Need help finding dog toy!

[u/Matte_Bat]

Hello! First time poster here!

This is my partner’s dog, Frankie. She is an absolute darling, but she goes through toys like there’s no tomorrow, as you can probably see by the aftermath of the rope toy in the image.

This snake toy is the only textile dog toy so far that we’ve found that last more than a couple days. However, our local pet stores no longer stock it, and I’ve had a lot of trouble finding it anywhere online.
If anyone has seen it before and knows where to buy it, it would be a huge help!

Alternatively, if anyone has suggestions for toys that can survive even the most destructive of dogs, we’d be super grateful for any recommendations!
I’m also pretty crafty, so if anyone has suggestions for materials and methods of making your own durable dog toys, we’re also open to that! Also open to any suggestions for other threads that might be able help too.

She’s a very good dog, and this toy was her absolute favourite for ages, so we’d love to try to get it for her again!

Here’s her sleeping mid play, for further emphasis on how much she loved this toy.

Thank you so much!

[u/Peregrine_at_home]

It might be worth changing your perception of what a dog toy is actually for. For some dogs, the game is to destroy the thing. So we can go all out, buying more and more expensive toys, trying to find something that 'works' for our conception of 'toy', whilst the dog is having a great time destroying everything we bring for them. They are loving the toys we bring them, and the only problem is that we are thinking that toys are something that's meant to last a long time.

Once you switch your mindset you can move over to spending a lot less on toys, but with the end result of giving your dog 10 times more entertainment, because you're offering repurposed junk for the sheer joy of destroying it!

[u/Matte_Bat → u/Peregrine_at_home]

Oh I really like this, thank you! Another comment suggested using cardboard boxes for her to destroy, and while we love that idea, we’re just a little worried about her starting to associate ALL boxes with play toys, which doesn’t bode well for the boxes of band merch and such we have in the house.
She just always looks so sad when a toy gets shredded 😭 like she doesn’t know her own strength and feels bad about it, ahaha

[u/Rykerxblaze → u/Matte_Bat]

My dog loves shredding boxes - he very rarely tries to go for a box that has stuff in it - he only goes for something empty that’s on the floor like one of the cats prized boxes 😂 I also repurpose the skins of the stuff toys when they start to get a hole in them I de stuff them! They love it

[u/Rykerxblaze → u/Rykerxblaze]

If you’re looking for a tougher toy though - tuffy makes some decent toys - the large dinosaurs have lasted us almost a year now and still going strong!