20 Best Toys For Dogs With Anxiety (2023 Updated)

What a wonderful cozy, soft and cuddly fun big dog came into my house one day for my 9 pound Havapoo Pepper. It really didn’t look like anything special online, even in the box as I was opening it up.

But WOW, when you take Buddy (that’s what I named him) out of the box, that first feel of him is magic. All you want to do is hug him and never let go. The you see there is a heart you can insert into Buddy and he starts being human.

The heart starts beating and he becomes real. And then, you can make him warm with a small packet and he comes to life. You hold him for a while and you suddenly forget all your problems and guess what? You fall asleep, and Pepper never gets to play with Buddy.

So, Buddy is a wonderful addition to Pepper’s toy box, if it ever gets into the toy box. But seriously, Snuggle Puppy is definitely a wonderful behavioral aid toy. I found that my hyperactive dog Pepper loved Snuggle Puppy from the minute he came into the house, well from the minute I let Pepper have him.

I saw a change in Pepper’s behavior soon after. Snuggle Puppy began to calm her down, especially at night. When you look at the price you might think it is a bit expensive but believe me it is worth every penny.

It is a great purchase.

We bought one of these just before we drove for several hours to pick up a two month old White German Shepherd Dog. She slept with it all the way home, and every night since, plus often during the day.

She is now a few days short of her 6 month birthday and this snuggle puppy is with her every night, most evenings and a lot of days. She began sleeping through the night earlier than she should have and we are convinced this snuggle puppy is the reason.

She can go through a bully stick in less than an hour or so regardless of how thick it is and this snuggle puppy looks almost brand new!!! When the batteries for the little heart start to get weak, she will bring it to us to perform a little “heart surgery”!! We leave it set on a continuous heart beat and the batteries last a couple of weeks.

Be forewarned that if it is really quiet, hearing that little heart beat is a little unnerving at first!!! LOL. This is absolutely the most wonderful gift you could give a young puppy!.

These products are high quality very functional. I was amazed how easy it is to set up the crate, open the box, take it out and pull it up. The quality is unbeatable and I have spent hours researching dog crates.

It will last many years. You know the old saying ” you get what you pay for”, well in this case it is true! You will not be disappointed. The Snooze crate pad is also another quality item. Well made and sturdy.

I also love the Groove Training Aid, is is thick and solid One of the smartest training tools I have seen in years. Diggs certainly impressed me with the quality of the products they offer.

I have put different spreads in yogurt I have made popsicles and the product holds up. I still have a young puppy so I don’t know how this will hold up with a strong chewer. It does promote licking because that’s how your dog can reach his snack and it does calm them and it’s great that it goes in the crate but eventually when the spread or popsicle or whatever it is getting low a dog will chew because dogs are chewers.

It’s not really that big of a deal you just have to supervise your pup and remove it. The really big issue with it is cleaning. I literally have to run boiling hot water over it and use a teeny little wire brush to get all the food off and then I run it through the dishwasher.

That’s why it gets four stars.

I bought an XL for my swim fanatic 40lb mutt and she loves it! For now this toy is better for us than a chuckit plus floating ball bc it doesn’t get caught in the surf and float back in like balls do, and we can have our hands free while strolling the beach.

My dog swallows less seawater and she loves whipping it around like a dead octopus lol Like other photos reveal, this toy got holes and tears almost immediately but it’s still working for us. It’s not pretty and an arm will undoubtedly come off but it has several.

I don’t imagine there’s an affordable more durable quickdry material that floats that’s not rubber so I’m not mad at this wetsuit stuff for perforating. Maybe they could add a mesh webbing to reinforce? Squeeker: ours has one unlike other reviews and the Q&A state! It’s hard to activate: I can’t by squeezing it w my human hands but my heavy chewer can.

It weirdly sounds more like a real bird than other toys, she loves it. It takes some finesse and practice to throw far or straight–it often flies wonkily sideways (onomatopoeia of the name Wubba). I wasn’t looking for a launcher toy but might try those next.

Squeaker doesn’t last. My dog loves retrieving these toys for two reasons-the “tails” that trail behind as the toy is thrown and the satisfying squeak they make. However (I think I have purchased at least 5 in the last year), the squeakers barely last.

Lucky if last longer than even ten throws-although a few have lasted days or weeks. My dog is not a “chewer,” so that is not the problem. My previous dog loved these toys as well and they used to be made better-Kong must have changed the quality of the squeaker.

The material is still durable (mostly-sometimes the stitching falls apart eventually). I continue to buy them only because he loves the shape and still chooses this toy above a ball when fetching. Don’t buy this if your dog only likes the squeak-you will be disappointed.

I haven’t been able to find a toy from another brand that has a squeaker and material that lasts. Kong brand used to be reliable. Dog is so disappointed when the squeaker dies.

I’ve noticed our husky/Kelpie mix intensely watch us do things like put stuff in drawers, open & close things, so I figured I’d try one of these puzzles. Right now she’s 6 mos old and getting into everything so I felt like she’d guess the Level 1 puzzle pretty quickly so I bought the Level 2-3 one.

I didn’t fill all of the pockets at first, just the “bones” to see if she would be smart enough to move them. She only used her nose and teeth to move them, and it took her some encouragement from us but she found all 4 but she also wanted to run off and chew the bones.

I didn’t think she’d open the flip lids so I left the bones out and put treats under them. She sniffed and pushed them around, of course trying to chew on it too. But now with her third time, I filled all 20 spots (used Blue Buffalo Bites Salmon flavor – really fishy smell!) – she “solved” it in under 3 minutes.

Filled it again, solved it in about a minute. (So much for keeping her occupied for 10-15 minutes!) I really didn’t think this would work but I’m so surprised at how much it allows her to focus her otherwise crazy attention to doing this even if it’s for a brief time.

I’m probably going to have to graduate her up to the Level 4 expert level by the end of summer. I’m sure other dogs may just plop themselves down and take their time sniffing out the treats. Watch them and encourage them to find it (they will get frustrated and try to chew it & the lids do pop off so this is NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN LEAVE THEM UNSUPERVISED with – it’s a chance for you to praise them and encourage them to find the treats to keep them focused on the task).

Mix up treat flavors so they can focus on the ones they really like to smell & eat. I wouldn’t recommend putting peanut butter in it because the puzzle is not meant to be chewed on. Definitely put the puzzle out of the dogs reach when done.

Just received a box from Chewie today and my dog knew right away that there was some good stuff inside of it. There were treats in there but I also had the puzzles in there so she was very interested in opening the box.

Once we took the puzzle out and started filling it with kibble, she was super interested and it kept her attention while we filled it for about a full seven minutes which is how long it took her to get all of the treats out.

Then she was still interested in it for a while to make sure that she actually did get all of them. Several times she picked it up and dropped it on the ground so the treats would fall out. I was hoping that the puzzle pieces would snap in a little more sturdily into the base so that if she did pick it up she couldn’t knock the treats out.

I was very pleased at how well it held her attention. I think whenever we do it again, she might resort to just dropping it on the floor again. I’ll repost if that happens. But she’s almost 10 years old and has been pretty lethargic/bored lately.

This activity perked her right up which was very nice to see!.

My 8. 5 pound chihuahua terrier mix looks so excited when I set this puzzle down for her. This level two puzzle is a fun challenge. I think she’d be able to solve it faster if she removed the white bone shaped treat covers completely.

However, she often just nudges them out of the way just enough to eat her kibble. As a result, she has trouble sliding the red squares into the center which means she can get frustrated when she can’t easily reach the treat compartment underneath.

Sometimes she’ll chew on the lid of the red square because she can smell the treats in the compartment below. I’ve been intervening at this point to show her how moving the white bone shaped treat covers over to the floor will allow her to slide the red squares inward so that she can then reach the treat compartment below.

I think she’s starting to catch on— we’ve only had this puzzle for a week. I was pleased that she was able to flip open the lids of the red squares and slide them inward with her nose without too much difficultly.

I was worried that this might be too hard for her but it has provided the right amount of challenge. If your dog is already doing level one puzzle toys, treat balls, and slow feeders with ease I would encourage you to try this puzzle out.

I love that I can look at my pup and see her wheels turning while she’s working this puzzle. My only gripe is that one of the lids has popped off with what I consider gentle use. I was able to re-attach easily but I’d recommend keeping a close eye on your doggo while they use this since it isn’t intended to be a super durable, free access chew toy.

This toy is good for the price but not so great as a treat dispenser. It is very hard for even the tiniest treats to escape – my pup worked so hard with no reward & unfortunately all that happened was treats got mushy from saliva and stuck inside.

I then tried a small size biscuit just hanging out the end it broke off and the other half got stuck inside – it was extremely difficult for me to remove it. This aside the toy has great bounce and my dog can still have some fun with it.

I will not continue to try it as a treat dispenser.

I have bought a number of chew toys (nylabones of different varieties and two different pet stages ones) for my medium breed puppy to encourage him to chew while teething, in order to discourage destructive chewing of other objects.

This Super Dogwood toy has been his favourite of the ones we’ve tried, so much so that I bought a second one. His breed isn’t known for intensive chewing, so he didn’t take to it right away. However, I put a bit of butter, peanut butter, or Kong Easy Treat Stuffn on the various ‘prongs’ of the branch and in the crevices on the surface then pop it in tge fridge.

Every evening we pull a chew toy out of the fridge and he’ll start off licking it (to get the tasty stuff) before switching to chewing. We mostly hold it for him so he can get better angles for chewing.

It has been a great evening ritual as it gets him to calm down by focusing on chewong. I think the big draw of this one lfor him are the angles available for him to chew due to the branch ‘prongs’, and the hardness of the chew from the wood-nylon composite (not soft but not extremely hard).

My dog loves to chew things up as his teeth are still growing in and these are a great distraction from him biting off zippers, nibbling our hands, and playing with our drawstrings. I wouldn’t necessarily say that they calm him down, but they keep him preoccupied for a couple of minutes.

If they made a size in between small and medium, these would be perfect. I am afraid that they won’t last very long because of their size and because my dog is an active chewer. On the flipside, I have a regular medium sized dogwood stick and my dog was only able to chew on the smaller side, hence why it would be helpful to have a size between.

A great fun toy. We first saw one of these probably 25 years ago in a kids’ toy store – funny how its transitioned over to a dog’s toy, but that was the first thing I thought 25 years ago when I first saw “My dog’s gonna love this” And this one glows in the dark! The glow lasts about as long as any other glow-in-the-dark toy that’s charged by a light bulb or the sun, but its great for this time of year when it gets dark out so early.

I can toss this for the dogs at night and its easily seen by them. The giggle keeps them engaged and the size discourages them from chewing it up. They’re large dogs and even they have to figure out how to pick it up given its size.

A brain teaser AND a chase-and-fetch toy!.

Although currently I think I am more excited about this Wobble Wag Giggle Glow ball than my 4-month-old Aussie pup is, he seems to be coming around! I bought this because my boyfriend has one for his dog and she loves hers (the original version).

I was very excited to find a Glow version, as I had not seen it before; my pup and I play outside at night so that’s been fun. I would totally purchase again—a very entertaining and versatile ball!.

I bought the SoPhresh XL sifting litter box to use this litter because it is best used as a sifting litter. I’ve watched lots of YouTube reviews on this particular litter and that is the consensus. It does clump but takes a little longer to firm up.

It does sometimes get stuck in the slots of the sifting ban but it’s an easy fix if you use a litter spade and not a square litter scoop. A litter spade is just a scoop shaped like a gardening spade – it pokes the litter right thru.

Also you’ll want to make sure you pour more into the litterbox to avoid litter clumping beneath the sifting pan. I can say though when that happens i just pat the bottom of the pan and it pops right off – it’s extremely non-stick which is nice.

I do sift twice when I clean the litter boxes and I love how easy it is to just wipe it clean. I started using this litter with two other litter boxes that were smelly and needed to be washed and once I set the Naturally Fresh litter out with the other boxes it eliminated ALL the odors from the the old clay litter without me even scooping or cleaning those boxes first!!! I have since bought another new sifting box and bag of this litter.

I do still give my cats the option to use the clay litter just to give them transition time. There is minimal dust when sifting. They do kick it out of the litter box but I just bought a giant $12 indoor/outdoor rug that brown so you can see it and then just vacuum whenever I sift.

I love this litter!.

I’ve been on a journey to find a natural litter, that clumps well and has good odor control and low to zero dust. This litter is NOT that, the only good thing I like is it has pretty decent odor control so far.

I usually wait a while to make reviews but after using this litter for less than a week, it just isn’t it. I don’t want people wasting their money expecting a spectacular product. The clumps fall apart very easily so it’s impossible to fully clan the litter box because there will still be small clumps that fall through the litter scoop.

The worst part of this litter is how dusty it is you have to shake the scoop very gently or you’ll create a plume of red dust. Overall this is a very poorly performing cat litter that isn’t worth the price, I really wanted to like the litter as it is a great concept I just wish it clumped better and was dusty.

Perhaps some people can get over that but I feel the average cat owner can’t. I can’t imagine this being a good litter for multi-cat households that’s litter system is all in one room that room will be covered in red dust.

I’ve used a few different cheap clay litters and tried the abound grass seed litter as well. After trying this walnut litter I don’t understand how anyone could use it. It emits SO MUCH DUST it’s ridiculous.

Every time I scoop it I can SEE the dust cloud coming up and it actually makes it hard for me to breath. The smell of this powder is really repellent and I can imagine it must be very uncomfortable for my cats to use for the same reason.

It’s also very rough and chunky, I feel like that makes it even more uncomfortable. The cats started going on the sides of the litter box occasionally, I think because they don’t like this litter. Also, the clumps fall apart way too easily.

I end up taking forever to clean the litter box because as I’m scooping, the clumps go to pieces. It also tends to get stuck to the side of the box. Tracking is medium to bad. All around this is the worst litter I’ve tried.

We were in search of a chew toy for our dog as he loves to chew on anything, and chews on the level 5 cone toy all day everyday and still has yet to tear it up! I definitely recommend this for aggressive chewers.

He loves when we put peanut butter and treats it it as well, so that is definitely a plus!! It has been very durable for our dog and he enjoys it well!.

It really does smell like super strong plastic. It’s in fact so strong it smells like Scooby-Doo’s butt hole and no matter how i wash it the strong smell is still there. My dog doesn’t even want to chew it or play with it even with his favorite treat inside would def not recommend at all.

Im only giving a 2 star because the item resembles the pic and it looks like it could withstand super heavy chewing.

This is my favorite stuffie! I have 2 and they have lasted about a month each- which is good for me because I am a tough chewer, especially at night when we all sit in the living room watching tv. My brother, Sir Theodore Bear, also known as Teddy, tries to steal my fox and we wrestle for it! I always win! My human mom says she wants a case of these because they don’t leave stuffing everywhere and it takes me a long time to extract the sqeakers and I REALLY work at it!.

The toy is aesthetically adorable! This would be great for a dog who does not tear their toys. Unfortunately mine does attack the stuffed creature, cute as it is. Luckily each paw that what torn limb by limb has become it’s own toy.

I bought this with two other toys and it has lasted the longest but she is also not interested in a dismembered Flopzie. I expected better from Kong. :|.

Super cute and my dog loved it. Gave it to him this morning. just got home from work and discovered it’s nose torn almost completely off and stuffing falling out. Oh well. third soft toy destroyed in as many days.

No more for this 5 mo old bernedoodle. Probably great for mild chewers.

First, my dog loves this thing. She would keep it with her all day if I let her. But it isn’t a toy you can just throw to your dog and forget about it. Power chewers will destroy it within days or sometimes less.

With that said, my vet has really complimentary and enthusiastic things to say about my dogs teeth and gums. And all I really do is give her this for about 20-30 minutes before bed at night. She often falls asleep while chewing it.

If you think of it more as a really effective tooth brush that your dog will beg to use, rather than a toy to keep them busy, it’s really the best thing I’ve found.

Wish I had been able to see this item before purchasing it. From the description provided and being familiar and comfortable with Pet Safe thought it would be good for my pup. However once it arrived and after removing it from the package had second thoughts to the point of never giving it to my pup who is somewhat of an aggressive chewer.

Since I have not given my buddy the opportunity to explore and chew this toy it is not possible to properly determine the quality of the product. The reason I have not given this to my best friend is since he is an aggressive chewer my concern is him getting the thing apart and possibly getting it caught in his throat.

Would just urge possible buyers to be aware that there are removable parts on this toy and if you have any concerns with that would not recommend purchasing this.

In my house, there’s a springer, a large breed puppy and foster dogs on occasion. After getting one for a set of small breed puppy fosters, I bought the larger one for my adopted large breed puppy. Now I keep one on hand for every dog in the house.

So helpful for their chewing needs, they’re content with this toy for long stretches of time. Even my 9 year old springer loves them. As an added bonus, it keeps their teeth clean.

Have 10 lb. little guy that we adopted and he is a very aggressive chewer. This bone seems to be doing the job. he doesn’t even have the ends chewed like he does on nylon bones. I am very pleased and will be ordering other toys for him.

Thank you.

These are great for our Golden Retrievers. They love the texture. One of ours likes to chew toys to pieces so we do watch him when he has the two balls with all the holes. They seem to be easier to chew chunk off.

The solid ones are fine, he chews those without them coming apart. Will order more.

My dog really liked this one. And she has not been able to tear it apart yet. She is a very extreme Chewer. And I think some people extreme Chewer is different from others, because just about every other toy I have bought that reviews said great for aggressive chewers, my dog could tear it up in minutes! She is a 1 year old pitbull that likes to chew things with her back teeth and she like scissors it.

My new favorite brand!.

My girl loves this toy! We buy Nylabone dura chews all the time because she’s a really extreme chewer and destroys toys quickly. This is one she goes to time and again and it keeps her occupied. Nylabones are the best and we’re specifically pleased they are made in the USA.

Would highly recommend to pup parents of extreme chewers. Thanks Nylabone.

I have a 6 month old Boxer Greyhound mix who loves peanut butter for treats, and loves to chew, but was not interested in this at all. As a previous reviewer noted, it IS very hard. This the first Nylabone product I’ve had for any of my pets over the past 36 years.

The Nylabone products are priced too high, in my opinion, especially if my dog doesn’t like them.

I bought this puzzle for our cur-pointer mix. She is very smart and can usually finish these puzzles in less than 5 minutes. Finally, a puzzle that lasts longer! It took my dog almost 20 minutes just to work through the outside edge.

The puzzle is sturdy, but as my dog became frustrated with how long it was taking, she figured out how to pop the outside sliding pieces off to get the treats. I did not try the inside circle yet. Moving pieces in and out of the circle with her foot will be challenging for my dog.

She prefers to use her mouth when opening puzzles, so it will take some coaching before she can advance to the circle level. Overall a this is a good product. To make it better, I would add little handles to the center pieces for dogs to move with their mouths.

I’ve had the prior few levels of this game and bought it at chewy I was very disappointed at this level of the game. I gave it a try and have given this for my dog to play for over a month now every other night.

It’s too hard. I have a silky terrier, he’s very intelligent with these games, but this puzzle was much more for humans than dogs. It didn’t seem to push his intelligence for instincts growth. I don’t recommend this, don’t waste your money!.

My dog Rosie is a 6/7lbs chihuahua pug mix. As you can see, she LOVES tennis balls— they are her absolutely favorite toy! I bought these to compare to her normal brand of tennis balls, and look how well they hold up! The squeaker is MUCH louder than any of her other balls and I like that the fuzz is short so she can’t pull it (like the unfortunate lining of the other one! Lol).

The only reason I gave it 4 stars was because Rosie will still choose the other ball because it’s a tad smaller and can fit in her mouth better. I wish they came in a slightly smaller size for the tiny pups! But overall, I recommend these as a safe and fun option!!.

So first off, I have a German Shepard mix, so this is a big dog and is more than capable of destroying any of his toys, this one included. I was skeptical of its durability but gave it a shot and here’s what impressed me.

Very solid main body of a durable plastic, I’m not worried about my dog breaking this easily. The sacrificial wheel covers hide what look like cast aluminum wheels! These won’t break either! The replacement tires are reasonably priced and the material is ok for mild to medium chewing.

I was wondering how they kept the price low with the quality construction and I found that the bone stops working in interactive mode if you close the app. The brains of this toy are entirely in the app, probably bearly more than a battery, bt receiver, and motors in this thing! This is great for a few reasons; software improvements are confined to the app, many upgrades can be done without having to maintain a variety of sub version’s models, the cost of manufacturing this is low and there’s much less certification that needs done on it, and my last and FAVORITE feature.

It Forces You To Supervise Play! At least more than with other toys! Unsupervised play has been the most sure way for my dog to get into something he shouldn’t or use any dog toy in a dangerous way. By having to be near enough for the bt to work, I can keep an eye on him.

This enabled me to do the second thing that has made this toy such a SUCCESS for me; supervised play meant I was able to correct overly aggressive chewing on the new toy and direct him towards the away of play that keeps him engaged without absolutely destroying the toy! Tldr, good product, follow instructions.

My dog absolutely loves this ball! He picked up the method pretty quick but doesn’t ever get bored of it. Easy to use and very sturdy. My dog has tried to chew it but I’ve stopped him. Might not be great for a serial chewer, nothing can stop them! Well worth the money and definitely recommend.

My girl loves the spiral sticks. I have the smaller one too. The large one has bigger holes, so the treats come out a bit too quick, still, she gets so excited when she gets it. She is not a chewer, rubber is on the soft side, so maybe not a good idea if you have a chewer.

Can keep dog entertained for a whole depending on what and how you pack the toy with treats. Its made of very weak rubber, so if you want it to last longer than a few mins you should supervise.