The best dog toys are those that have many different textures within a single toy. Likely you'll find that is your puppy's favorite toy which is carried everywhere, and unfortunately wears out the fastest.

When a toy wears out, replace it with the same or similar toy immediately. Speaker toys, soft plastic and string toys can be dangerous if they go un-inspected by you for too long.

Today there is a multitude of different kinds of dog toys you can buy your puppy or adult dog. Floppy plush animals with squeakers are a favorite as well as balls and various types of puzzle toys.

Kongs and puzzle food cubes are a hit these days and can be stuffed with treats. This provides hours of fun for your puppy trying to get the treats out of the Kongs or cubes. It's also an interesting reward system which automatically gives your Cairn Terrier a treat if he spends enough time trying to figure it out.

Read my related article about Kongs and how I use them with my Cairn Terriers.

Puppies will go through a chewing phase. It is a natural phase and temporary provided the behavior is responded to properly. Read my article, "Dog Training Command: Drop It".

Make sure you have plenty of chewing toys available for your puppy. Softer chew toys for younger puppies and harder rubber chew toys as your Cairn Terrier matures.

The right hardness of a chew toy for your dog's age is important. I learned this when I bought Happy Jack a hard rubber chew toy that double as a tooth cleaner. When he was a puppy he didn't pay a bit of attention to it. It was far too hard for his soft little baby teeth. Then at the age of 11 months old, he has suddenly decided he likes to chew on it. It's now one of his favorite chew toys.

Reference my article to see which toys Happy Jack likes the best.

I keep all of my Cairn Terriers' toys in a dog toy boxes, of course. Also reference my related article, "Does Your Dog have a Toy Box?"