Am soooo excited as I am picking up my puppy on Thursday.  She will be 12 weeks old (small utility breed) and just wondered what people recommend for chew toys as I expect she will be into everything :)

I would definitely invest in a few kongs, that way you can freeze some. Not sure how big your pup is but as mine was fairly large, I didn't bother with the puppy kongs and gave him adult ones.

Nylabones are always good, too!

Rope toys work well here, at teething time they can be wetted and put in the freezer and given to the pup one at a time to soothe its gums.

Not aware of breed but be careful of rawhide chews ,bone shapes and shoes ,as sometimes the soggy mess can be swallowed , and there is no enzyme that dissolves it . There are lots of roll balls , with treats inside , puzzle balls  with treats , and kongs are brilliant.

Wasn't sure I could post breed .... she is a boston terrier, my first.  That, and puppy stuff seems like a distant memory, I can remember the hard work and early starts but not in enough detail ......... and it's nice to hear other peoples' ideas :)

I have only previously owned, showed (english??) and had one litter in last 20 years boxers but my girl was taken from me so unexpectedly in December I still can't quite get my head round losing her and can't face another again.   Not sure if this is normal, am quite happy to visit friends that still own them, in fact been to see my friends litter a few times in the last few weeks and don't find it upsetting.  I had already been looking in to the bostons for a while now too, had already found a breeder I liked and have been chatting to him over the last year or so and finally a puppy is available so looking forward to ringcraft classes again, my eldest daughter is nearly 12 so she should be able to come along to classes too!!

Hurry up Thursday :D

Stag bars (section of antler), Kongs, the Orca range of toys is good, look for things that dispense food, things with different textures (combinations of the more modern non bitter tasting rubber and rope, things with nubbly bits on etc),  I love Mr Twisters and there are a variety of toys that involve a smaller component being pulled out of a larger one - things like a beehive with soft bees to pull out, turtle with soft eggs to pull out, and the Iqube range etc, these satisfy a pups desire to rip things up and remove the innards from stuff.

Id also recommend you ge ta box to put them in if you don't normally do that, and give puppy a different selection each day as well as feeding most meals from a food dispensing toy - its remarkable how just those two things keeps a puppy MUCH busier than without doing that.

I agree with theemx about a box of toys to rotate - it really makes all the difference to 'rest' each toy for a while. 

We used one of the smallest flexi trug/buckets and the pup could choose a fresh toy every day.  One of his favourite toys was in fact two tied together with a length of cotton ribbon that had previously been used on a new bale of tea towels.  One end was a nylabone type thing and the other a teething ring.  He loved to wang these about and never failed to be delighted that the other end always had a life of it's own and regularly whacked him on the way past...

However the most favourite events of all were the times that this tied toy got tangled on the way out of the bucket and he could gallop about the kitchen towing the bucket an all and scooping up furniture and unwary dogs.  This was just the best fun and boy could he clear the room quickly!  Daft twit :)

Congrats on your new baby be sure to stick around. Many go from boxers to Boston's must be the natural progression to a smaller dog. We have nylabone, stagbar, and a wubba Kong. Which suits her but were off to pets at home on sat to pick her out a toy of her own. She has hand me downs and I think its always nice to have something new of her own.

Just one more sleep and pup will be home:) 

I helped source a Boston pup 15 years ago for friends whose teen son wouls have liked them to get a Boxer, but as first time dog owners, dad with spinal problem and Mum we 4' 8" they wanted something lively bit smaller, enter max from Mary Welch. 

They lost him at 13.

as well as feeding most meals from a food dispensing toy

I think that's a really good idea too, but interestingly when I was a new dog owner 11 years ago ( now sadly lost her :-(  ) I asked if that would be a good thing to keep a little one busy and was shot down in flames for being so cruel as to make a pup work for her supper. I was mortified, but I still think it's a good idea.

well .... been out all day today with the kids, hopefully have worn myself out as much as the children (3,6,11 & 13) so I can sleep tonight!!  Just double checked the garden over, cage being set up as I type, ironing been left (ha ha), kids in bed, all toys been put away properly and weeeee are ready - one more sleep to go, breakfast and then the 3 hour drive up :)