Bamboodles puppy chews — what we stock and how to choose
Bamboodles is a range of bamboo-fibre chew toys, flavoured and shaped for dogs rather than a food or treat you eat through, and it includes puppy-specific sizes and flavours such as chicken and peanut butter alongside its adult range. The main things worth getting right are size and flavour preference, since neither one fits every dog automatically.
What Bamboodles chews actually are
These are durable chew toys built from bamboo fibre rather than rawhide, rubber or nylon, aimed at giving a dog something safe and long-lasting to gnaw on rather than something to eat and digest in the way a treat is. Flavours such as lamb and mint, peanut butter, cheese, fish and chicken are infused into the chew to make it more appealing than an unflavoured toy would be.
Because they are chews rather than food, they are not a substitute for meals and are not something to count as part of a puppy's daily diet in the way a treat allowance would be — they are a toy with a flavour, used for the chewing itself.
Choosing the right size for a puppy
The range includes small and medium sizes suited to a puppy's smaller mouth and lighter bite compared with an adult dog, and choosing a size genuinely appropriate to your puppy's current size and jaw strength matters more than picking based on breed alone, since puppies of the same breed can vary noticeably in size at the same age.
A chew that is too small for a boisterous, larger-breed puppy is a choking risk if it can be closed entirely inside the mouth, while a chew too large or hard for a very young puppy may simply be ignored, or in the worst case cause dental discomfort against still-developing teeth.
Supervising any chew toy
As with any chew, supervise your puppy the first several times you give a new one, watch how quickly it wears down, and replace it once it has worn small enough to be a choking hazard or has splintered, rather than letting a damaged chew sit in the toy box indefinitely.
This matters more for a determined or particularly strong-jawed puppy, which can wear a chew down faster than a gentler chewer, so checking condition regularly rather than on a fixed schedule is the more reliable approach.
Flavour as a way to encourage a reluctant chewer
Some puppies take to a new chew immediately; others need encouragement, and flavour is the main lever a chew toy has to make itself more interesting than furniture, shoes or anything else within reach of a teething puppy. If one flavour is consistently ignored, trying a different one from the range is a reasonable next step before assuming your puppy simply will not use a chew toy at all.
Introducing a new chew alongside a short period of play with you, rather than leaving it on the floor unintroduced, can also help a hesitant puppy work out that it is something to interact with in the first place.
For this need
Everything below is in stock with us, priced with delivery worked out, and packed and posted by hand in the UK.
Bamboodles Cheese
Bamboo-and-nylon chew toy with cheese-flavoured t-bone shape and bamboo fibre and nylon, with use limits stated clearly
From£5.49
Bamboodles Peanut Butter
A bamboo and nylon T-bone chew toy with raised nubs, peanut butter scented
From£4.99
Bamboodles Chicken
A bamboo-and-nylon T-bone chew for dogs up to 40kg, shaped to grip with both paws
From£4.99
Bamboodles Fish Chew
Puppy bamboo chew toy with fish shape with salmon scent and bamboo infusion, with use limits stated clearly
£4.99
Bamboodles Fish
Puppy bamboo chew toy with fish shape with salmon scent and bamboo infusion, with use limits stated clearly
£7.99
Bamboodles Puppy T-Bone Salmon & Cranberry, Medium
A medium, salmon-flavoured tough nylon chew toy made for teething puppies
£8.99
Bamboodles Dumbbell Chew Peanut Butter, Medium
A peanut butter dumbbell chew for dogs, in a tough nylon range, medium size
£8.99
Sportspet Squeak Puppy Mini Tennis Balls 4 Pack
Four Sportspet SQUEAK! mini tennis balls for puppies: small, bouncy and squeaky.
£5.49
Sportspet Puppy Tennis Ball
Sportspet puppy tennis balls in a small mini size, made with natural rubber, as a single ball or a 4 pack.
From£1.15
Coolpet Puppy Elvis Elephant
Puppy character toy with elvis elephant name and for puppies, with use limits stated clearly
£5.55
Common questions
- Are Bamboodles chews suitable for teething puppies?
- The puppy-sized options are aimed at younger, smaller-mouthed dogs, including those going through teething, and a chew toy can be a useful outlet for a puppy that wants to chew on everything at that stage. Supervise use and replace the chew once it has worn down or started to splinter.
- Are Bamboodles chews a food or a treat?
- No, they are chew toys rather than something meant to be eaten and digested the way a treat is. They should not be counted as part of a puppy's daily food or treat allowance, since they are used for the chewing action itself rather than as a source of calories.
- What flavours does the puppy range come in?
- The puppy sizes include flavours such as chicken, lamb and mint, and other options from across the wider Bamboodles range, since flavour is mainly what makes one chew more appealing to an individual puppy than another. Trying a different flavour is worth doing if your puppy shows no interest in the first one.
- How do I know when to replace a chew toy?
- Once it has worn down small enough to fit entirely inside your puppy's mouth, has started to splinter, or shows any sign of coming apart, it is time to replace it rather than let your puppy keep using a damaged chew. Regular checking matters more with a keen or persistent chewer.
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Written by Matt Garnett, who runs Giddy Pets and is a lifelong pet owner — not a vet. This is general information, not veterinary advice, and it cannot replace an examination by the vet who knows your animal. How we write these guides.