Ruff 'N' Tumble dog toys

Our Ruff 'N' Tumble selection includes ball throwers and tennis balls for fetch, rope and rubber tug toys for dogs who like to play tug-of-war, and character-style toys like the Bark 'N' Beak and Shake a Pheasant designed for dogs who enjoy shaking or carrying a toy around. There are also smaller, cat-oriented items in the wider range, such as the Nip 'a' Moggy.

The range spans a mix of price points and durability levels, from lighter toys aimed at gentle players to tougher tug and chew options, so it's worth matching the specific toy to how your own dog plays rather than assuming every product in the range suits every dog equally.

A dog who is a determined destroyer of soft toys will get more lasting use from a rope or rubber tug toy than from a plush character toy, however appealing the plush version looks. A ball thrower like the Serve 'N' Sling is worth having if your dog loves fetch and you want to throw further without the effort, or to avoid handling a slobbery ball directly.

As with any toy, supervise your dog with anything new the first few times, and remove and replace anything that starts to come apart, since small pieces from a damaged toy can be a choking hazard.

Dogs, like people, can lose interest in a toy that is always available, and rotating a handful of Ruff 'N' Tumble toys in and out of use — putting some away for a week or two and bringing them back later — often revives interest more effectively than buying something new every time.

This is a cheap and simple way to get more use out of a smaller number of toys, and it works particularly well with a mix of fetch, tug and chew styles from across the range, so your dog always has something suited to whatever mood they're in.