Curious about dog toys...

[Ivory]

This isn't really about dogs, but dog toys. The plush kind, to be exact.

The ones I usually buy at the local pet shop don't give washing instructions, so I just wash under lukewarm water w/ dish soap and put them outside under the sun to dry.

Every single time I wash these, the squeaker breaks. Are squeakers not supposed to "touch" water? Just curious, because I feel like I'm getting ripped off if everytime I wash a toy half of it breaks. This doesn't really matter to our puppy though, lol

 

[Beanie]

Auggie has a big puppy that goes in his crate, and whenever I wash his pillow I just chuck it in the washing machine. I wash on the hot/warm cycle to kill germs, and then I plop it in the dryer. It's survived many washings and still squeaks... there's only been a couple others that I've needed to wash, and those go through the machine too just fine...
I wonder if it's putting them out in the sun maybe? I have no idea!

 

[bubbatd]

I've always machined washed ..... usually if a toy has a squeeker it's been removed by dog , re- stitched and still loved . I'm still washing 30 year old woobies !

 

[Blondie]

Blondie's squeakies die when I wash them

 

[Julie]

Hmmmmmmm I never get the chance to wash a stuffed dog toy.

 

[SizzleDog]

By the time mine hit the washing machine, the squakers have loooong since been demolished.

 

[carlar]

I wash mine in the machine and dry them in the dryer and the squeaker always dies. I figure it's worth it to get them clean though. If you were crafty they sell new squeakers and you can replace the old broken ones.

 

[doberkim]

There's only one toy currently that has EVER lived long enough to be washed and it happened yesterday. rah has a "baby" he takes to work with him and he adores this toy and never destroys it (I think maybe because he only has it in a crate at work?) and he's oh so cute - the toy is grey like him and he uses it as a pillow (even for his butt!) and he's always in some contorted position with this toy stuffed underneath him or in between his legs...

yesterday, tho - rah vomited on baby. so she had to be washed - and she survived, squeaker and all.

 

[Maxy24]

when I washed Max's bone with the squeaker it didn't work at first but I just pumped the squeaker for a long time to get all the water out and it started to squeak again.

 

[ACooper]

Well I am still looking for a toy that will survive long enough to need washing, AND the squeaker matters to Orson a GREAT deal