Six toys arriving at once solves a problem most dog owners will recognise. The toy box goes stale, and a dog who has seen everything in it stops bothering to look. Split a set like this and put four away out of sight, bring one out at a time across Christmas week, and each one lands like something genuinely new. Santa, a reindeer, a gingerbread man, a polar bear, a snowman and a penguin, all of them squeaking.

Plush squeaky toys work because the squeak sits in roughly the same register as the noises small prey make, which is why a dog will shake one solidly for a minute and then look pleased with themselves about it. These are light enough to throw indoors without knocking anything off a shelf, which is rather the point in late December when the walk was short and everyone is stuck in the same room together.

• Six plush squeaky toys in one set
• Santa, reindeer, gingerbread, polar bear, snowman and penguin designs
• Each piece has its own squeaker
• Light enough for indoor fetch
• Ready to give as a gift or split into stocking fillers

Two things worth knowing. Plush toys are for supervised play. No soft toy survives a determined shredder, and stuffing and squeakers are not things you want swallowed, so check each one over regularly and bin it once it splits. And with six in a set it is worth deciding early which ones are throwing toys and which stay indoors.

Who it's for: Christmas gifting, and dogs who love a squeak rather more than they love a chew.