The Squiddy Tub Pool Toy: The Best Toy Ever!
I got it; I got it! No, I got it!
It’s only April, but never too soon to get ready for summer! I, for one, count it as my favorite season. With our move to Florida, the pups are spending a lot of time in and around the pool and I have such a great tip to share! We’ve discovered the Best Pool Toy Ever! I don’t use caps lightly, mind you. 🙂 It’s the Super Subbies Squiddy Tub Pool Toy and my-oh-my, does it pack a punch of entertainment!
Created for human kids, it’s apparently becoming a popular toy for dogs, too. The battery-operated, 8-inch long squid features a hard plastic body and rubbery long tentacles for its squiddy tail. It comes in several colors, but we like the bright orange one the best and the dogs seem to be able to see it the best, too. When you align the arrows at the back of the two pieces of the toy, the battery power kicks in and the Squiddy’s rear propeller sends it swimming around the pool, deep diving and surface popping, keeping its canine charges extremely engaged.
Our dogs each have their own methods of playing with Squiddy. Sophie, ever the princess of the palace, is also the little fish. Once Squiddy goes into the pool, Sophie doesn’t come out! She does a little (and adorable) push off the steps jump into the water and chases Squiddy around, but when he gets too close, she high tails it away.
Jasper is the masculine hunter boy. While he won’t swim (unless he falls in, which he does regularly), he’ll circle the pool ad nauseum, looking for his opportunity to pluck it out of the water. As soon as it surfaces close to the edge, he’ll plunge his face in to grab Squiddy, a tactic he’s now perfected to great results! He’s also learned to “throw it back” for continued play.
It’s been great exercise for both of them and all of the swimming has been very therapeutic for Sophie, who has luxating patellas in her knees. That pup’s muscles are stronger than ever!
We’ve had so much fun watching them so thoroughly enjoying themselves, we created a little family production of Sophie and Jasper in action.
If you think your pup would enjoy the Squiddy Tub Pool Toy, you can buy it here. I’ve just bought six so we never have to run out.
Does your dog have a favorite pool toy?
Where can I buy a squiddy that’s still in stock?
Hi Erin – This was a year and a half ago and it looks like the Squiddy isn’t available any longer. I checked for you and Amazon, Walmart, etc are out. You might try on ebay. Sorry. It was very popular in our house and we went through six of them!
Now that looks like fun! Our dogs are still bugging Dad to let them get a pool. I’m interested to hear that Sophie has luxating patellas, since our Lab mix Luke was recently diagnosed with that. That’s one of the reasons, along with a golden retriever with arthritis, that I think a pool would be a great idea.
Hi Jan! Water therapy is really good for luxating patellas and arthritis. When Sophie was first diagnosed, we went to a specialist in Annapolis, MD named Dr. Sherman Canaap. He’s a leader in the field, and many agility trainers and handlers take their dogs to him, even from as far away as California. He prescribed water therapy for Soph and, at that time, we were still living in NYC. So we’d take her to a water PT place downtown and she’d swim and walk on the water treadmill a couple of times a week. I really think that, along with her continued swimming down in Florida, was why we’ve never had a relapse. She doesn’t hop anymore and we haven’t had an incident in about 3 years. A big fan of water therapy. Good luck with your dogs. Happy to give you Dr. Canaap’s info if you want. His clinic is called Veterinary Orthopedic Sports Medicine (VOSM).
Lol. Very neat toy. If Jade swam I would get it in a heartbeat.
It’s hysterical to watch them. Jasper is getting the hang of the swimming thing from falling in so much! He’s pretty good at it!