Dog Toy Checklist: What's Good and What to Avoid #54
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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🗓️ 16 December 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
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Do you know how to choose the right dog toys? Have you thought of the do's and don'ts when picking a toy for your puppy or dog? Do you consider the purpose of the toy? My dogs have many toys, which might not be a surprise! There are ten key considerations I use when selecting a new toy, including safety. One of the things to look for in a toy might be a surprise!
In the episode you'll hear:
• The top 10 considerations for selecting a dog toy.
• What sort of toys never to choose and knowing what might be toxic.
• Why a toy's material is important for your dog's safety.
• About knowing how attractive a toy is for your dog, including the sounds.
• Why to know your dog's strength and power when choosing a toy.
• What to consider about your physical abilities.
• Why to think about how you will be able to clean your dog's toys.
• How much my Terrier Shelby loved a rock and my Terrier DeCaff loved fly swatters.
• Why it's important for you to be happy with a toy.
• The importance of the color of the toy you are selecting for your dog.
• The categories of engagement, exercise, education, enrichment, entertainment and eating to think about when buying toys for dogs.
Resources:
• Vlog: How to Pick the Best Toys for Your Puppy or Dog-https://susangarrettdogagility.com/2019/08/pick-the-best-toys-for-your-puppy-or-dog/
• Vlog: Vlog: Why Colours Matter in Dog Agility (Featuring Nicki Gurr)-https://susangarrettdogagility.com/2018/05/vlog-why-colours-matter-in-dog-agility/
• Apple iOS App "Dog Vision HD" by Laan Labs-https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dog-vision-hd/id812260666
• Android App Dog Vision-https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.nghs.android.cbs.dogvision&hl=en
• Podcast Episode 2: Reinforcement-https://dogsthat.com/podcast/2/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Do you have a checklist or a set of filters you look at before you buy yet another dog toy? |
| 0:17.9 | If you're anything like me, you actually may have a lot of dog toys. And in my |
| 0:24.4 | defense, let me say, if you're watching this on YouTube, that big pile of dog toys, a lot of |
| 0:30.7 | them were donated by manufacturers who wanted me to test drive them for them. |
| 0:35.4 | And if you are watching this on YouTube and you'd like to know about my checklist, |
| 0:39.4 | go ahead and hit the like button right now before we get started. Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. |
| 0:43.5 | Welcome to Shape by Dog and today I'm going to share with you the 10 considerations I go through |
| 0:50.2 | when I am evaluating whether a dog toy is a good thing for me to buy this particular one. |
| 0:57.4 | Included in those 10 considerations is one that I'd be willing to bet for at least 90% of you |
| 1:04.2 | listening, it's going to be a palm slap moment. You're going to go, wow, Susan, I never, ever thought of that. And by not thinking of it, |
| 1:15.6 | you actually may be hurting your dog's learning, possibility of learning. You may be hurting |
| 1:21.9 | something as simple as the game of retrieve. I'll get to that later. I'm also going to share |
| 1:26.8 | the six categories I put |
| 1:29.6 | dog toys into and I want a toy for each of those six categories. Now, there are some toys |
| 1:35.8 | that will cover more than one category, but I can't think of a single one that will effectively |
| 1:40.6 | cover all six. So, what I'm saying is you're going to need more than one dog toy. |
| 1:46.6 | So let's jump into the consideration, the 10 things that I think are important for all of us |
| 1:53.0 | to consider before we add yet another dog toy to the shopping cart. The first and the obvious |
| 1:59.0 | one and the one that many people will just decide on |
| 2:01.9 | is price. Now, you can go to the dollar store and buy a dog toy for a buck or two, but I highly |
| 2:08.6 | encourage you not to do this because studies that have found there's a high degree of toxicity |
| 2:16.3 | in the dog toys that are sold at some |
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