Dog owners: do you have a recommendation for a good chew toy for strong chewers? (Please read details.)?

(Please read details. ) We adopted a young, chocolate lab last fall. We were told he was 2 but the vet thinks he was only about 16 months at the time -- and he still has A LOT of puppy left in him!

Esp. Around our 2-yr.Old. The problem is that he is constantly chewing -- and we're having a tough time keeping up with him in terms of toys.

Anything stuffed/plush is out because he can tear through it in minutes. He likes bone-shaped toys, but usually tears the ends off w/in a day or two of chewing. Kongs and the like are great to be filled -- but I can tell he gets bored with them once the goodies are gone, whereas he'll keep chewing his bone-shaped toys for a longer time.

We don't like/use rawhide and feed him good quality food and dental treats, so I'm not really looking for food-oriented toys -- unless there is something awesome along those lines that would work.(He does get a real bone on occasion. )What can you recommend that won't break the bank? Thanks!

Asked by Yuliah 45 months ago Similar questions: Dog owners recommendation chew toy strong chewers read details Pets > Dogs.

Similar questions: Dog owners recommendation chew toy strong chewers read details.

The Kong! Years ago I adopted a purebred rottweiler, who have the strongest jaws, and couldn't find anything for him to chew on that lasted more then minutes. Until I was introduced to The Kong!

I was absolutely amazed and so were my roommates. This thing occupied him for long periods of time because I think he was just as amazed as we were that he couldn't destroy it. At the time I think they were a new item, but now they have so many varieties and different things to put inside of them.

They are really great and I highly recommend! Sources: kongcompany.com .

Ideas for Kongs I've had the best luck with the black Kongs (the toughest), in which I put a stick of string cheese & microwave it for a few seconds, making sure the cheese is distributed on the inside. This keeps my strong chewer busy for hours! Hope this helps..

A few options Our dog is allergic to rawhide, which is fine because we don’t like it anyway. A safe alternative to this is Bully Sticks, but those don’t last very long! So we normally look for rubber chew toys.

We buy the high quality treats to stuff his food-oriented toys with, so you don’t have to give him low quality treats just because you are stuffing a toy. You can even stuff it with his kibble, but they won’t be very "high value" since he will be use to getting them all the time. First thing that comes to mind is of course the kong toy.

The black ones are made for the aggressive chewers, but the red ones are pretty tough too. We have a two red ones for our dog... he loves to chew, but he is only 23lbs so he might not have the biting force of a lab. Anyhow... we have a little one that we got when he was a puppy and a larger one that fits his current size... both have held up very well.To get the dog to love chewing these you will have to stuff them with peanut butter or treats, but it will keep him occupied for quite a while.

Then he will associate the toy with a treat and will chew it all the time, even with no treats in it. We also have the kong treat ball, which we got when he was a puppy, but it keeps getting lost... it has held up well though.(he will be 2 years old in a few weeks btw) Another toy we have found that is great is Dogzilla by Booda. They are designed so that you can put treats in them if you want, but you don’t have to.

Our dog loved it before we stuffed it with treats, and he loves it even more now that we occasionally stick treats in it.(we have the long barbell type) We also have bought Nylabones on occasion, but he seems to go through those fairly quick and I don’t like the non-edible ones because the plastic becomes sharp as he chews it. One Nylabone product we do like though (at least I think it is nylabone) is this large and heavy green rubber bone. I wish I could remember the name, but we have had it forever.

Even if I am remembering wrong and it isn’t made by Nylabone, it always seems to be hanging with the Nylabones and Booda Bones in the pet stores. The only other durable toy we have found was the Cuz ball, which I am utterly shocked it still has its feet after a year. I have heard of other dogs de-footing them (with a lot of effort) though, but owners usually report that the rest of the cuz ball remains intact and it is still a good buy.

The company that makes the Cuz balls have some other toys made of the same material, they are worth a shot but I can’t really offer personal experiences on those. I have also heard the Hurley toy is one of the best toys out there for strong chewers, although I haven’t found one to try myself. I have been considering ordering one..

My lab was the same way We ended up getting him round toys. He demolished everything else, especially if it had any protruding features. He never outgrew it, either.

However, he did eventually stop popping tennis balls. We bought him a "bone" of rubber with a tennis ball on each end and that lasted quite a while. The one toy he didn’t destroy was his squeaky grapefruit.My current dog, a shepherd, loves braided rope toys.

They last at least a week or two. When they start unravelling he drags them around with one of the cats hanging on to the dangling ends. If you buy a rope, I’ve found that the ones at Shopko or WalMart last the longest and are much more affordable than the PetSmart or Petco ones.

A fire hose. There is a toy made from a fire hose that is supposed to stand up to tough chewers. I think the name of the toy is Firehouse but I'm not sure as it has been a while since I heard about it.

There are some others made from old tires but do be careful with those as there are some side effects. It gave our dog horrible gas and he never swallowed any part of it.

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