Charming Pet makes plush dog toys with a puzzle or a tugging element built in, rather than plain stuffed animals. PeekAPaw stocks Pouch Pals, Ringamals, Scruffles and the Scrunch Bunch.
K9 Tuff Guard is the thread running through the range — a lining fitted behind the outer fabric, with double-stitched seams and a nylon-fused backing. It is a plush toy made tougher, not a toy for a determined shredder, so it suits dogs that carry and shake rather than dismantle.
The two puzzle-style toys work differently from each other. Pouch Pals is a mother-and-baby set where the baby sits in a pouch and has its own flap for hiding treats, so the dog has a reason to keep going back to it. Ringamals has squeaky, crinkly rings the dog pulls off a plush body — and once they are off, they double as small fetch toys. Both are available in several animals.
Scrunch Bunch is worth knowing about if your dog is put off by squeakers. It squeaks when pulled rather than bitten, and the dual rope and grip handles make it a tug toy first. Scruffles is the straightforward soft squeaky toy of the range, in a large moose or small bunny.
