My 3-week-old puppies are teething. What safe chew toys can I give?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Cane Corso | Female | unspayed | 3 years and 4 months old | 83 lbs
My 3 week puppies are starting to teeth. I was wondering if there are any safe toys I could give them to chew on.
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Published on May 27th, 2019
Hello. There are many, many puppy teething toys, from Kong toys to Nylabones for puppies. Stay away from real, solid bones & any kind of rawhide , pigs ear, pizzle stiks, etc. Whatever your purchase ( & Petco usually has a pretty good supply ), make sure that it is large enough that none of the puppies can swallow it whole, & replace anything that begins to fray, develop sharp edges, or the puppies seem to be getting close to chewing off a piece. One of my colleagues said after removing an entire chew toy from a 6 month old lab, " all chew toys should be bigger than a puppies head!" Soft toys are fine, just make sure there are no glued on eyes, or easily torn noses, ears or limbs. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.
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Published on January 31st, 2017
Yes, you can give Jack a Kong toy. Those are safe for puppies to chew on (they have puppy sized ones), and you can fill them with treats for him. There are also toys that you can get that you can freeze, and that helps with teething behaviors, as chewing often is related to teething in dogs. Do not put dental cream on anything, as the ingredients are not safe for puppies to ingest.
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Published on June 19th, 2017
Puppies like to chew on things but usually outgrow this behavior with time. You cold fill a Kong with a mixture of dog kibble and a small amount of peanut butter and then freeze it. It should keep him occupied while he licks the food out of the Kong. You can also start working on the "leave it" command and use the command when he is chewing on something inappropriate. Here is a link with some good chew toys for puppies and also the leave it command training. http://www.volhard.com/pages/leave-it-command.php https://www.labradortraininghq.com/reviews/best-puppy-chew-toys-for-teething/
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