 a word of caution about kong toys
I thought kong toys were indestructable, so one day a few months ago, when Ginger was under the table happily chewing away on her favorite kong (size: small, color: red), I heard this odd sucking noise, and she came flying out from under the table looking distressed with her mouth open. I pried her jaw further open and felt inside her mouth. She had severed the end off the kong (the kong thats like a bubble-shaped funnel) and it was mostly blocking her airway. Of course there's a hole in the end (hence the sucking noise), so she was getting some air, but scary all the same). The next day when we were at obedience training, I asked my trainer if she'd ever heard of this...she recommended I buy a large size kong (she shouldn't be able to get the WHOLE end in her mouth), or the black kong. I tossed her other small kong toys and replaced them with the larger size, she still likes them (admittedly, not as much), and I feel much safer. I check them regularly and never leave her alone with them.
Any opinions on the hard white nylabones? (the nonedible ones) She loves those also, as well as the real sterilized bones. |