Read this article to find great ideas of the best chew toys for standard poodle puppies, best puzzle toys for poodles and much more.
If you are lucky enough to have a Poodle, you know they love to play catch, fetch, tug-of-war, hide and seek, rough and tumble and many other games. Play is important to Poodles of any age and any type, Standard, Toy, and Miniature. For a Poodle owner, there’s so much enjoyment watching your Poodle having fun – or joining in.
Playtime is important for a dog’s physical and mental health. Dogs need play and exercise all year round and every day of the year. If it’s cold and wet outside, your Poodle still needs to play.
For Poodles, and especially Poodle puppies, play develops their attachment and social skills with their owners. They get a physical and mental workout, improve their motor skills and burn off excess energy. A bored Poodle is going to eventually get frustrated and might be a handful around your home. Poodles, like any other dogs, need to chew too and it is better that they chew a toy than your furniture or clothes.
All Dogs, including Poodles, like and need “social play”. You can see that in a park play-fight between dogs. They like to play with humans too because it makes their human owners happy and so the dogs are happy too. Poodles, like other dogs, bow their heads down and slightly splay out their front feet. This is a dog signal called a “play bow.” The play bow, like other vocal or body language Poodle signals, serves as a means of giving other dogs or humans the message, “I want to play with you” They also serve to tell you ‘this is only playing, if I give you a gentle chew or nip, or knock you over, I don’t mean to hurt you”.
Good dog toys are designed to help your Poodle play, in ways that you both will enjoy.
So, here are eight great toys for Poodles
Best Dog Toys for Poodles in 2022
Now let’s take a closer look at the best poodle toys in more detail.
1. Outward Hound Interactive Puzzle Toy
Best low-cost puzzle and great toys for toy poodles
We’re starting with a simple low-cost toy for Poodles who like to play ‘hide and seek’. Poodles should have different types of toys in different shapes and textures, to provide variety. You hide some squeaky squirrels in a tree and your poodle then tries to get them out. Outward Hound also offers similar game toys with squeaky birds, bees, hedgehogs, etc. in a variety of sizes. They all look great and are fun for owners too. If you have a ‘New Age’ Poodle, who likes Hatha Yoga and has a Vinyl record collection of old Led Zeppelin albums, there’s a new age rainbow toy too. With a Unicorn. So, something for every Poodle and cheap enough you can buy a couple. Downsides to this plush toy is that you need to keep replacing the squirrels etc., so playtime might be quite short.
2. StarMark Bob-A-Lot Interactive Dog Toy
Best treat toy and one of our very best dog toys for poodles
When your Poodle plays, watch it closely to see which kind of it enjoys the most. Now if your Poodle is the pragmatic and rational type, then unicorns and rainbows are going to get boring. So, try this treat toy instead. It’s another puzzle for your Poodle to solve, but this time they actually get a treat out of it, not a feeling of oneness with the Universe. So, it is more likely to keep them occupied for a longer period of play. It takes a variety of dog food types and if you use pellets, you can put a reasonably full meal in there. You can also vary how difficult the puzzle is.
3. PetSafe Automatic Ball Launcher
Best throwing robot and great toys for miniature poodles
We are living in the 21st century and we have to get our first robot here. This is a clever throwing robot that will fire tennis balls for your poodle to chase and retrieve. There is the option to adjust the range and angle for up to 30 feet. There are various safety sensors, rest period controls, etc. It is all very clever and smart Poodles will work out how to drop the balls back in. So your Poodle gets a pretty comprehensive and extended workout, indoors or outdoors, and you have the fun of watching (or not).
4. Furbo Dog Camera
Best remote toy and a candidate for best toys for mini poodle
Another high tech dog toy but this time one that you can remotely control from a Smartphone or Alexa, via your home wi-fi. This robot gives you two-way audio and one-way video from your phone to a camera that allows you to see what your dog is doing (including in the dark, as there is a night vision function). You can then talk to your dog and you dod can bark, whine, etc. back. Good Poodles can be given a treat from a treat dispenser and naughty ones can get a telling off. A ‘bark detector’ will send a notification to your phone too. It’s a mains powered device, so it works 24/7/365. Big Brother is watching you.
5. VARRAM Pet Fitness Robot
Best interactive fitness robot and one of our best toys for miniature poodles
This ‘home alone’ robotic toy plays with your Poodle by zooming around the house, playing chase and giving rewards. It can be based on its own AI or by using a mobile smartphone application that can manage the duration of playtime and how the rewards are given. For example, the app allows you to manually control the robot during break times at work, school, etc, for direct play with your Poodle.
6. XiaZ Retractable Interactive Dog Toy
Best toys for standard poodles
This low-tech bungee rope toy is great for big dogs like Standard Poodles. It is a simple elasticated rope and ball toy, that allows for a very thorough Standard Poodle workout in the garden. Expect one well-muscled Poodle. Ideally, it should be attached to a tree or post and can be set at different heights. Its robust, low cost and fun.
7. HOUNDGAMES Puppy Toy Mat with Teething Chew Toys
Best toys for toy poodle puppy
Poodle puppies sleep a lot and chew a lot. So, why not get a toy that combines a comfy sleeping mat with a selection of fun ropes, rings, and squeakers, for all kinds of puppy games. That’s what’s great about this simple but well designed Houndgames toy mat, it answers lots of toy poodle puppies needs.
8. SmartPetLove Snuggle Puppy
Best toys for standard poodle puppies
Standard Poodle puppies can need a bigger toy and this clever and thoughtful plush toy dog has a heartbeat and can be made to warm up. This replicates the feeling of sleeping with a sibling puppy or a mother and triggers an instinctive relaxed and comforting response in a Poodle puppy. It’s great for when your poodle first arrives in the house and will help them settle into their new home without feeling lonely. Of course, it can in theory work with any Poodle of any age and really is one of our very best toys for poodles.
What are the best toys for Poodles?
We have looked at some of the very best toys for Toy Poodles, Standard Poodles, and Miniature Poodles. We have looked at very high tech and very simple toys, at a range of price points. We hope you have got some insight into what’s out there and we’ll be happy to answer any questions you might have.
