Help on finding a toy

GeoGeorge

New member
Hi everyone. Im trying to find a toy to work my little Abbys mind. She is a very smart dog. I have a ball that you put treats in but that took her all of three minutes to figure out. I looked at some of the ones that she has to slide a door open but not sure they are going to hold up to her. She loves to chew her toys and some of the ones I found look cheep. I'm down to just her knog right now and I'm sure that will not keep her attention for much longer.

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wrknnwf

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Seems they never play with their toys more than a few minutes. But to help keep things interesting, be sure to rotate those toys. So instead of cluttering your floor with lots of them, put them up and trade them out as she gets bored.

If you're looking for games to engage her mind, try the old shell game using plastic cups with a treat under one, or play "find it" games. Hide a treat under a blanket or somewhere else where she won't destroy furniture, etc. digging it out.

The treat ball actually kept my dogs entertained the longest. I put a portion of their meal (kibble) in it so they wouldn't be overeating.

Raw, unfrozen cow bones worked well, but if she is an aggressive chewer, she could break teeth on a really hard bone. If you can find knuckle bones, I think they work better. I never could find raw ones. Don't use the cooked, basted kind that they sell at the pet stores. They splinter and can cause internal problems. Bones are pretty greasy, too.

Squeaky toys are appealing for a while, but some dogs do squeakectomys on them. I've also tried empty milk jugs or pop bottles with the lids and rings removed, but they to tend to gnaw on the threads and ingest a bit of plastic. It helped if I removed the stuffing from old ripped stuffies and inserted an empty pop bottle, then sewed it up. You can buy limp, unstuffed toys that are made just for that purpose, too

With any toy, don't forget to supervise her.
 

GeoGeorge

New member
Thanks for the reply. I'll try the hide and seek games. I really need to engage her mind. She is a smart one.
Exsample she knows down and stay on her bed. She hates to not see me. I put her in down stay went into the kitchen to cook dinner. she drug her bed over to where she could see me and got right back on it so she was in her down stay. I truned around and there she was on her bed and down.
This is not my first Newfie but is by far the most cunning one I have had.
 

Angela

Super Moderator
Thanks for the reply. I'll try the hide and seek games. I really need to engage her mind. She is a smart one.
Exsample she knows down and stay on her bed. She hates to not see me. I put her in down stay went into the kitchen to cook dinner. she drug her bed over to where she could see me and got right back on it so she was in her down stay. I truned around and there she was on her bed and down.
This is not my first Newfie but is by far the most cunning one I have had.
:lol::lol::lol:
 
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