[nagdu] Fwd: toys

Aleeha Dudley blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com
Fri Mar 27 12:11:54 UTC 2015 

This didn't go to the whole list like I wanted to. So here it is. 

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> From: Aleeha Dudley <blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com>
> Date: March 27, 2015 at 7:48:04 AM EDT
> To: Pam <pamyoung80 at gmail.com>, "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Danielle Sykora <dsykora29 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] toys
> 
> I have taught my boy to play tug without mouthing. If he got my hand while tugging, the toy went away and I yipped like i had been hurt. He very quickly learned and we now enjoy occasional games of tugging. This is how I curbed his mouthy nature in general and we only have to revisit it with people who play a little too rough with him. 
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>> On Mar 27, 2015, at 7:42 AM, Pam via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> hi danielle. it is understandable then that u wouldn't want your dog playing with balls. i don't play tug with my dog either. she is too strong and i don't want her catching my fingers accidentally either. she does play tug with our pet dog though.
>> 
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>>> On 27 Mar 2015, at 00:12, Danielle Sykora via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> My school discourages playing tug and playing with balls and frisbies.
>>> I am very strict with the no balls or frisbies thing. I compete in
>>> throwing events on my high school trak team and it is essential for my
>>> dog to ignore tennis and lacrosse balls, shot-puts, and the frisby
>>> like discus. He still seems interested in balls though. I also don't
>>> play tug because my dog tends to get mouthy when he is excited and he
>>> is probably stronger than I am *lol*. He has destroyed a furry kong
>>> toy, rubber chicken, furry toy with a water bottle inside, several
>>> stuffed squeaky toys he stole from the pet dog, and a rope bone. The
>>> five dollar Walmart pig has ironically survived longer than any other
>>> (though the squeaker stopped working after two days) and is my dogs
>>> favorite toy. Nylabones are one of the two toys I leave out for my dog
>>> all the time. I have several in different places throughout the house
>>> so it takes several months before they start to get to sharp. The kong
>>> is great to keep my dog occupied on his own; all the other toys he
>>> likes me to play with him. My new favorite chew is the Himalayan Dog
>>> Chew which takes my dog over two hours to completely consume, a half
>>> an hour longer than an antler and he can eat the entire thing without
>>> it becoming a choking hazard.
>>> 
>>> Danielle and Thai
>>>> On 3/26/15, Louise Johnson via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> Hi well Kiara likes Nyla bones of all shapes and they have to be bigger as
>>>> she chews hard.
>>>> 
>>>> She also likes goughnut and goughnut stick. We use these toys to play toss
>>>> and this is a wonderful game for a raining day. With the goughnut stick we
>>>> also in play time play tug with it and it is a toy that we find two dogs
>>>> playing tug with also.
>>>> 
>>>> Hope this is any help I am enjoying what other dogs play with as I am
>>>> always
>>>> looking for something harder as Kiara chews through things easier then my
>>>> last two dogs.
>>>> 
>>>> Louise and Princess Kiara
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of minh ha via
>>>> nagdu
>>>> Sent: March 26, 2015 1:00 AM
>>>> To: Steven Johnson; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide
>>>> Dog Users
>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] toys
>>>> 
>>>> My guide's puppy raiser bought her a bumi tug last year for our one year
>>>> anniversary together. She's absolutely obsessed with it. It's a tug toy
>>>> that's made out of a really thicker rubber material and it sort of looks
>>>> like the letter S. Viva plays with it all the time and it's still in pretty
>>>> good condition except for the teeth marks. I was told that GDB gives out
>>>> bumi toys now for the tug toy because it's a lot safer than the rope toys
>>>> they were giving to graduates before; I'm not sure how accurate this
>>>> information is though.
>>>> 
>>>> Minh
>>>> 
>>>>> On 3/25/15, Steven Johnson via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> Has anyone heard of, or has the BUMI toy?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just curious,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Steve
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie J.
>>>>> via nagdu
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 3:02 PM
>>>>> To: Aleeha Dudley; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of
>>>>> Guide Dog Users
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] toys
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have one of those Wal-Mart pigs too!  It's the only Wal-Mart toy
>>>>> they didn't destroy.  I bought one of the Kong squeak toys a couple of
>>>>> weeks ago.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I thought it was going to work out, but nope.  Jetta ended up
>>>>> destroying it in three days, I think.  At $11, three days is not long
>>>> enough.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I still like the JW Pet Cuz and Ruffians.  The original Kongs have
>>>>> done well here.  The Monster Mouth is still holding up extremely well.
>>>>> We also have the Invincible Chain toy.  The middle ring gets chewed up
>>>>> promptly, but the outer two rings stay together for years.  They are
>>>>> probably 6 inches across, so plenty big enough to be played with even
>>>>> though they aren't chained together anymore.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Monty has calmed down a lot on his chewing.  He can have tennis balls
>>>>> and stuffed toys, but rarely gets them because Jetta chews too hard to
>>>>> have those things.  since they usually play with toys together the
>>>>> toys have to work for all of them.
>>>>> 
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>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Aleeha Dudley via nagdu
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 2:49 PM
>>>>> To: Sherry Gomes ; NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of
>>>>> Guide Dog Users
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] toys
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> My boy is rather spoiled, and gets bored rather easil, so he has a ton
>>>>> of toys. The Seeing Eye gave us a Kong and a nyla bone. Since then, I
>>>>> have collected a bunch of Kong speak toys, which have squeakers that
>>>>> cannot be ingested. Certainly, if your dog is a strong enough chwer,
>>>>> he will pull the toy apart, but I've found that Dallas cannot do this.
>>>>> I have several of the KOng squeeze toys: a ring, a bone, a bowling
>>>>> pin, and a stick. He also has a tug toy, a Kong Wubba, two Nerf
>>>>> footballs, and an off brand pig that I bought at walmart for five
>>>>> bucks. I'm interested in what others have found.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 3/25/15, Sherry Gomes via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>> My school gives us a tug toy and a nyla bone, and they recommend
>>>>>> kongs and things like that. They don't actually recommend squeaky
>>>>>> toys, but I've given them to my last three or four dogs and all the
>>>>>> dogs have loved them.
>>>>>> They're
>>>>>> plush, like a kid's stuff animals, but they have the squeaker in them.
>>>>>> You just have to monitor how the dog plays with them because the
>>>>>> stuffing and squeaker should not be ingested.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sherry
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Pam via
>>>>>> nagdu
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 1:34 PM
>>>>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>>>>> Subject: [nagdu] toys
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> hi all. so just wondering what toys u all have for your dogs and if
>>>>>> there r any specific toys your schools use or any they don't allow.
>>>>>> the school here uses nila bones and kongs which i have for callie. i
>>>>>> also have a couple of other tug toys too as we also have a rescue dog.
>>>>>> i did get a squeaky toy for callie but it drove me mad lol
>>>>>> 
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