Looking for dog toys?

Want to make sure that what you buy is safe, suitable and good value for money?
Puppies need tons of 'stuff' - and a lot of it is fun to choose. Picking out toys for your dog definitely falls into that category! Believe it or not, there are almost as many toys for puppies and dogs as there are for babies...

Although there's a huge selection of dog toys out there, not all of them are good buys. Avoid the cheap, thin rubber toys and anything made of poor quality, brittle plastic. These pose a choking hazard to your puppy.
What toys you choose will depend on several things

• The breed of your puppy
• The age and physical size of your puppy
• Whether or not he will be supervised during playtimes with this particular dog toy.
• If it's an outdoor or indoor toy
• Your budget!

Dog toys are a necessity for dogs. Not just when they are puppies, but throughout their lifetime, as dogs need toys for mental and physical stimulation as well as for having fun.

Our dog toys have been designed to emulate natural enrichment behaviours; the chase, hunt and forage. Dogs also enjoy smells, noises, and also textures.

There are seven different ranges, each with its own unique function, assists you to identify the purpose of the toy.

Benefits

• Reduces Stress
• Alleviates boredom and loneliness
• Channels pent-up physical and mental energy
• Helps prevent many behavioural problems
• Assists in socialising and bringing out the best in a dog

Puppies need to chew to exercise their developing jaws, relieve tension and to loosen puppy teeth. This toy range is designed to smooth puppy’s teeth and encourage self pain relief during their teething period.
Designed for Puppy’s Specific needs - It is also important to provide them with a very wide variety of textures and density depending on their needs.
Accessing and playing with various toys also will teach the puppy to enjoy toys for the rest of their lives and not to seek other things to chew on.

• Soft rope toys are gentle on the teeth and gums
• Designed for puppies
• Provides jaw exercise necessary in the physical development
• Cute puppy colours

The Playmates range is designed for you and your four legged friend to interact.
Playtime for you and your friend teaches them to fetch, chase, wrestle, or just goof around. It’s all great exercise and essential bonding time.

The Chasers range is designed as an exercise workout for all dogs and encourages them to chase and retrieve.

• Easy to wash
• Designed for fetch and play with your dog
• Interactive

Designed for your persistent chewer! Chewers range is designed for the persistent chewer. These toys are perfect to chew on, and occupy them rather than focusing on damaging clothing or furniture.
This is a great dog toy for dogs that love to wrestle.

Lots of chunky knots will stimulate for hours.

• Different levels of cotton rope strength to choose from
• Made of durable cotton

Fun soft indoor play
The Cuddlies range is designed for quiet play. Different sizes are available to allow for all different dogs to have some self amusement. Cuddlies can be used as a comforter, or indoor fetch, chase and wrestle toy. This is a great dog toy for dogs that love to wrestle.

• Soft and cuddly
• Fully washable
• Great for puppies
• Includes squeaker for more fun

The Fresheeze range is designed to help eliminate bad dog breath. It also cleans the dogs gums, freshens breath and maintains healthy teeth while dogs play.

No more doggy breath

• Hours of chew fun
• Durable, washable
• Minty flavour leaves dog with fresh breath

ENTERTAINEEZE
The Entertaineeze range is designed to kill dogs’ boredom by providing hours of fun and play. By combining a toy with a tasty treat, dogs are encouraged to play with the toy, rather than destroy the backyard while you’re away.
Simply insert treats here and after a bit of chewing, scrunching and rolling- the treat travels through the maze and the reward comes out.
There are various sizes to choose from for different sized dogs and different

• Extra holes to avoid animals tongue getting stuck

SOFT DISPENSE BALL

• Soft plastic outer layer keeps quiet when played with
• Puzzle structure gives hours of fun
• Safe durable plastic with no small breakable pieces

TREAT BALL

• Natural rubber
• Three internal layers

PUZZLE BALL

• Natural rubber
• Three internal layers
• Easy access to input treats
• Tumble weight on one side provides a challenge

You can have a lot of fun picking out dog toys and its ok to indulge yourself. Just be sure that you only choose safe, sturdy toys and always supervise your precious pup’s playtime to make sure no accidents happen.

Dogs and puppies have very short attention spans, and if they're surrounded by toys they'll most likely play with each for 10 seconds and then decide the leg of the coffee table looks more interesting!

To help avoid boredom and sensory overload it's a good idea to rotate the toys that Max has available to play with each day. For example if you have a dozen dog toys, give Max 4 toys one day and keep the rest in a toybox (where he can't get at them) or in a cupboard. The next day pick up those toys, put them away and replace them with a different 4. Then just keep repeating that sequence.

Well, now you know all about choosing dog toys, off you go and have fun. You may want to set a budget though - just so as you don't blow next week’s grocery money, those dog toys can be irresistible!