The Best Dog Toys For Your Puppy

Puppy toys are great in helping your new addition develop their confidence in exploring new things, while simultaneously keeping them entertained for periods of time. Toys can also help dogs to practice normal behaviour and do things that might be in their genetics to do like chasing, chewing, or tugging.

They’re perfect for preventing teething puppies from chewing everything in sight and when you use toys to play with your new pup, it keeps their teeth away from your skin and only contacting what they should be!

When choosing the right toys for your puppy, you need to take into consideration their age, size, and the intensity of their chewing habits, as some toys are aimed towards different types of dogs. If your puppy loves to chew they might enjoy something like the Kong Puppy Toy which is made of a softer rubber and less rigid than the adult versions. If you have a large breed dog then they can sometimes break the softer, pale blue Kong’s. They may need the Kong Classic Toy Red or even the Kong Classic Toy Black if they’re a really tough chewer!

Knowing your individual puppy is important for knowing what toys to get them when there’s such a big range.

Some dog breeds just love to chew. While some puppies chew when they’re young and seem to lose interest as they grow older, whereas others will want to continue chewing all the way through their adolescents and into adulthood. It’s important to provide them with suitable toys as an outlet instead of them finding their own things.

The TastyBone Bacon Nylon Toy Dog and Puppy Bone can lure them in with their tasty meaty flavour and save your furniture from being the victim of getting chewed. They’re long lasting and help to strengthen teeth and gums!

When they’re teething, their gums can become inflamed and uncomfortable and chewing really helps to soothe them. Toys that help puppies during their teething period are usually quite soft with some give in them which helps to make them feel better.

This Little Rascals Puppy Chew Chain has lots of little ridges and bumps along it to really help them to bite down when they need to. Similarly, the Pedigree Jw Snail Chew-Ee Teether is made of a similar material with a textured surface to give the same kind of relief. You can even put them in the freezer for a short period to make them nice and cold which can further help sore gums.

If you have a really tough chewer on your hands, some normal run of the mill puppy toys might not do the trick, but you can find an assortment of toys for those who seem to destroy most things in a matter of minutes.

If your puppy has a penchant for “killing” any cute teddies, this Kong Wild Knots Assorted Bear Dog Toy is as tough as they come. Instead of having soft and fluffy insides, there are knots of rope that they can really sink their teeth into, and you won’t be left with teddy innards all over the living room floor. 

The Little Rascals Puppy Chew Chain is made from both tough material and rubber so has different textures for your pup to test out. Rubber toys are a great choice for rough players as it’s soft and has given to it but doesn’t break even if you’re playing a game of tug with it.

Interactive and stimulating puppy toys really help when it comes to reducing boredom and keeping your puppy busy, especially while you can’t keep an eye on them. As a bonus, they also teach them to solve things on their own and to persist without giving up.

The James & Steel Chase & Treat Ball Dog Toy is great for puppies who like to chase but you can also fill the ridges in the ball with tasty treats. You can either break up treats to hide in the ridges or spread peanut butter throughout it to encourage a longer game that doesn’t just end when they have caught the ball. If you want it to last even longer, freezing the peanut butter will keep them going for hours, potentially.

An I-Quities Wobbler Interactive Iq Dog Toy is really useful in extending mealtimes. If you feed a dry, biscuit based diet, you can pop their meal in this interactive toy and instead of wolfing it down in a few seconds flat, your pup will have to work out how to wobble it to get access to their food.

Toys really are important to your puppy’s development and different toys help to serve different purposes. To help keep your little busy body happy and healthy, find all the essentials you need in store and online.