Archive for the ‘Plush Puppies’ Category

Yesterday, we received a wonderful testimonial from a happy customer (and her K9 friends). I’d like to share with everyone!

From Susan:

I have a couple of major dog toy destroyers, so I’m always looking for the ultimate in plush toy, one that actually can’t be torn to shreds. I came across the Invincible Snakes being offered at an introductory price, and decided to try them out. I purchased four short green snakes, two for me, and two for a small dog rescue that I support, and two long red snakes for my major chewers! I can’t believe how WONDERFUL these dog toys are…they’re a hit with my dogs, and the rescues! I have a little tiny foster, who’s a Terrier… her favorite game is to bring me one of the soggiest, long red snakes to play tug… she grabs the head and I get the tail. If I had the time, we would play all day with the snakes! So “THANK YOU” for a wonderful, and truly indestructible dog toy! You’ve made a lot of puppies very, very happy! I’m going to purchase another short, green snake, and a long red snake so she’ll have familiar toys in her new forever home.

Thanks so much Susan! We’re so glad your dogs, as well as the dogs at your shelter, are enjoying this toy!

One of our hot-selling Real Animal Squeaker Mats has escaped from the warehouse and Sally Squirrel has gone missing! Cody and Matt, who recently returned from Space Camp, don’t know about the escape… But they are sure to find out.

The remaining Real Animal Squeaker Mats have been contained and are available. Click here to get yours today!

*No real squirrels were harmed in the making of toy or video.*

Click to see the Butte Humane Society Kyjen Video

Several months back I received a personal email from the director of an under-funded, over-crowded, open-admission dog shelter (Butte Humane).  What really got my interest was the “enrichment” program they have created for their dogs. We figured our Puzzle Toys would be a prefect fit for this program. We know our dog toys are not indestructible but we believe dogs love soft toys more than harder materials that often go unplayed with. We’ve designed our Plush Puppies to be more durable than other plush toys, and I thought this would be a great test to prove the durability of our toys.

The letter I received from Lyndsay, the coordinator of the shelter, is below. She also posted short video of the actual dogs in action.

Dear Kyjen,

Thank you so much for your generous donation of dog toys!  The staff, volunteers, and especially the dogs and puppies of Butte Humane Society have been having such a wonderful time with them!

Since we are a small, over-crowded, open-admission shelter our dogs get really stressed while they’re here.  We’ve implemented a kennel enrichment program to keep the dogs as calm and happy as possible while they are in our care and waiting for their Forever Homes. Part of this program is the “Toy Trolley” which gets rolled out every morning to distribute toys, chewies, and bones to our pooches to play with or chew on for the hour before we open to the public. This hour is their “Quiet Time” to settle down in their kennels and have some productive mental stimulation

Each morning when a volunteer brings out the Toy Trolley the dogs get SO excited and your wonderful toys have had them just jumping for joy (as you can see by the video)!  The humans here have been thrilled too, since the toys are so durable there’s less clean up to do afterward. Logan – the first dog in the video – is a master of demolishing his plush toys within about ten seconds of receiving them, but low and behold! An hour after he got his first Tuff Grunt it was still in one piece! Since our shelter has such a tiny budget for enrichment for our animals, having these durable toys that that dogs love so much has been wonderful for everyone.

The Chicken Ball Buddies have been special favorites among our Missouri fight-bust Pit Bulls. One pup (Apple- who has since been adopted) made it quite clear to us that he just could NOT leave his foster home without his special chicken, and Pete (the tan Pit rolling around in his Dogloo in the video) obviously loves his too!

Thank you so, so, so much again for the toys!
Lindsey Lieberman
Canine Services Coordinator
Butte Humane Society Chico, California
www.buttehumane.org

O’Mally is addicted to Plush Puppy Hedghogs.  It’s well known around the Kyjen office to that Kim’s dog is a junkie.  He’s always seeking out hedgehogs — and at the Kyjen office there are plenty of hedgehogs around, from the various stages of top-secret product development to our extensive current line-up.  He plays, sleeps and does anything he can to get them.  He’ll even carry two at a time around in his mouth.  The other day he saw a top-secret prototype on top of a cabinet in my office, he came in a whined with his eyes fixated on the hog he wanted until he got it — fortunately I still have the blueprints for that prototype.  He’ll even go “shopping” in the warehouse — perusing the shelves of toys and prototypes until he spots one that suits his fancy. See O’Mally in action in this short video:

Long Body Squeaker Mats

If your dog hasn’t yet tried a Long Body Squeaker Mat, it is about time he did!  The secret behind the durability of the Long Body Squeaker Mat is strength in numbers — the number of squeakers that is. Sixteen squeakers in two rows of 8 line the back of these cute characters.  If your dog kills one squeaker he still has 15 to go!

Long-lasting squeaks isn’t the only reason dogs love these toys. They love to carry and shake the long, floppy bodies in their mouths. This long, flappable shape taps right into a dog’s natural instinct as a hunter.

For reader’s of this blog (for the next 3 days) we’ll take off 1% for each squeaker in a Long Body Squeaker Mats — 16% off. Use LONGBODY16 to get 16% off our original series Long Body Squeaker Mats (Gator, Cow, Mallard, Wiener Dog) in our store.

We feel fortunate and honored that many independent reviewers have so many positive things to say about our Plush Puppies line of Puzzle Toys.  These toys help Eliminate Boredom and Keep Dogs Occupied!

“Kyjen’s Puzzle Plush Dog Toys aim to challenge and entertain their canine users much the way developmental toys do for children” – Springwise.com

“LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this toy!!!  It’s a great interactive toy for that intellectual pup who likes to problem solve.” — Pop Dog Blog

“There’s a general rule we pet owners all follow: If we’re gonna blow double-digit dollars on a pet toy, it better be pretty darn good. It better be a durable toy and it better hold a dog’s interest for more than a single day. One toy that fits those requirements like a glove is the Hide-A-Squirrel.” –  Avenue K9

“Hide a Squirrel toy great for keeping boredom at bay!  When it’s raining outside and your pets are going a bit stir crazy indoors what do you do to relieve the boredom?  Puzzle Toys!” — Bark Avenue Blog

You can also watch many dogs playing with our Puzzle Toys on YouTube with this page of Youtube Search Results

We feel flattered to have so many independent reviews of our Bottle Buddies online.  Dogs really do love this product and the noise it makes. It’s such a great way to reuse those plastic water bottles.  An often over-looked feature is the nylon liner we’ve added on the inside of the plush material.  This provides additional durability and also protects the dogs teeth and gums should the plastic bottle rip and become sharp during aggressive play.

“Your dog will go nuts for the crackling sound and he’ll play for hours, tossing, chewing and chasing!”–Dogs are Going Green Blog

“Kyjen’s Bottle Buddies are made to solve this problem because they completely cover the empty plastic water bottle and help to prevent your pet from getting hurt.”–Petazon Blog

“Ruben loves it and has not left it alone (nor has he shared it), he carries it all over crunching all the way. He is famous for his hilarious stiff legged coyote pounce that just cracks us up and enjoys landing on his buddy over and over (the more you laugh the more he’ll do it)”–Pampered Poodles 4U Blog

“We got our first order of Bottle Buddies last week and think that it’s a really great toy for larger breed dogs.)” [they even embedded the video of me in this one] –Pawhause Pet Boutique Blog

“What’s a Bottle Buddy?” A regular visitor to Kyjen.com might know the answer, but the casual shopper in Fort Collins, Colorado might not.  And that’s just what Arfy’s Mercantile for Dogs and Cats is counting on.  Hoping to pique the interest of shoppers walking by with that simple question, they placed it in on sign board out front (see larger photo here).  Nice job Arfy’s!

If you’ve seen any other creative ways retailers are redirect foot traffic inside, let us know and we’ll pass it on.

If you don’t live in Fort Collins and you want to know what a Bottle Buddy is, please check it in our store.