Ummmm.........what do they play with?
 

Hey guys,

You guys seem to know more about Yorkies than I do, so I will ask you all for some advice!

What toys to Yorkies enjoy playing with? Right now, we have those rope toys for her...she seems to enjoy it......but we bought balls, and toher toys and she doesn't seem to care for them. Is she bored?

What an absolute precious little boy!

Lexy's new thing is a plastic ornge bottle cap! It entertains her for hours! LOL! Should've saved my money on all those toys! :D

What you do not want them to have
 

is what they love to play with LOL. My boys were not interested in balls until they were about 8 months old. I gave them some old shoes which they loved, they love stuffed animals, ropes, dentabones, hard plastic squeaky toys, and anything they are not supposed to have. They love to drag my clean laundry around the house, they love to get into my purse and especially like credit cards and paper money, they have been known to eat a five dollar bill. They also like to pull the tp off the roll, hence the bathroom door is now closed all the time. They love to play with the cat's ears and tail, in short anything that interests them at that moment. I have been frustrated at times, spending extra money on new toys that sit there for months until one of them "discovers" it and then they both want it. Last night, Benni had the frisbee and Garret wanted it, Gar sat and cried and whined and begged and pleaded to have it, Benni was not giving it up no way. Benni was sitting on a small throw rug I have in the living room, Garret finally got upset enough that he put his mouth on the rug and pulled it out from under Benni tipping him over and with Garret gettign the frisbee and running and hiding under the bed, boy was Benni mad!! They are always getting into something. When I first got them, they got in the bottom linen closet and tore up 35 rolls of tp out of a 36 pack, boy was that fun LOL

Lily gets a real kick out of things that squeek. What a joy for me. She also particularly likes Barbies. She carries them around by the hair. Mostly she doesn't have a lot of dog toys, they are all to big for her. She has may be a half dozen mice (cat toys). Those are probably her favorite.

Sammi has a box-full of toys, but she prefers...Soda bottles, flip flops, doorstops and butter continers...HEHEHE

My little one loves plastic water bottles (i take them away quickly after theyre worn b/c it can be dangerous to her) and she loves shoes (when she can find them, we usually keep them up) and her "babies" all of her stuffed annimals...her rope, and her squeaky monkey is her new favorite toy. Im planning on getting that vibrating ball from petsmart, I think she'll love it!

Jade love to play with toys that make lot of noise . Higher the sound , better the fun for her .

I know this probably sounds silly, but maybe you can take Elbow with you to Petsmart and let her browse through the toy section. Maybe you can squeek a few toys or something and she will kinda "pick out what seems to interest her".

There are also small Kong toys, hard rubber that has holes you can fill with goodies. Peanut butter, cheese, doggie treats etc.

Then of course she will find all the forbidden unsafe things within your house too that she will want as her favorite, LOL

Good luck!

Too FUNNY!
 

You guys are too funny! First of all, your puppies are all soooooooo cute! I absolutely love them all! They remind me of Elbow! =)

Thank you for all the great advice on toys! You all made me laugh a bunch with the silly toys that your doggies love.....hehehe..just like kids...you buy them something..and they would rather play with the box! =)

I especially love milliecorales' dog....I can't believe she eats your money and your credit cards! That's a hoot! =)

Sophie LOVES squeak bones...she's killed the squeaker on quite a few, but we just keep buying them. She also likes those stuffed fabric rings...we call them donuts. We got her two of those bungie-type stuffed lizard toys which also have a squeaker in them, but she insisted on giving them eyebrows by chewing the fuzz off...so no more of those, little girl! She loves her stuffed elephant, and you should see her dragging around her "prey" which is almost the same size as Sophie (who now weighs 5.5 lbs)... She's pretty strong for a little munchkin.

Sandy's not big on toys. She likes only tennis balls and the FLEECE stuffed toys! :)

Mine playes with those little squeaky things at walmart like$0.88 and the plush ones too like to make them make a noise and goat hoves found at pet stores and roasted pig ears found at pet stores and greenies. Just keep the kids toys picked up she loves abrbies too chews hand and feet up poor barbie.. and like the baby's passy so we got her one. ....lol :D

when my guys are little i gave them babys toy like rattles and stuff and when the got big i take them away and save them for our next puppy now they have big boy toys lol

I thought Maybe it was because Elbow was so young...she has no interest in any toys lying around...but our laundry....boy does she like those! She likes to chew on my socks...hide my son's socks and shirts...it's so cute!

Mine love fleecy toys too. I've been through three Hartz green moose now, and I can't find another one!!!

Fred loves all sorts of things, especially food! He'll play with it like it's a toy and then eat it, but I'm not sure that counts. He'll pounce on his treats and flip 'em around in circles.
Other than that, he loves plush squeaky toys as well. His favorite is a neon orange squeaky plush bone that he has with him 24/7. What he really prefers is the nearest house slipper. We also call him the "Sock Bandit" since he weaves in and out of rooms to pick up A sock (not the pair to make us find them easier, but he carries just one) from each room and gather them in his favorite spot on the rug in the kitchen. He'll surround himself with socks. That seems to occupy him for 30 minutes or so!

From the moment Lucy got her kong she didnt put it down (and that was about 2 1/2 years ago lol)! She loves anything that bounces and squeeks, anything she can push with her nose and most of all anything we dont want her to have that she can pick up in her mouth and run with!! :D

Balls
 

Baxter didn't like balls-I thought. My mom bought him one as a little gift, but he never played with it. A few days ago, I found these tiny, little balls-kind of like tiny tiny tennis balls. He will play with them. I guess the other was a little big-and it wasn't that big.

I dont give Pebbles bottle caps, Im afraid shell eat it since it is tiny :)

For a while, I gave my yorkie fleece toys and cotton toys. At Petco/Petsmart, they have really nice fleece toys made for Ferrets, which work really well for small dogs.

But now, my yorkie tears the heck out of every toy I get him, so I have to go rubber. No joke, the best toy thus far I have gotten for him is a regular children's Koosh ball. Doesn't tear or shred. And is great for playing catch and fetch. He loves it.

They sell a ball at petsmart/petco called a Holee Roller. It looks kinda big for a Yorkie, but since it is hollow and made of an open network of rubber, it's easy for them to pick up and carry. Also, since it is rubber, it's VERY sturdy, but still soft.

with all these toys you all are describing, now i know what kind of toys to find for Oreo and Ginger since they chew everything they can at my house!

Violeta likes the little stuff, things she can handle, like tiny balls but soft and if they bounce better... she loves it when she's playing with it and it bounces she gets all exited and runs after it. She loves small stuffed animals, like little cows or snoopy. She also likes those bones that are for healthy gums. She has a lot of toys but she pays attention to them after she gets to know them... before that she wont touch them.

Toys
 

I worry because my pup doesn't like to play with ANYTHING!!! i've purchased many different toys (dog, cat or kid) none appeal to her :(
I'm going to try some of your suggestions and let you know how that works out!

Thanks everyone and have a great MOTHER'S DAY!!! :aimeeyork

Mackenzie actually really enjoys her flexable Nylabone....and the little Yorkie toy that came in the McDonalds happy meal...she is just vicious with that thing!..lol :D

Miffy loves our old socks rolled up into a ball. She'd chew on them, carrying them by her teeth, sleep with them... She looks real cute. You know the cardboard tags that come with new clothes or new stuff? Yeah she likes those as well.

She has a bunny, a pig and a giraffe and they keep her occupied. If not, it's to her nylabone!

Hey! I got that little red thing with legs for Miffy too! But her mouth's too small to bite on it hyuk

I agree with the person who mentioned sqeaky toys.. Maximus LOVES them! His favorite is a sqeaky Hedge Hog. He loves it because it makes noise, its fuzzy and its round (it rolls like a ball)...

He also found another favorite toy... a flower pot! Yesterday he jumped inot a small round flower pot with a little dirt in it and he was digging and circling for about 20 mins.

nip that now!
 

That crafty theft of the laudry is cute, but wow, nip that while you can because one day your gonna find them chewing on your favorite WHATEVER and they're not going to understand why you're throwing a fit. Plus, I heard recently of a pup who was chewing on towels, he ingested a lot of it, in long strings, and had to have intestinal surgery to have it removed. Lots of Money.

Hey great idea! My yorkie does the same thing to plush toys.