Hi all!

Buddy has been a marathon chewer, destroying (completely) an average of one toy a day (and that's on a good day):

DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT:

• any plush/canvas/nylon/cotton-filled toys

• ropes of ANY kind

• tennis ball-ish toys of ANY kind

WINNERS:

• Nylabones (the very hard ones)

• Kongs

• a super-tough hollow bone (to fill with penut butter, etc.)

I would love to know what some of the group's favorite toys are...Buddy is impatiently tapping his paw, eager for your responses so we can run out and get him something that will keep him busy!

Thanks! Have a great day!

"The 'floppy factor'"...that's hilarious! Buddy definitely likes the plushies, or anything cotton-filled...but he goes through them so quickly, it's hardly worth it. Thanks for all of your feedback...very helpful and should save us a few bucks, too!

OOOH Angie! I'm over here waving my hand high in the air on this one! I have finally broken down  and got mom a trashcan that has the foot pedal with closed lid. It is heavy enough that Aka can't get it to open even though he is now at 8 pounds! But all the other trash baskets and things are up out of his little mouth range!

I'm all with ya on that one!  All of our trash cans have lids.  ANd the one that doesn't...  well, I'm constantly putting that trash back away!  I never throw anything "gross" in there, so usually it's just papers strewn across the room repeatedly.  I also have to keep the toilet lid down.  Apparently toilet water is also a great temptation!  (For both drinking and splashing...)

Oh!  And Rowdy's favorite "real" toys?  His bad cuz and the rubber cat (like Pam's- if you get the medium size ones the squeaker isn't as annoying), a soft rubber mint-scented dog bone thing, and his Petsmart loofah dogs, although those do get their innards removed after a while.

Have you seen the stuffed animal toys with velcro'ed in squeakers?  We have a little snake that has one squeaker and the nice part is that the squeaker is just in a little velcro flap.  Easily replaceable and I have a supply...  Rowdy loves it!  They make other stuffed animals that have like 3 or 4 squeakers in them.  I like it because I don't need to have replacement stuffed animals anymore.  Just replacement squeakers.

Sonic loves sqeaky toys--he doesnt chew them up just squeaks them.  Sydney will take the squeaky toys from him, chew holes so they do not squeak and then drop them back by him.  (she is our little brat)  Sydney favorite toys are stuffed animals -- loves them until there is no stuffing in them and then will not touch them again.

I'm a Newbie here and so glad I found this site!  We have our first RT and she will be 9 mos. on Sept. 28th.  Her name is Princess Tiger Lily (named by our daughter) and we call her Princess.

We have found raquetball balls to be a GREAT toy for her!  She hasn't been able to put a hole in it, it's a smooth rubber ball and very bouncy!   She loves to chase it and sort of brings it back.  She makes a little game of giving it back, but eventually does because she loves to chase it.

I look forward to reading the different posts and learning more about our Ratty!!

Hi Ann and Princess Tiger Lily! Glad you joined us.  Hockey pucks are great, too---and they dont roll under the furniture so that you have to crawl under there with a broom handle to scoop it out like you do round rubber balls!  (I speak from experience)

Sydney had a golf ball that she "borrow" from my hubby, and I swear she is part goat.  She was able to chew it up and spit the pieces all over our carpet.

Hi Ann.  Welcome to the site!  You'll like it here.  Lots of fun people and great advice!  I live in Texas with two ratties now.  Button is 3; Zipper, a rescue, is 1 now.  We just ador these little dogs.  Hope to learn more about you and Princess!

Thank you for the welcome, here's a post I put on a Newbie welcome site that has a little info about us....

Thanks for the compliment on Princess!  She is a little sweetheart!  She is so friendly and loves everyone and all other dogs.  We took her to puppy socialization classes that a local vet does here and obedience.  She finished the first session of obedience and is at her first advanced class right now.  She is very bright, and will do anything for a treat!    She doesn't listen to me very well, but my husband has been working with her alot and she's great with him.  We're more snuggle partners and playmates.

 We'll have a photo session this week-end and I'll get some new photos of her up on here, we haven't taken pictures for a couple of months.

That's the way it is for us with our two..  What wonderful little companions these guys are!  Can't wait for more pics!  I love her ears, by the way.  Wonder if the tipped one will stand erect in time?  Button, in my avatar, had both ears erect for only a few weeks and then the left one buttoned down flat, for good!  But is just makes her look funny, and that word suits her temperment, and we've really grown to like the "one of each kind" ears!