our dachshund pup rain chews all her toys to bits is this a puppy thing or not any ideas would be welcome

my kai will do the same.i now make sure he has good quality toys to play with.just an example i got him a hedgehog the other day from our local farmshop and in no time he had taken its nose of and was chewing it.i was just glad i was at home to catch him.

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we did buy her a few dog balls but she chews the fur off them and the rubber ones she chews to bits, will try to get her some better made ones now

All mine did and still do the same now their adults.

i just buy them hard balls now and hard tug toys.... theve even got a kong looking toy wiv a bell in it wich they like.

my youngest and second oldest love balls so ever now and then i get them a football to demolish lol...they had a leather one wich lasted ages but they eventually deflated that .... my second oldest has had a deflated leather ball since she was a pup and still has it today...its proper rotton lol but she likes it

Maya likes toys with dangly legs lol she shakes em till the legs come off....I have a basket full of poor legless teddies its like something from a strange horror film!

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Pups will chew especialy if teething , try giving raw hole carrot from the fridge nice and cold on the gums and tasty once they realise its food , and ensure all toys are of a good quality as trying to remove bits of half eaten plastic can be a nightmare for the fingers lol

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I bought the Kong puppy range of toys and now I buy the large Kong toys for him. The fluffy toys were destroyed in minutes so were the soft plastic squeakies.

Duke has all his puppy Kong toys a rope pull plus a squeaky toy from being a puppy.

I also used to wet a flannel put it in the freezer and let him chew it. I had a few flannels on the go for him.

I never bought fluffy toys that resembled animals or humans, I'm not sure if puppies or dogs relate to a toy as being a practice run for the real thing, but I didn't and don't take any chances.

Sue

thanks all will try the wet flannel think she will like that

When my Airedale was a pup she would destroy everything, including things which were not meant for her, shoes, handbags, mobile phones - what a Diva!

She even knawed through a kong toy and supposed "indestructable" toys, but by one yrs she had grown out of it thank goodness!

Daxies are prone to demolishing toys.
fur toys are pulled apart here within the hour,squeeky toys do not last five mins.I find the best ones are Kongs and the rope toys mine have had these for years and they are still going.