Throw Toy Thursday: Win a FREE Eco-Friendly Gourdo Toy from Ruff Wear
I don't know about you, but I've become ever-increasingly aware of what my dogs' toys are made with.
I mean hey, we are more watchful of what we put on and in our bodies...don't our four-legged family members deserve the same?
Of course they do!
If you're looking for a new toy for fido to enjoy, look no further than the Gourdo from Ruff Wear.
If you haven't figured it out quite yet, we're giving one away right here! Read on for the details...
Many of our pets' toys these days are made with toxic chemicals and dangerous materials
No more, I beg you...heck, your dog begs you too!
Ruff Wear has lots of great gear for dogs (and humans too), but be sure to check out their eco-sensitive line of doggy gear too!
What Makes the Gourdo So Grand?
- It's a fun exerciser—can be thrown great distances (and floats) for fetching
- It makes a perfect reward
- It's a great behavioral tool—filled with treats, it keeps dog’s attention for hours
- Made from natural latex rubber, a renewable and sustainable source
- Natural rubber is resilient, stretchy, bouncy, durable, and fun
- Dental nubs stimulate gums and clean teeth
- Rope handle for you to toss or use during tug-of-war
The Gourdo comes in 2 different sizes and 3 different colors. The "orange sunset" color is only available in the small size (which is 5.25'' long and 1.75'' wide).
The "obsidian black" and "blue spring" colors are available in the large size (8'' long and 2'.5' wide).
Want to Grab a Gourdo Toss Toy for FREE!
Simply leave a comment on this post telling us what your dog's favorite game to play or toy to play with is. For example, my 2 black lab mixes love nothing better than to play fetch in the lake!
You'll have from today, Thursday, June 25th, 2009 until 11:59pm CST next Thursday, July 2nd, 2009.
The winner will be contacted via email, at which time you will have the ability to choose between the small or the large Gourdo...because we don't want a Pomeranian to end up with a toy bigger than he or she is.
Rules:
- Must be 18+ and a U.S. citizen to enter
- Winner will be chosen randomly from random.org
- Mindless and incoherent comments will NOT be counted as valid entries
- In the event that you win (and we hope you do) you must respond within 48 hours of being notified of your victory or another winner will be chosen
Happy commenting and 2 paws up for puppy play time!
**CONGRATULATIONS to reader Laura for winning the Gourdo from Ruffwear!**
Maybell, is our newly adopted Beagle, from a not so friendly home she is a very meek dog just comming out of her shell we are just getting her to show interest in toys so far she has a stuffed squeaky toy that she shows favor to but we are hopefull that she will continue to progress and are trying to give her a pleathera of choices in toys - ok so we are trying to spoil her a bit, soon i believe she will chasing and chewing every toy in site.....Best to all...Jay
My dogs Cinnamon and Penny love to play ball, especially Cinnamon. Cinnamon knows that the ball we use is on the refrigerator so when we come home from work she stands by the open back door and looks up at the ball on the refrigerator. You can see her anticipation. When we go to take the ball she starts jumping and running, just plain going crazy. When she brings the ball back to us her tail is up in the air and wagging back and forth. You can just see how happy she is. Penny is very funny. When she gets the ball she doesn't want to give it back because she doesn't want Cinnamon to have it. Sometimes she'll take it and just sit with it by her paws. When we go to take it from her mouth she pulls her head away cause she knows that once we take it we're going to throw it again so Cinnamon can play. Penny loves to play ball, she loves to tease Cinnamon more. Don't get me wrong, they love each other and love to constantly play in the yard, the living room, whereever.
My maltese Stella will play fetch with just about anything but she likes to play fetch and "keep away" with her octopus toy. She will bring her toy to us and then once we throw it, she will bring it back. But once we reach for it she will dart just out of reach.
My dog,Snickers has a little stuffed bear that she has gutted and carries the rest of it around like its a baby.When you pull on it
she plays tug of war and won't let go!
Maggie is crazy about balls! She is an excellent soccer player, which means I don't have to keep throwing the ball for her if I give her a large ball. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway!
A big ol' kong toy.
My Heidi loves to play fetch with her felt pom pom.
Princess my Shih Tzu loves to play Fetch with her favorite toy a plastic Pokemon toy.
mu skippy would love it
Mine loves to fight with me over their rawhides!
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My two Belgian Tervurens would have a great time with this!
my dog love to hide and seek with my hub.my hub will hide somewhere and he will look and look till he finds him :)
3 RIDGEBACKS PLAYING TUG =A=WAR....what a sight to see
Our pup loves playing frisbee and loves chewing! I think he would love this toy!
my dog love to play with eny thing
Both sets of dogs prefer to chew on each other.
My dog likes paying with a rope
My Border Collie is a frisbee freak - she is rarely without it and we play all day long.
I have a rottweiler that absolutely loves to play tug and fetch. I'ts not easy because he is so strong-pulls me like a ragdoll!
My dog Armani loves to play fetch, but his favorite game is to let me throw his toy, then he comes back near me, then I have to chase him to get the toy back.
My 6 month old doberman loves to bring me her chew toys and drops them in my lap and clanks her teeth at me until I throw her toys for her to fetch!!
Although we don't have overwhelming definitive proof, we believe our dogs' favorite toy is the plastic insert that squeeks! Once they've reached that, the toy is pretty much in shreds anyway... :)
My dog's favorite thing to do is play frisbee at the dog park when there are no other dogs there. Once he's got the frisbee he runs up to me and pretends that he's going to give it back, only to take off running as soon as I make a move for it.
My dog loves to chew on things.
My dog loves to steal things and run outside through the dog door.
Belle loves her Kong. She wants to play fetch with it nonstop. Then she wants it filled with treats and put in her bed with her at nite.
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We've only had our dog for a week. She's a rescue. I don't think she's really been played with much but I did discover that she adores little tennis balls. She will even toss them in the air and chase them herself.
She loves to play with a stuffed rabbit.
T loves his Chee-Chee a ragedy old stuffed cheetah
my dog loves frisbee!
My dog loves to catch frisbees (or at least attempt to).
My dog Nittany's favorite toys right now are a little rubber football with a rope through it, he enjoys chomping on the ball and then chewing on the rope so its the best of both worlds...then he likes to swing it around and really give it a difficult time lol
Fetch with a frisbee or ball!
My Golden Retriever is in LOVE with a stinky, old, matted stuffed rabbit we call Mr. Bunny. I've been trying to find a replacement, but he's not having it! Thanks.
We have a wired haired terrier/Schnauzer mix who loves to play fetch EVERYWHERE. If there's a toy or a ball laying around, he'll follow you until you throw it!
My puppy loves to chew, this would be great to win
my dog loves to play "which hand is the ball at?" among other activities.
I'm disappointed that this contest is US-only, as it looks like a great toy - but I'll tell my dogs' favourite games anyway:
My Golden Retriever likes to bring a toy and give it, then take it back, then give it again... she can keep that up for hours!
And my Greyhound's favourite game is walking at heel: you walk in crazy circles and zigzags and he dances along trying to figure out where you'll go next, so he can stay in heel position.
They're both a bit nuts, I think!
Reggie, my Labrador Retriever, comes exactly as billed. His favorite activity, by far, is fetching balls and sticks in the lake. He'd absolutely love this thing!
We have two dogs -- one likes to play frisbee; the other likes to play steal the frisbee.
Our dog likes to play with frisbees
We have 4 dogs and between them they will play with just about anything, but their favorites seem to be the bunge type stuffed toys. You can throw them, play tug o war, or they can just swing them around!
My new puppy likes to play catch with tennis balls and anything that she can CHEW!
Our dog Ella loves to play with stuffed animals with the sound boxes in them! Her favorite is the monkey!
my rescue puppy (50 lbs so far) LOVES to play with EVERYTHING!! But her favorite is a rope toy with a tennis ball at the end.
Our dog loves to play with his chewie treats. He'll guard it for hours and challenge anyone to try and take it away!
Nifty. I can give it to my bro for his pups
My biggest dog and youngest (1 1/2) loves any toys he can chew on
My dog's favorite toy is his little pink piggy with all the stuffing pulled out (had it out within 10 minutes of getting it)
My dog loves to prop up his chew toys with his paws, like a person eating!
My two alaskan malamutes love to tug on their squeeky monkey. It is missing some limbs, but they still love it.
My dog loves tug of war with a rope toy.
my dog loves to play fetch with the toy.
My dogs love this stuff monkey toy we got them. It makes loud, monkey sounds when they bite it. They love it.
My dogs favorite toy is a santa claus that we got on clearance in the spring. Figures that the toy I spend $1 lasts months while the $15 toy is destroyed or forgotten in seconds. LOL.
My new dog Paco loves to play fetch with me.
My dog Raven actually refuses all toys and prefers to play with her bucket. She balances and tosses it with her head much like a seal!
My sheltie would sure like this....
My puppy, chihuahua (named WaWa), loves to play with a string made knot and with a tennis ball. :)
We have three dogs, one refuses to play with any toys at all. The other two make up for her. They both seem to fight over this ugly stuffed armadillo that squeaks. We call it "the baby". The baby is in dire need of a bath, she's pretty ratty now after being mouthed over and over by two huge dogs.
My dog loves her Kong
So far our dog's favorite toy seems to be a ratty old tennis ball. Go figure.
Playing with a ball (tennis size) keeps my man's best friend occupied for hours.
My dog Ladybug likes 2 play Frisbee
my dog loves to toss around her kong, especially when I put a treat in it.
my dog loves to play tug with a rope...so he'd love this! thanks :)
My dachshund loves to play fetch
My boxer/dane mix that manages to eat and devour each and every toy we have given her into tiny pieces of different colored rubbers. Layla Bean Brunetta would adore the chance to tear into this toy as she had all the others.
Surprisingly, my two dogs have taken a liking to a paint roller they have found. They could play tug-a-war all day with this.
my german shepherd will chase ANYTHING thrown!
My dog loves to play fetch, but her favorite ball is actually one of the toys she stole from the cat :-)
My dog, Prince, loves this frog I got that was really a toy for my nephew, but he thinks it is his.
My Jack Russell Terrier goes crazy for digging in sandboxes, whenever she spots one we know we're going to be there awhile!
My dog Pei love to bounce ball on her nose and kick it around.
My black lab loves playing fetch too. We play at the huge dog park near our house.
Our boxer loves this stuff! He generally distroys every other toy he has, but these at last a while!
Penny loves playing frisbee the most.
Right now their favorite game/sport is sleep. I want to try to get them to exercise more. This would help.
My lab Bailey loves to chew - this would be perfect!!
i want to win this
My dog loves her rope toy
storm and sissy would be proud
Gonzo plays fetch, Molly destroys things, and old man Luke just chills and watches :)
My lab/Belgian shepher mix enjoys the water, she can be entertained for hours in the pool or with the sprinklers. This toy would be great since she tears up everything!
My two boys Charlie (Westie Poo, we think he's a rescue) and Reilly (Westie) love to just run up and down the fields in the dog park.
I don't have dogs, but my daughter loves my mother's dogs. Her favorite thing to do (and hopefully visa versa) is to take them for a walk. Its funny, she's so strict with them when she walks them.
Mia loves to play with a giant blue bone I got her a few months ago.
Our dogs love to play tug-o-war and fetch with just about anything.
My Pomeranian Toby loves to play fetch, across the yard, in the pond doesn't matter. He especially goes nuts over squeaky tennis balls. He tends to rip the felt off of them in no time.
my dogs like to play fetch and tugowar
Miss Sophia Loren loves to play tug...but she cheats and usually ends up biting the hand on the other end. This would be great to have a rope handle.
One of the favorite games my Chiweenie has is to play with my cat. It usually ends with the dog sitting on the cat--a strange sight, with a fawn dog sitting on the belly of a large white cat! It doesn't usually last very long, since Mischief still has his claws and although he enjoys the play, Taco is rather heavy!
My chocolate lab and Jack Russell LOVE to play tug with each other!
My Spitz-Terrier mix Fiona enjoys playing fetch with her dachshund doll.
Bella has a lot of toys but she would much rather play with a bottle cap or an old shoe lace!
boo's favorite game is pulling out all the stuffing out of every toy she can find
Bella has a ducky she loves !!!
My dogs love squeky, stuffed toys the best. They do love me to throw them for them, but they usually go get them and don't bring them back. I'm sure they'd love the eco-friendly gourdo toy lots, too. They love toys.
Trixie loves to play with any toy that has a squeaker in it. Hide and seek is one of her favorite games probably cause she is a bloodhound only she likes to be the one doing the hiding *LOL*
Our dog likes to play with his frisbee, he will even throw it to himself.
the birds and creatures in the backyard are the best toys- well not the best but they catch them and bring them to me so we are trying to play with them more
Fetch! Throw something - anything - please!!
My Jack Russell is obsessed with his "Huck" ball. Day & Night...Night & Day :)
Zelda, my pitt mix, loves her balls and tug-of-war toys... and some alone time with a good chew toy...
my Lady loves to play tug of war with her frizby as long as I let her grab it once in a while so that I swing her around on it. Our property has a lower level and chasing a ball down hill and running back up hill with it is also an energy buster.
frisbee
My dog absolutely loves tennis balls, and having me throw the ball (with a Chuck-it) outside. We have to play 4-5 times a day otherwise she gets restless.
My dog Lucky loves to play tug of war with her rope.
My dogs romp and play with my three goats..and all of them play with a large beach ball. My neighbors think it is funny to see the goat kick the ball.
My black lab like to play tug-a-war.