Dog Toys

Enrichment toys for dogs and their benefits

Dog enrichment toys are interactive dog toys that will challenge your dog and ensure that they are physically, mentally and emotionally stimulated and satisfied. Enrichment toys are a great way to help your pup avoid boredom and express their natural behaviours.

Regular enrichment is essential for a healthy, happy dog and easy enrichment activities can include food challenges and enrichment feeding with products like lick mats and treat dispensing dog toys.

Our exclusive range of enrichment mats and feeders by Messy Mutts includes textured surface lick mats, which can be spread with wet dog food or raw meat. Lick mats can also be frozen to keep your dog occupied for longer or to help cool your dog on a hot day. The Messy Mutts Mushroom Puzzle toy for dogs is a boredom-busting dog toy and can be stuffed with wet and dry dog food and treats.

Dog toys for active dogs

For active dogs that love to fetch, our Huff’n Puff balls and sticks by Messy Mutts are lightweight and soft on the teeth. Most importantly, these dog toys have holes to allow for easy breathing when your dog is carrying them. For the water-loving pups, Huff’n Puff balls and sticks also float, making them a must-have for any visit to the beach, lake or river.

Plush dog toys to snuggle and squeak

Upgrade your dog’s toy box with one of our plush dog toys. They won’t be able to keep their paws off these squeaky, interactive and adorable designs. All of our plush dog toys by P.L.A.Y. are stuffed with eco-friendly filler made from 100% post-consumer drink bottles and feature safe non-toxic dyes.

Best chew toys for dogs

At Banquet Pet, we stock a range of Benebone chew toys for dogs and puppies. Benebones are durable nylon dog chews with intense natural flavour - real peanuts, bacon, chicken, salmon, or maple wood. Benebone dog chew toys are designed to last and retain flavour longer than most chew toys. 

Reasons for chewing

For a dog, the act of chewing fulfils a variety of different goals. It's an effective method for easing the discomfort that might be brought on by a puppy or young dog's developing teeth. It is also nature's method of helping the dog's teeth remain clean. Chewing is an effective antidote to boredom and can provide relief from stress and anxiety.

Choosing the right chew toys for dogs

Regarding dog toys and chews, advice for which one to choose is frequently dependent on the intensity with which your dog chews.

So, if you're having trouble identifying your dog's personality, perhaps this will help:

• The gentle chewer: These chewers are gentle on toys and almost never destroy them (which is always helpful). They enjoy toys made of plush and like to lick or suck on them.
• The typical chewer: This is a large number of dogs. These chewers like a wide range of toys (which makes shopping much easier). They frequently transport toys from one location to another. Plush and fabric toys are sometimes damaged, whereas rubber toys are rarely ruined.
• The power chewer: These chewers are pickier about their toys. When they are chewing, they are powerful and determined. These chewers require robust, engaging toys made of hard rubber. When choosing toys for your super chewer, one useful piece of advice is to size up over the suggested weight and size range.
• Puppy teething chewer: They chew for instinct but also to ease pain and discomfort caused by teething. Make sure their chew toys can endure their needle-like teeth! 
• Senior chewer: It is vital to provide senior chewers with the opportunity to chew, but make sure that the chew has some spring to it and is gentle on their aged teeth (which may be worn), gums, and jaws. Senior dogs may have arthritis in their jaws, so selecting an appropriate toy is important.

Contact us for all your queries about chew toys for dogs

Whether your pup needs a new toy or it's their first, our pet shop online can supply recommendations for finding the right toy that will supply endless fun and hours of play for your companion. If you have any further questions, simply fill out our enquiry form, and we will get back to you soon.