Cat Toy Eaters?

The kitties love the furry mice toys. The dogs do too, apparently they taste great. Is there any way for me to keep the dogs from eating the toys aside from picking them up?

your dog can easily choke on them. keep them off the floor, or train him to leave them alone. we are now training kodiak our new pup to not eat cat toys.

I have been picking them up, but wondered if there was a way to teach the dogs to leave the toys alone. They know "leave it" & "drop it", so when I'm home, they never bother the toys anymore. When I'm gone, they'll still go after them(that's why I pick them up).

Abby eats all of my mother's kitties toys. She is NOT well trained in that matter....

if she knows the command get a training collar put her on the lead when she goes for the toys snap her back firmly, tell her drop then give her a treat if she responds favorably

very good question becauses we have the same issue with cocoa, he continuosly tries to eat the mice, and thats the only thing stormie really plays with but he knows drop it, i am starting to think that he thinks hes a cat he sure acts it, he tries to eat the cat food, he tries to sit on ur lap and hes about 120 lbs! And man when I weighed 100lbs like 2 years ago I hated it he would crush me now me and him are at the same weight and he still kills me when he tries to sit on my lap but he knows the command of drop it and really hasnt tried to go after them lately !

I train my boys. They know which toys are theirs and which ones belong to the kitties. If i see them go towards one i stop them and redirect them to one of their toys instead with positive but firm reinforcement. And when i see them go for their toys instead of a kitty toy, i reward them and praise them. They never bother the kitty toys Only once in a blue moon will they try and when they do i just redirect them to their toys.

if she knows the command get a training collar put her on the lead when she goes for the toys snap her back firmly, tell her drop then give her a treat if she responds favorably

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If he knows the command there is no reason to snap back his neck, in fact there is never a reason to, I don't like "training" collars. If he knows the command than set him up. Have a pocket full of cooked sliced hot dogs and a cat toy on the ground. When he goes for the toy give the leave it command and when he leaves it give the treat. If he does not listen then you'll need him on a leash short enough so that he cannot reach the toy. Once he learns that he cannot reach the toy you can loosen the leash and hopefully he will leave it. Make sue he gets the treat every time he leaves it. Have his own toys and encourage him to chew them. When he does give him a treat. Work with positive training.

Not that I've found! Our lab has destroyed almost every cat toy like those mice! I hide a few in the drawer to save for cat shows. The toys that I don't want destroyed are put in a drawer too and only played with when we bring them out.

The lab likes the string toys as much as the catnip ones. Of course, Charlie thinks its ok to play with Keno's toys - but he doesn't chew them up!

BTW she knows "leave it" very well - but you cannot trust her not to eat the mice when we are not there.