Reddit reviews Sherpa Baby Dragons - Periwinkle

Our basenji loves this toy...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001FNZG96

It has this mesh material underneath that keeps it together, but the toy itself is soft and really adorable. We have a graveyard of dead toys, but Dragon lives on. :)

I have a 2 year old yellow lab. We had exactly the same problem. Tried all sorts of things and got down to mouthy biting when he was super excited - playing, someone comes to the door, etc.

What finally worked was we found a plush toy that he really liked, that was fairly durable and every time he got excited, he wasn't allowed to proceed until he put a soft toy in his mouth. We started with - someone comes to the door - he's not allowed to say hello until he has a toy.

Now, doorbell rings, he grabs a toy and runs to the door. Even without the toy the biting has stopped (with age, possibly) but the toy stopped our friends from getting welcome bites as he got through the phase.

The only possilbe downside is that he looks like a goof when he's excited, with a plushie hanging out of his face. It seems to be a bit of a security blanket for him - I've seen him angry bark at a squirrel, look around, grab a periwinkle dinosaur in his face, continue to try and angry bark at the squirrel through the plushie - he will never intimidate an intruder.


These are his favourite brand of plushes. He does get through them eventually, if left to chew (and I have to leave them out so he is in control of grabbing them when excited), but I just accept it as a cost, we're currently on our 5th in 2 years.

My little guy has jaws of steel, too, but I've had some success with the Tuffy ring series and the goDog plush toys. Supposedly they have this special "chew guard technology" that makes them more resistant. Going on 6 months with both brands toys and all of my purchases are still relatively intact!

First, your forever friend is adorable! Lucy is a lucky, happy dog!

For the item : GoDog Chew Toys seem to work pretty well for overly active chewers. Plus, if he destroys it they have a policy where you email them a pic of the destroyed toy and they'll send you a replacement for free (limit 1 per household). Link to the Guarantee

Anyway. Not sure if this counts.. but here's Quasar being quite the gentleman in his bowtie and DayStar being a mighty beast in hunter mode. Both pictures!

My dog (Australian Shepherd) can still surgically rip these apart, but it takes her longer (3-6 months) than for most toys (1-2 days). She always does, though. I just made peace with the idea of buying her 3-4 new toys a year. Check out Tuffy's

(http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_5?url=search-alias%3Dpets&field-keywords=tuffy+dog+toys&sprefix=tuffy%2Caps%2C157&rh=n%3A2619533011%2Ck%3Atuffy+dog+toys).

We've had a few of the sea creature ones (lobster, octopus, starfish, shark). They all had squeakers. For whatever reason, she found the octopus easiest to dissect and the starfish has lasted the longest. The lobster's probably my favorite (easy to play tug, more spots to grasp before my dog slobbers them all). Anyway, could be worth a try!


This dragon from Go Dog is made of tougher stuff too:

http://www.amazon.com/Sherpa-Baby-Dragon-Periwinkle-Guard/dp/B001FNZG96/ref=sr_1_1?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1372505109&sr=1-1&keywords=dragon

It has a squeaker in it, but it's not the traditional high-pitched sort. My dog had the pink one and the wings came off first thing, within about a day. To my surprise, it lasted a solid month or two after that (I was impressed) and then she slit its throat and started frantically de-stuffing it and it was all downhill from there. She still plays with the carcass, though, and once it was de-stuffed, she was satisfied with it.

Anyway, if your dog is slightly Wednesday Adams-ish with toys too, these are the best I've found so far.

I have no clue about puppies! - but maybe a few dragons would help?

Try one of the goDog toys next time. My bulldog destroys plush toys, but these have lasted for years.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001FNZG96/