[nagdu] What's a goughnut

[Nicole B. Torcolini at Home]

Is Lexia a hard chewer?
Yes, very much so. When we buy her the three connected rings, she will 
immediately find the joint where they were sealed and start to work in 
gnawing it apart. In a matter of two minutes, she will have chewed through. 
The harder the toy, the harder that she chews.

  I bought my guys the rubbery Nylabone once, and
they started tearing chunks out of it in less than half an hour. One 
expensive toy in the trash.
Yes, I know that one. We once bought our pet dog a rubber bone, the package 
of which claimed that the toy had been pit bull tested. Our pet dog chewed 
one of the nubs off.

Can I find Goughnut at PetCo, where I could feel before I buy?

Sorry, these "rare delicacies" are not found in your neighborhood pet store. 
You have to order them online. You can order directly from the company. If 
you google goughnut, you should find them. It is both the name of the 
company and the name of the toy. They also sell a rubber stick. The idea is 
to shove the rubber stick through the goughnut and let the dog attempt to 
pull it out. However, rather than working to pull the stick out, Lexia uses 
the goughnut secured around the stick as a way to better hold on to the 
whole contraption and get better leverage in chewing on the stick. I have 
since separated the two toys.



Nicole and Lexia the super chewer



P.S. Lexia only chews on toys. She is skeptical of any new toy and will not 
play with it immediately.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] What's a goughnut


> Oh sorry, didn't see this message about the shape.
> Is Lexia a hard chewer?  I bought my guys the rubbery Nylabone once, and
> they started tearing chunks out of it in less than half an hour.  One
> expensive toy in the trash.
> Those GDB rings tended to crack, after a while.  But you say these are
> more sturdy.
> Can I find Goughnut at PetCo, where I could feel before I buy?
> Thanks.
> This does sound like a toy Ben might like.
> Tracy
>
>
>> Goughnut is the name of the company. You should be able to find them if
>> you
>> google them. A goughnut is the first toy that they made. It looks like a
>> big, rubber doughnut or bagle. It is more durable than most rubber toys.
>> The
>> rings issued and sold by GDB and the three connected rings sold in pet
>> stores are not tough enough for my champion chewer. Good thing she only
>> chews on toys. Goughnut also sells a rubber stick or rather more of a bar
>> kind of thing. The best part about the toys is that, if your dog does
>> manage
>> to chew through it to the inner layer, they will replace the toy.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 5:29 AM
>> Subject: [nagdu] What's a goughnut
>>
>>
>>> What is a goughnut, anyway?  Is it better than a Nylabone?  Would my
>>> Benny
>>> like it? (Does the spoiled one need any more toys?  Well, of course he
>>> does!)
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
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