Our dogs kill toys. We have a staffy x who can chew his way through anything, even the toys deemed “invincible”. We also have a puppy that will test toys to their physical limits through relentless tossing and throwing about. For that reason, we go through a LOT of dog toys; so much so, that I thought I may as well review them on my blog so that other dog owners may find my experiences useful.

This past weekend we bought another two dog toys: Mammoth Pet’s TireBiter, and a JW Rubber Good Cuz.

Mammoth Pet's Tirebiter

JW's Good Cuz

So far both are relatively intact. The tirebiter looks brand new still. They haven’t bitten through the rubber, which is incredibly impressive. I have noticed it seems a little bit heavy for our puppy, but she still loves picking it up then throwing her head about. We’re a little afraid to throw it around to play fetch with though, purely because of it’s weight. However it’s definitely helping for when she feels like having a chew on something.

The Good Cuz (interesting name) has proven to be a favourite with our dogs. We had one of these years ago and it went missing, but it had stood up to the test of time. This one suffered much of the same fate within the first 1/2 hour as the original one we owned. Turbo had already sunk his teeth into it and killed the squeaker, thus no strange sounding duck noise anymore when we threw it. The dogs also had a great time taking turns chewing the feet off. However, the main portion of the toy is still intact, and our puppy loves playing fetch with it. When we throw it, we tend to throw it against the ground so it bounces back up in a random direction. I think this is what makes it the most fun for our pup, it’s so unpredictable it makes chasing after it a lot more fun.

I daresay these toys should last a long time in the backyard. The previous toy we bought (only a week and a bit ago) was a rubber frisby for dogs. It’s already destroyed, there was only about 1/4 of the thing remaining after 2 days and we had to throw it out. A waste of $10 for sure. However, the toys above are highly recommended. If they can last half a week in our backyard and still look intact, the makers are definitely doing something right!