Heart Beat Toy For Puppy

Why a Heartbeat Toy Works

The first nights in a new home are the hardest a puppy has had. It has gone from sleeping in a pile of littermates to sleeping alone. A heartbeat toy gives back the two things it lost, warmth and a pulse, and for most puppies that is enough to settle the crying by the second or third night.

What to Choose

Heartbeat simulators

The single simulator at around $21 and the soothing simulator at around $22 are the units on their own. They tuck inside a bed or a toy the puppy already knows.

Plush toys with a built in beat

The heartbeat plush dog at around $43, the plush puppy bear at around $22 and the soothing plush at around $51. Simpler, and the puppy adopts the whole toy rather than the device.

Comforters

The heartbeat comforter at around $39 is larger and flatter, designed to be lain on rather than carried.

Using It Properly

Introduce it before the first night, not during it. Put it in the crate while the puppy is calm so it becomes part of the bed rather than a response to distress. Most puppies stop needing it somewhere between three and eight weeks in. Wash the cover, not the unit.

Trusted by RPBA Breeders

Members send a heartbeat toy home with the puppy carrying the litter's scent, so the new house has something familiar in it from the first hour.