Which Toys Are “Interactive” Dog Toys?

By our definition, interactive dog toys and games can include:

• Dog tug toys (the classic interactive dog toy and our specialty)
• Balls, throw toys, retrieving toys (if you throw the ball repeatedly)
• Keep away toys (most tug toys are use for this game)

Even a stick or leaf can be used as an interactive dog toy. It wasn’t uncommon for me to use a tiny twig to entertain and excite my lab Annie while waiting for our turn to compete in Agility. Because she was dog play trained from a puppy, she would play with anything as long as I was involved. I am Annie’s interactive toy dog , and that’s the ultimate goal.

The Toe Game

Annie and I have a game where I try to step on her front toes and she tries to nip my toes in return. We jump around looking like two crazy jumping beans hopping around in circles. In this game my toes, or me depending on how you look at it, are the interactive toy. The goal of interactive dog play is for the person to “be” the toy; the dog tug toy between you is just the playing field. When the person on the other end of the toy is the most interesting thing on the planet, we’ve done our job correctly.

Sight, Bite, Sound, Smell Toys

To get your dog really excited about playing with any one toy, and therefore excited about playing with you. We put what we call sense stimulators in all of our dog tug toys. Our toys excite your dog’s primary senses and drives with “Sight, Bite, Sound and Smell Stimulators.” Our goal is to create the most enticing dog toys possible so that you can be your dogs perfect interactive play partner.