The puppies are playing with the toys during their awake times when they’re not wrestling with each other or exploring leaves, grass and the scents they pick up in the breeze. (I noticed #2 follow the flight of one of our pigeons today!)

We have a pretty good collection of soft/plush and harder “chew” toys and they seem to like them all. Our criteria for puppy toys is 1. Rugged enough to withstand chewing and tugging and 2. Machine washable/dryable or scrubbable.

For our big dogs we’ve found just a few toys (like Kongs) that hold up, but the puppies are able to play with many plush toys that wouldn’t last a day with the big dogs. They haven’t responded to those that squeak or crinkle yet, but I expect they will become favorites when they’re a little older. We have some that are mostly harder chew toys and I substitute those for my arm and toes when they try to chew on me.