No matter how many fun or educational toys you buy your dog (or cat) there is one toy that he (or she) really likes best.
A squeaky ball?
No
A tug toy?
No
A stuffed animal?
No
A rubber mouse?
No
A Kong?
No
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The possibilities for creative play are endless.
Grab the end from the dispenser and run through the house with miles of white trailing behind. Attack and shred the roll with claws and teeth. Chew and scatter tiny shreds of paper all over the room. Doggie chewing gum. While it isn't really tasty, munching on the shreds and swallowing them drives humans crazy.
It can even be a team effort. When it is released it can fill a room with cloudy whiteness.
Cats love to play with it lying on their backs, shredding it with four claws and fangs.
Inside the big toy is another toy waiting to be demolished into thousands of chewable pieces.
These are not toys I recommend unless you have
- Endless time, patience, and a new vacuum cleaner to try out
- A large toy budget
- More indulgence for your pets than I even want to think about
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The trusty toilet roll of course! Cardboard cartons seem to be popular too. Georgia's favourite toy is whatever the other dog is having.
Posted by: geogia little pea | October 17, 2012 at 10:11 PM
True! Followed closely by used kleenex in the trash and in our house, empty pop bottles.
Posted by: Sherry | October 18, 2012 at 06:29 AM
ha ha, it is also toddler's favorite toys too. Just ask my daughter. My granddaughter (20 months) flushed a roll down the toilet. LOL
Posted by: Jodi | October 18, 2012 at 07:09 AM
Ours are really into boxes!
Sam
Posted by: Sam | October 18, 2012 at 08:03 AM
Boxes and paper bags are favorites around our house.
Posted by: cube | October 18, 2012 at 09:26 AM
Why of course. You're so clever to understand what dogs and cats have known for years.
Posted by: Pamela | Something Wagging This Way Comes | October 18, 2012 at 09:46 AM
That's so funny! It is true - and then the 4 leggers look at you like you should REWARD them when you notice the toilet paper trail all over the house!
Posted by: Blueberry's human | October 18, 2012 at 12:35 PM
Yes, they always look so proud of themselves to have discovered this particular toy, like we've been hiding it to play a game with them.
Posted by: Jan | October 18, 2012 at 01:25 PM
True!
Our new addition to the family -- a kitten of about seven months of age -- got into a roll of toilet paper just this morning. Never mind that Amber has dozens of "real toys"!
Posted by: Always On Watch | October 18, 2012 at 03:29 PM
That is SO true. My peoples even save the inside part (even when we don't get to the outside part) so that we can rip and tear it up. But she only gives them to us on vacuuming day!
Posted by: Toby | October 18, 2012 at 04:54 PM
I have to hide the TP cardboard rolls from Dexter. I can't put them in the recycling because he always digs them out. Goes double for the paper towel rolls, too. Don't know what's so fascinating about them...
Posted by: Karen Friesecke | October 18, 2012 at 10:44 PM
Dexter has discovered a baby toy..a ball with holes all over it so you can see the tiny ball inside..he's going crazy trying to get that ball out.
Posted by: yellowdoggranny | October 19, 2012 at 08:59 AM
A crumbled up piece of paper is a close second on our list of favorite toys!
Posted by: Lindsay | October 19, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Don't forget pop bottles! My dog is obsessed with plastic bottles and goes nuts as soon as she sees me start to toss one for her. It's hilarious. And a lot less messy than toilet paper.
If you are creative, you really can make a pet toy out of pretty much anything.
Posted by: Kristine | October 19, 2012 at 12:06 PM