Buddy is the same way. It started when he reached 1yr old. Before that
he just played with his toys. Any thing with a squeeker is off limits.
It is his goal to get the sqeeker out ASAP! I have spent, like you I can only
guess, a small fortune on toys! Hard rubber toys I buy but he ignores them.
My daughter bought him a toy made from what felt like a fire hose. It was
so tough we thought he would never get it open. Wrong. Within 20 mins
he had the end opened. Kiss 11.99 goodbye.

I sometimes feel sad
that he has nothing to cuddle up with but it's his fault. I now buy nothing.
What he has, the hard rubber ones is all he is getting. Maybe when he is
toothless in old age I'll start buying again.