Toy Stories - what works for you?

What works:

Stuff toys - My dogs love to play operation, shread them and turn them inside out.
Ice cubes - Like clock work, as soon as they hear the ice maker, they come running.
Kong - peanut butter at the bottom or treat at the bottom, then shove it with a giant ice cube, it'll take them sometime to lick /melt the ice to get to the good stuff.

Semi work:
tennis ball - Mocha love me throwing the ball, but he'll bring it back half way, make me go after him, and when he's had enough, he make me to go fetch the ball.

No working at all:
plastic toys, like giant knobby ones, or any weird shapes, they won't even look at them.

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Permalink Reply by Lauren + Winston on December 17, 2007 at 1:09am

Oh boy. Winstons favorite toy above all is his Tigger. It's a stuffed animal my little brother got me for Christmas last year because I love Tigger, but now Winston has claimed him as his own. He loves to chew the ears but I had to cut them off because they were so torn apart, but I am putting some new ones on once I can get to the fabric store and get some orange fabric! Winston loves to cuddle with his Tigger, carry him around, and fling him across the room. It's pretty entertaining.

Winston also loves these $0.94 stuffed-animal things that I get him from WalMart, except they're just bones not animals. And they have a little sqeaker in them. I literally just sewed one up for him though... You get what you pay for. My roommates dog thinks they're for ripping to shreads so I either throw them away or sew them up. He actually likes anything that squeaks.

I also got a rubber ball that lights up when it hits anything... He loves that.

He also loves his red rubber Kong, filled with peanut butter of course! Sometimes I stick a small small treat in the peanut butter when he's had a bad day or hasn't had a Kong in a long time.

He also loves ropes - he likes to tug on it while growling ferociously (hahahaha).

Winston LOVES rawhide and he loves those Purina Busy Bones.

But as Daisy said, when a Corgi is a pup, they think everything is a toy. Including my earrings (that I am wearing). But I love my little Win so whatever!

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Permalink Reply by Peanut and sarah on December 17, 2007 at 6:36pm

Peanut loves anything you can throw. We have balls, ropes knotted into balls, and stuff animals we toss and Peanut will retrieve and bring it back. Once in a while he’ll take a break by hopping on the couch with the ball for a breather. We never stop playing when Peanut’s tired, instead, the game is over when WE are tired.

Peanut loves his Kong with the Liver and Puppy paste. He also goes crazy for ice cubes, it’s so cute to watch him chase the ice cube all over the house.

Whenever we go to the pet store and Peanut is on good behavior (99% of the time), I buy him a pig ear. He finishes it in less than a few hours. He also enjoys bullysticks and 1 stick can last him 3 or 4 days!

We tried those squeaky toys, but he prefers anything with a bell/jingle

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Permalink Reply by Tabi on December 18, 2007 at 3:20pm

To get them to drop you the tennis ball you have to use 2 balls. You throw the ball and then on their way back you play with the ball that you have in hand. Dogs are always interested in what you have so they'll drop their ball in exchange for your ball. That's when you throw the ball you have in hand and pickup the one she just dropped.