost constantly. So far he has not punctured either one or chewed off any pieces. I'm not sure whether it is the toughness of the toy (it doesn't seem that tough) or whether he is just satisfied with biting and shaking it and doesn't try to chew off pieces. When they are new, the squeaker can be pretty noisy, but they seem to wear out.

 

Caeda has graduated into being a super heavy chewer. They Nylabone for heavy chewers is the only thing that has lasted over a week (forget bullys.....maybe an hour?). The big Kong Wubba we got her shockingly enough lasted about a month, probably mostly because it is so huge to get her mouth around and the cloth is tough enough to take some time to shred

 

The big Kong Wubba we got her shockingly enough lasted about a month, probably mostly because it is so huge to get her mouth around and the cloth is tough enough to take some time to shred

Man, I was so disappointed with the Kong Wubba. We got the big blue one and Biscuit shredded the tentacles in maybe ten minutes.

Also overrated: bully sticks (45 minutes if that) and the annoyingly-expensive Himalayan Dog Chew.

 

A healthy and VERY long lasting treat is the Himalayan Dog Chew; it really does take a long time for the animal to nibble it down. It is a recipe that is over 500 years old made of yak and cow milk. It is heated to a temperature over 400 degrees, thus, it is a very hard and long lasting treat. www.HimalayanDogChew.com

 

Contrary to this...I had high hopes for the Himalayan Dog Chew based on recommendations like this (and from our local independent dog shop) but Biscuit made very short work of it, like a bully stick. She thinks it's delicious, but chips away at it with her teeth, making a really horrible noise to boot, like nails on a chalkboard. For a smallish and gentle-looking dog, she is really quite the power chewer. We had to take this thing away permanently after about a half an hour.

I was thinking an antler might be a good next try, except that they are SO EXPENSIVE that I'm reluctant to invest since we've had such bad luck with every single supposedly-indestructible chew except Nylabones. Maybe next time I'm feeling spendy I'll order one. Are they hard enough to cause tooth chipping?

The Goughnuts is a good rec too. I'll check that out!

 

Another good recommendation for an indestructible chew is an antler; these are healthy and 100-percent digestible for the dog. Antlers are naturally shed from deer and elk- so no animals are killed to bring your dog this nutritious, yummy chew; it's 100 percent natural too, not like many other long lasting chew toys.

 

I was disappointed with the Himalayan chews too. Buff totally ate one in about an hour, then had runny poops for a few days.

Antlers are great though. That and RMB are my favorite occupying chews for her.

 

What kind of RMB would be good for a medium-sized (40-lb) power chewer? I gave Biscuit a frozen chicken neck (later I found out I should probably have thawed it first) with the skin removed and she ate it in like ten minutes. Oops. Clearly I need something bigger? Would a couple of ribs of some sort work? Although, to be honest, RMBs are never going to be a daily affair for us. Too messy. Biscuit needs a chew she can have on the living room rug.

 

I like beef knuckle bones. They are a lot of cartlidge so not as hard on the teeth as a leg bone and the shape makes it harder for the dog to crunch straight down on the bone (and crack a tooth); they kind of have to gnaw at it sideways instead. You can have the butcher cut them in half for medium dogs.

 

Sadie is a distroyer too, the all time fav of her is a stuffed toy i found in a Thirft shop, still in the box, a BUZZ LIGHTYEAR doll. We got that for her when we got her in Feb 2010 and he has had some repair done to him, but it was worth it. Today he is loosing a leg and his backpack and some stuffing, guess what I will be doing tomorrow. lol (I hope i can repair him, hes pretty torn up)

she loves toys that she can shake to death! The KONG Balls? have yet to find one that will last more than 2 wks!! We got her a ball on a rope last summer, she shook that till the ball came off!!

Chewing? Have yet to find anything that will last for more than a few days,
The nyabones~ she will chew till it makes her gums bleed, so she dont get them anymore. Are they supposed to get that sharp?? She does like them but we are worried about the gums bleeding like that. Other than that we give her raw beef bones to chew on. If we can get a good one, will last her for a month or more.

and yes!! This is a Great Topic!! Lots of info and input~~ Thanks!

 

The nyabones~ she will chew till it makes her gums bleed, so she dont get them anymore. Are they supposed to get that sharp?? She does like them but we are worried about the gums bleeding like that.

We get that sometimes too. The chewing seems to sometimes make the Nylabone get bristly. I think a few drops of blood are okay (nothing excessive). I base this on nothing except the fact that sometimes my gums bleed when I floss, but flossing is supposed to be good for my gums. Along the same lines, I'm hoping that Nylabone bristles are good for stimulating the dog's gums, or something. Right-o.

 

Jack loves to destroy any of his toys - and thank god he only destroys his toys and nothing else in the house! He has a black Kong that is his treat Kong. We also have a larger red Kong that his is play Kong.

Nylabones and antlers are a HUGE hit in this house! Antlers may cost more, but they sure do last and Jack is a power chewer!

Both of our dogs love tug toys and the best tugs I have found are ones that are homemade. You take three long pieces of fleece and braid them together and put a knot in the middle and each end. Once they get ratty - throw it out and make a new one. We also work in the marine industry and have access to all kinds of rope and the dogs love a simple rope tug with a knot in the middle and each end.

Any toys with without stuffing are good too. Those unstuffable ones you see in pet stores work good. They have two of them, sure they are missing their faces and hind-ends, but the dogs still play with them.

I have a closet full of "dead" babies that need to be re-sewn. That will be a job for Christmas break - the only thing is they go crazy when I am sewing their babies up - they haven't seen them in so long they are excited to get them back!

The one thing they do not like are rubber toys - I don't think they like the smell or taste of them. We have two toys that are rubber and they are always left at the bottom of their toy basket.

 

Izze also chews nylabones like that, til her gums bleed. She is missing some teeth (had to be pulled or were kicked out from cattle) i think that the nylabone, when it gets a little chewed it gets those rough edges on them, I suppose that they get in the holes where the teeth were.

 

I have two pitbulls that destroy every toy I buy for them in like five minutes tops. What I find works really well, is find an old pair of jeans and cut the legs off, tie the legs into one knot and let them play with that. It works really well, they haven't destroyed it yet.

 

Shell, aren't knuckle bones weight bearing? Isn't that supposed to be bad? Sorry, I'm obviously new to this!

 

Yes, they bear weight obviously since there are at the end of the leg But they are quite different structurally than the long bones of the leg (the "weight bearing bones" you were warned against). Knuckles have softer bones, cartilage and little or no marrow compared to the hard marrow bones of the leg.