My Dog Willies Favorite Dog Toys Are...

by Brian

I’ve loved reading your comments about all the favorite dog toys. You all inspired me to tell you about my dog Willie (a Border Collie) and his current favorites. . .

From Left to Right, top row, the toys are: Brain Twister (long, green thing, Canine Genius), Chewber (blue disc), and Invincible Chains Dog Toy (yellow & black rings, JW Pet).

The two toys in the bottom are Planet Dog’s Orbee Ball and the eternally essential Large size Kong.





Willie also likes: Skinneez Stuffingless Dog Toy (long, grey thing draped onto orange) and Plush Leo with Stuffies (big, round, orange hollow globe, by Canine Genius.

Here’s what happened when I said “Take it!” to Willie: Right now there is no question that the Twister is his favorite toy, but then, Will LOVES to shake things.

(I helped this along by reinforcing it as a way to help Will literally and metaphorically shake off tension, and as a way to learn to calm down when aroused.) It is also new to him, and I have no doubt that that has an impact on him too.

Every morning Will and Laddie start the day by eating frozen food out of their Kong… I let them outside to pee and they run in, run to the frig and wait for me to hand them their frozen Kong. It takes them a good 25-30 minutes (lucky me!) to get through the food I have carefully smashed into the Kong the night before.. so I can read, write and be lazy on the couch.

After that I’d say he loves all the other toys equally. There are at least 30 of them (I should count) in their 2 toy baskets but these are the ones that he keeps going back for. I don’t take my own advice about keeping only a few toys out to avoid the dog getting bored with them. . . probably because I never see any sign of Will getting bored!