[nagdu] toys

Fri Mar 27 23:57:41 UTC 2015

Hi, everybody.  When I got Becky, they gave me a Nila bone (which was her
favorite), a tug toy and a Kong (put food in it.)  She has chewed on that
Nila bone, and then she will flip it up in the air, and chase it.  It is her
favorite toy.
Elise and Becky

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Pam via nagdu
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 4:44 AM
To: Louise Johnson; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide
Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] toys

hi louise. my dog loves her nila bones too. actually i think i know u from
another list too :)

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> On 26 Mar 2015, at 21:14, 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
> 
> 
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> 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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>> 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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