Tips on Plush Dog Toys

Video Transcript

" Hi this is Elise McMahon with Expert Village.com. In this video series we are talking about dog toys. If you would like to find out more about my services, you can visit my website at www.canineheadstart.com. So we are going to be talking a little bit about different kinds of toys and in this video clip we are going to be talking specifically about plush toys. What is meant by plush toys? What are plush toys? I’ve got a couple of examples right here in front of me. Plush toys are typically made out of some sort of fabric and in this case it is made of Sherpa and this one here it’s a round sort of mind looking ball and made out of a thin cloth. This one is made out of boar hair and again we got different sizes. We’ve got small, medium and large. Plush toys are generally stuffed with something. You want to be very careful when you are picking out plush toys that you get a sturdy toy. This is an example of a toy that even though it is quite cute and a lot of dogs like playing with it, the material will easily rip. If you are playing with a dog, just one dog, you might not have a problem with this but if you have two dogs playing together and they start to chew on the toy, it might rip apart. So when you are picking a plush toy, take a look at things like seams. Be very careful when you take a look at eyes. Make sure there are no buttons. A lot of times people will go to a goodwill or a place where they can get human children’s toys and that’s a fine thing to do but again you do want to make sure that any pieces on the toy can’t be pulled off by your dog and ingested. "