Comments on: Honey’s 11 Favorite Dog Toys (That Aren’t Dog Toys)

By: Angel @ Life with LuLu

Angel @ Life with LuLu — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:22:44 +0000

My dogs LOVE dish towels! They shake them, play tug with them, suck on them.. We also put treats under condiment cups and let them push them all over the kitchen. It’s like watching doggy hockey! 😀

By: Pup Fan

Pup Fan — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:05:42 +0000

Too funny! Bella likes socks too.

By: Peggy @Peggy's Pet Place

Peggy @Peggy's Pet Place — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:57:20 +0000

Great ideas! I’m going to have to try a few out. Kelly is a shredder–anything that can be shredded into bits only lasts a few seconds. But at least she’s having fun those few seconds!!

By: MelF

MelF — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 03:34:01 +0000

Oh my. Some of those “toys” sound a whole lot like expensive people stuff that will need to be replaced. I have to say I have had many a dog, including Jasper, prune my shrub roses in the winter. I used to get upset until I realized they came back better than ever! Go figure!

Jasper used to steal my socks from my clothes basket and drag them through the house, but he’s pretty much stopped that now. However, I have had one “dog toy” that I prefer my dogs (and client’s dogs) do not play with – empty cat food cans. I wash them out and put them in a recycle bag. Most of the time my dogs leave them alone, but when a client comes and starts raiding the bag, my dogs will join in. It often ends up on the kithen table for safety’s sake. Scares me to death when they play with those.

Honey is quite the innovative pup isn’t she? 🙂

By: georgia little pea

georgia little pea — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:30:13 +0000

Georgia is A Lady now and doesn’t play with toys anymore. Her toy box hasn’t been touched in months. She still occasionally plays with her stuffed dog Mama Dew (more like throws a tantrum with it) but other than that…she now prefers to sunbathe and sleep.

When she was younger, she liked collecting toys and balls left behind at parks. We didn’t have to buy her too many. She also loved bringing home sticks and bamboo from the park to chew. She was very self-sufficient.

By: OscarBlogger

OscarBlogger — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:55:37 +0000

I give Oscar the last of my yogurt too, though I don’t leave the cup with him for long because he can destroy almost anything. We tend to stick with purchased dog toys for that reason – and even some of those can’t stand up to his chewing! But he loves ice cubes. It’s entertaining to watch him chase them around the kitchen!

By: 24 Paws of Love

24 Paws of Love — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:36:19 +0000

We too are rather cheap. I can’t remember the last time I actually bought a toy for the dogs, except maybe a few things at the dollar store or garage sales. So we recycle what toys we have and the rest is up to the dogs and our imagination, plastic, cardboard, ropes, pop bottles, stuffed animals etc…You’d be amazed at what you can find at garage sales that make great toys!!

By: Amy@GoPetFriendly

Amy@GoPetFriendly — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:15:30 +0000

Ty loves the yogurt cups too! I bought the large container a while back and when it was empty I let him lick that out. He got it stuck on his head. It was hilarious! 😀

By: erica

erica — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:45:00 +0000

oooo! Kuna loves old t-shirts tied in to knots with kibble hiding inside! and shoes (uh-oh!), plastic, kleenex, mail, pillows – the list goes on and on! Nice post!

By: houndstooth4

houndstooth4 — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:24:51 +0000

Morgan’s favorite thing in the world is a plastic bottle, but we try to use those bottle covers with them. Hubby had to go to the doctor to get a plastic shard removed from his foot that she left on the floor and she can chew a bottle really fast. She’s nuts about yogurt cups, too, but those get taken away as soon as she pops the bottom out.

Apparently, shaking the daylights out of the dog beds is good fun, too!