Bud'z

Bud'z makes toys and everyday accessories for both dogs and cats. The dog side is the larger part — latex squeakers, rubber and foam balls, rope toys and the toy-in-a-toy designs — alongside cat teasers and swing sticks, plus beds, collars and bowls.

This is the value end of the toy range rather than the heavy-duty end, which makes it a sensible place to buy toys you expect to replace: rope and latex toys for dogs that lose interest quickly, and cat toys that get batted under the sofa and never come back. Match the material to the chewer — rubber and rope hold up better than latex with a strong-jawed dog, and no toy here is built to be left with an unsupervised heavy chewer.