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SadieFern Senior Member

Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 449 Location: Indiana, USA
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:02 am Post subject: I will not buy any more stuffed toys, I will not buy any |
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more stuffed toys...I must repeat this to myself 100 times! Sadie rips them to pieces in a matter of hours.
Garage sale toys or Goodwill, maybe but I'm NOT paying $7 or more for something that doesn't last a day!  _________________ ~Julie~ Mom to three kids and two furbabies!
Sadie is a labradoodle, born 10/07, Jonas is a cockapoo born 6/08. |
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lmtoth2 Senior Member

Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 4900 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:09 am Post subject: |
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yeah we never buy them here - Kirby would shred in 2 minutes I'd rather spend more money on a toy that lasts.
Have you tried the Cuz toys? Our doodles love them...we just gave them dinosaur cuz's recently and Kirby is totally fascinated with them. _________________ Leslie M |
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SadieFern Senior Member

Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 449 Location: Indiana, USA
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:10 am Post subject: |
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I'll have to find the dino one. She has a red cuz but isn't too interested in it. _________________ ~Julie~ Mom to three kids and two furbabies!
Sadie is a labradoodle, born 10/07, Jonas is a cockapoo born 6/08. |
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MaxandMe Site Admin

Joined: 04 Nov 2006 Posts: 11688 Location: Upstate, NY
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: |
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when we had 3 doodles i had the same problem
with just peanut and Max we can have stuffed animals again
just NO WUBBAS!!
the cuz toys work out great hear...we buy the one with points for ears and feet,,,then cut them off and they play with it for hours
ps NOTE: save an semi-recognizable deshredded toys as later on SOMETIMES they're favorities _________________ Annmarie, Max,& Peanut
Forum BLOG ARTICLE LINK http://blog.labradoodle-dogs.net/
"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." Anatole France |
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cissy k Senior Member

Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 877 Location: NC
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:15 am Post subject: |
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We have awesome Goodwill stores here. They are like regular stores. Organized, clean and good stuff. Our local targets have some agreement with them so once it goes to clearance at Target, it will be in the Goodwill in about a week.
The good thing about stuffed toys is that MOST of them can go in the washing machine (if you are worried about germs). I have had to put many a stuffed lovey in the washer to get it clean for my daughters. They do fine. I even throw them in on high heat to dry.
Yard sales are another GREAT place to get stuffed toys for usually a quarter a piece. |
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sdrudge Senior Member

Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 1827 Location: Fort Wayne, IN
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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Cacao has this FROG, Beau like to shredded toys. So Cacao only gets it in her cage or when Beau gets a time out. It is her favorite toy. It is hard to keep Beau from it. But he would kill in in minutes.
 _________________ Samantha, Cacao and Beau
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ChasP505 Senior Member

Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 540 Location: New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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SEVEN DOLLARS!!!?? Good LAWD, that's a lotta money!!!
We go to BigLots and pay less than $2 per toy. Same toys, same quality. Ozzie selectively decides whether he's going to shred or adopt/nurture his toys. _________________ Chas P., Carol and Ozzie |
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SadieFern Senior Member

Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 449 Location: Indiana, USA
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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See, I keep hoping she'll adopt one. Her latest victim was a gingerbread man shaped fleece stuffed & squeaky toy.
Whoa! Big Lots has dog toys??? _________________ ~Julie~ Mom to three kids and two furbabies!
Sadie is a labradoodle, born 10/07, Jonas is a cockapoo born 6/08. |
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Sammy-Doo's Fam Senior Member

Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 593 Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| ChasP505 wrote: | SEVEN DOLLARS!!!?? Good LAWD, that's a lotta money!!!
We go to BigLots and pay less than $2 per toy. Same toys, same quality. Ozzie selectively decides whether he's going to shred or adopt/nurture his toys. |
Yup, we got a BigLots 5 minutes from us!
And the dollar store... Sampson never seems to shred toys until he finds a natural rip made by overuse and then all the stuffing has to get pulled out and scattered across the floor. _________________ “The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.” ~ Samuel Butler
*Alicia & Sampson-Doodle* |
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MaxandMe Site Admin

Joined: 04 Nov 2006 Posts: 11688 Location: Upstate, NY
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SadieFern Senior Member

Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 449 Location: Indiana, USA
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:05 am Post subject: |
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Ha! I almost could have written that! Lesson learned (only took me 6 month$!). _________________ ~Julie~ Mom to three kids and two furbabies!
Sadie is a labradoodle, born 10/07, Jonas is a cockapoo born 6/08. |
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hmz819 Senior Member

Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 2949 Location: Wilmington, NC
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:35 am Post subject: |
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Maya shreds toys in minutes. Haven't tried a cuz yet but she destroyed the orka ball in 15 minutes. Petsmart and dog.com have a new plush toy called Skeenz. It's not stuffed but has squekers in either end. Maya has to dissect the toy and remove the squekers but she still plays with it after.
Sadie has a squeky plush toy that my Mom got her this weekend that I keep in her crate so Maya can't get it. Well today I go downstairs and Maya and Sadie are playing tug of war with the toy. Sadie was in the crate and Maya was outside the crate!!!
I have pics to prove it!!!! _________________ Heather, Morgan, Maya, and Sadie
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion-Unknown |
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Fudzy Junior Member

Joined: 08 May 2008 Posts: 53
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| I can't find toys that hold Sherlock's interest for very long. The rope toys are out because he shreds them in a matter of minutes. I won't even waste my money on stuffed animals. He had a rubber squeaker toy last night. He palyed with it for a little while. He would bite it then jump back and growl at it when it squeaked. Then he'd just keep it in his mouth and bite down on it so it would squeak. All the time he was whining. It was actually pretty funny to watch. It went on for a little while until he punctured a hole in and started to break pieces off. At which point we took it away. He has a couple of Kongs but it takes him only about a minute to get the peanut butter or whatever treat we put in there out and then he's done with it. |
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Mud Senior Member

Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 166 Location: Norfolk Island - South Pacific
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:08 am Post subject: |
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Why can't my duck and I sleep in this bed? Who wrote this silly rule?
I've got heaps of fluffy toys and I have chewed up a few, but I like my garden pot as much as anything. My duck is a special $2 dog toy which has been given the works by me and still come up honking. My pot I stole when my oldies weren't looking.
Hugo the Boss
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ellabee Senior Member

Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 1551 Location: NJ
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:15 am Post subject: |
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What treasures you have there Hugo!  _________________ -Lynn
& "Dexter #3" (third Dexter to join the forum -
and Sandy's littermate!) |
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