Good, Cheap Dog Toys?

When my pop last visited us he bought Porter a rope toy pretty similar to the one pictured here. Porter loves it—it’s the only toy he’ll seek out and bring to me, growling and whipping its knots into my shins to provoke me to play. Porter, being a bulldog, isn’t exactly built for stamina, either, but he’ll snap and pull and growl with the rope until he’s panting and totally worn out before plopping down on his bed to catch part of his 22 hour-a-day nap.

Tennis balls are another favorite around here, but Porter doesn’t quite understand the “give me the ball back” part of the fetch cycle.

I look around the pet stores for interesting new toys with which to torment my dog, but it seems like they are all more or less “chew” or “fetch” oriented devices, and I’ve yet to see any innovations that can beat the basic ball and rope.

What toys drive your pups wild? I’m not into expensive toys for dogs; They’re just going to get slobbered and nasty and need to be replaced.