Some dogs want to shake something, not destroy it. For those dogs a lightweight plush with a squeaker inside is worth more than any rubber toy, because the weight is low enough to fling about, the shape is easy to grab by the middle, and the noise rewards every shake. It is a toy for the dog who carries things around the house and presents them to visitors, rather than the one who reduces everything to fragments.

Five characters are available, and they are genuinely different shapes rather than the same body in five prints. The bear and the duck are compact and rounded, easy for a small mouth to pick up; the dinosaur, crocodile and snake are long, which changes the game completely, because a long toy can be shaken hard enough to slap against the dog's own sides and that is a large part of the appeal for terriers and spaniels.

• Five characters: bear, duck, dinosaur, crocodile or snake
• Squeaker inside to reward shaking and mouthing
• Soft, lightweight plush body
• Long shapes for shaking, rounded shapes for carrying
• Suits fetch, gentle chewing and general carrying about
• Five photographs of the character options

Two things worth knowing. More importantly, this is a plush toy and no plush toy is a chew toy. A determined dog will find the squeaker within the hour, and stuffing and squeakers are not safe to swallow, so supervise play and retire the toy when the seams start to open.

Who it's for: shakers, carriers and gentle mouthers, and owners who understand that a soft toy is a played-with item rather than something to leave in the crate.