Toys
I know it's been asked a million times, but here we go again!
Winnie is probably considered a 'powerful chewer' and she's teething right now. She's almost 5 months old.
My parents bought her a Hugglehound which she loved, but ended up destroying an arm, leg, and ear, and some of the rubber around an ear was separating so to the garbage it went.
She's been using the Nylabone teething rings, but is slowly getting bored with that, a nylon canvas bone, and a rope ball.
Yesterday I went to Petco and picked up a Kong Dental Stick, a Petco "jaw gym" (rubber circle, solid looks braided), a couple nylabone dura chews, and a Tuffy JR ring. The Jaw Gym had chunks about to come out in about 10-15 min (the sales associate highly recommended it and said it lasted many customers months), the dental stick had a piece off of it as soon as it went into her mouth. After taking the tags off of the Tuffy I saw that it's not a chew toy, so I'm thinking about returning that too. She went bonkers over the flavoured nylabone. She has a puppy kong, but doesn't go for it unless there's food in it.
My husband found this online MuttMops. Anyone have any experience with these? It says they'll return your money if it doesn't work out. Anything else you can recommend for a teething puppy that will last her a while?
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Permalink Reply by Ella and Lily on
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Ella is a power chewer. I buy her the flavored Nylabones. She goes absolutely crazy for them and they last a long time(compared to everything else!) I think I buy a new one every 2 weeks mostly because she takes them on the porch and they get really dirty. While teething I wouldn't get the power chewer ones. They are pretty tough and I'm not sure what that would do to an already sore mouth.
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Permalink Reply by Ellen Andersen on
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A wet wrungout dishrag that's frozen might last a bit...you could soak it in broth first.
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Permalink Reply by LG on
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I actually tried that yesterday. She actually growled aggressively when I went to move her off the couch. :( She loved it too much... That's the first time she's ever done that.
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Permalink Reply by Carolyn and Gracie on
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You'll need to teach her not to do that. A friend gave me this piece of advice. Take the bone away from her and let her know you'll give it back. Carefully of course. :) Let her know it's not ok to growl at mom or anyone else, it could be a little kid that tries to take her chew stick and get bitten. I did this with my dog, she's reluctant to let it go but she does. And sometimes she gives me a growl but I let her know that's not ok.
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You're welcome. I was a total beginner. Gracie is my first dog. :)
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As is Winnie mine. My husband had a few dogs growing up but I think they were all outside dogs, so they never got the training they should have.
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Permalink Reply by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on
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You should play the trade game for her bone. Give her a treat for giving up her bone to you. She wont look at you taking her bone away from her as a threat then. You can't let them get away with that behavior because then they think they won and can do it again and again. I wish I knew this when ours was a pup, but our vet also discouraged giving bones. Be careful about the nylabones, I have heard of dogs breaking teeth on them as well as any other hard toys.
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Permalink Reply by Lindsey Corkern on
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My dog gets a rolled up baked pork skin chew once in a while. They're called Pork Chomps, I think. She enjoys it. If she's really into it, its gone in 30 min. Sometimes it can last days though. When she was teething, I gave her frozen cooked sweet potato sticks. I chopped up an extra sweet potato into long sticks (any thickness you want) and sauteed them in chicken broth. I did this while making dinner for my family, so it was very convenient. Then, I froze them on cookie sheets, dropped them into a container, and kept them in the freezer. One large sweet potato would last us a week if I gave her several sticks per day. She loved them! Now, Leia is just over a year old. She gets carrot sticks now, that I cook in the same way as the sweet potatoes. Good luck with your super cute chewer!
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