QuestionHello, my Lab is almost a year old and she eats all her toys. She loves any thing with a squeeky, and soft toys but I have to take them from her with in 15 minutes. She is not tearing them up but eating them. I got her a Kong and it lasted about 5 days before she got some chunks off the top end. She does have a sterilized bone and a souper nylabone which will last her about 6 weeks. But they are so hard and I am worried that she may break her teeth on them, especially the sterilied bone.
Do you have any suggestions on what I can do to discourage her from eating her toys?
Thanks!
AnswerThe only thing thing I can suggest is large sturdy Nylabones. dogs do break their teeth on things, even the relatively safe Nylabones. Many dogs aren't interested in a slick, new Nylabone. I think they are putting the nubby texture on more of them now. I think it is part of the reason so many dogs like the hard to find dinosaur ones. The ultimate is the Souper Size Galileo Nylabone. It is about 7 inches long and 3 inches around. It has the slick surface. They are more attractive if you rough up the surface with sand paper or by rubbing it on a concrete floor. Another technique is to jam a Nylabone into a Kong creating what I call a twofer. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Just make sure even the Nylabones are too big to get intothe backof the mouth where they can crack a molar.