Round Red Devil Destroyed In Record Time

May 3, 2009 12:04 PM

My year old Black Lab is a squeaker killer. Looking for a dog toy with a indestructible squeaker.

My dog loves squeakers but we haven't found one that can handle her. Any recommendations? Not the red devil.

posted by Xurando to pets & animals (18 comments total)

An Air Kong Squeaker (kind of a tennis ball with a squeaker in it) might be worth a shot.
posted by box at 12:22 PM on May 3

Our dog loves Katie's Bumpers Frequent fliers they are not indestructible but they take a long time to kill. They are made from fire hose, have several squeakers and are very tough. I do not recommend Nylabone products (no squeakers anyway) we were warned too late about the damage they can do to teeth, our dog had to have 5 cracked teeth removed.
posted by InkaLomax at 12:44 PM on May 3

Mine does too, I still have yet to find anything that will withstand her. She'll even shred the Air Kongs. The longest squeakers that managed to stand her were the ones in Good/Bad Cuz. However, I don't allow her to play with them alone and if she's gnawing directly on the squeaker I will correct her.

I did find that it's worth buying them on Amazon.com at a slight discount. I bought Amazon prime so the shipping is free.
posted by SpecialK at 12:51 PM on May 3

She'll kill an Air Kong Squeaker in five minutes. It's death by puncture or she bites out the squeaker.
posted by Xurando at 12:54 PM on May 3

As far as Bad Cuz goes, she killed the Red Devil in two hours. I'm losing hope. Obviously she needs supervision, but she loves squeakers so much.
posted by Xurando at 12:57 PM on May 3

My squeaker destroyer can only now play with the Good Cuz/Bad Cuz toys that SpecialK mentions. See here: http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3207032. They have a bunch of variants in PetSmart. Every once in awhile she starts focusing in on ripping out the squeaker, but it's easy to redirect, and I haven't lost one yet.

Her favorite is the one I call Mr. Feets, although Mr. Kitty is a close second. They have both died a thousand deaths by now.
posted by dness2 at 1:01 PM on May 3

On preview, then I don't know what to say. There's nothing stronger that squeaks.
posted by dness2 at 1:02 PM on May 3

I'm not sure if an indestructible dog squeak toy exists. One of the ones my dog has enjoyed the most though is from the AKC, and it's lasted a few days of on-and-off chewing. It's a stuffed toy with a durable covering. It's something like this one:

http://www.activedogsupplies.com/061319.html
posted by mrmojoflying at 1:46 PM on May 3

This Hurley dog toy may not be a squeaker, but the company that sells them will replace it one time if your dog ruins it.
posted by mtphoto at 1:48 PM on May 3

I've had good luck with the Plush puppies hedgehog toy. My dog has had one for 4 years and it's her only toy that hasn't been totally destroyed (with the filling ripped out). Surprisingly, the squeaker still works
posted by wongcorgi at 1:49 PM on May 3

My mom's labs have not been able to destroy the Tuffy Toys
http://www.vipproducts.com/retail/files/index.php?cPath=27, you can see how they're made on this page - http://www.vipproducts.com/retail/files/pages.php?page=Tuffys%20-%20Construction - and you know your dog's abilities better than we do. However, a friend's Pitt Bull took down the enormous T-Rex in a matter of hours (note the damage to the hand).
posted by librarianamy at 2:47 PM on May 3

The best luck I have had is with the Kyjen hard boiled softies. My dog tore apart the outer soft shell, but the hard rubber egg has lived on for a long time. I think my dog can't kill it off because it doesn't have any real edges to chew on. Note though, this squeaker makes a ridiculously annoying noise, much worse than a regular dog toy.
posted by mjcon at 3:15 PM on May 3

Seconding the Tuffy Toys recommendation. Our half Lab, who has destroyed pretty much everything else, loves the Mega Ring. It does dual duty as a frisbee for catch, and for tug-of-war. Our ring has lasted three years, and looks like it'll last at least one more.
posted by dws at 3:32 PM on May 3

I was coming in to recommend the Cuz toy as well. I'll be going now.
posted by procrastination at 3:38 PM on May 3

ya the ring thing works for the Labs I play with. no squeak though
posted by patnok at 4:06 PM on May 3

I also came in to recommend the ball with feet. That was eventually destroyed by my dog, but it did take some time.

For something that does not squeak I can recommend this. The rope was dispatched in short order, but the rubber sole has proven indestructible (so far), even with unsupervised gnawing.
posted by mikepop at 5:52 AM on May 4

My year old Black Lab

When my dog was young, he was a squeaker-killer too. My solution at the time was to order a bunch of replacement squeakers over the internet. This was six years ago and I can't remember where I got them but Google is your friend. I'd pop four or five into one plush toy and close it back up, and that worked for a good long time. It didn't stop him from killing the squeakers, but it saved us a lot of money. Now he is eight, and not much into destroying squeakers the way he did when he was two. Time is your friend.

If your dog is killing the Good Cuz/Bad Cuz, have you tried bumping up a size? My dog killed the tennis-ball size one easily, but the jumbo size defeated him.
posted by ambrosia at 9:54 AM on May 4

A family that owns to Boston Terriers has this site
posted by radioamy at 11:19 AM on May 4