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Eco Friendly Pet Toys: Green Pet Products

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Lucie Eco Friendly Pet Toys

As many of you know, I try using a variety of green products in my household. While I use green cleaners and products made from recycled plastic, I rarely ever think about my pets’ toys.  For some reason it never dawned on me to start looking for green pet products, at least until I read a study recently talking about how dogs and cats leave a larger carbon footprint than many humans – yikes! Even though I am suspicious of the study itself, it made me think that maybe I should start looking more into pet toys.  Lucie needs some new toys soon anyways, so I thought I might as well look into getting some new eco-friendly toys.

After a bit of searching, I was surprised at just how cheap many dog toys are made. Quite a few are even designed to fall apart quickly, leaving owners constantly buying toys and the old toys filling up landfills. Since money nor pet toys grow on trees, it seemed about time to start looking into some different pet manufacturers and experimenting with some different types of eco friendly pet toys!

Green Pet Products: West Paw

When it comes to green pet products,  West Paw has been dominating the market for quite some time with its large selection of eco friendly pet toys made from a variety of organic and recycled materials. Unlike other companies that try making natural pet products, West Paw focuses on being a green company itself by using minimal waste and recycled/reusing all the materials needed throughout their manufacture ring process. Even West Paw’s dog beds are filled with IntelliLoft – a fiber made from recycled plastic bottles.  One of their most popular products however, are their chew toys, made from Zogoflex. This toy is made from recycled plastic and is guaranteed to last a lifetime.  Some of West Paw’s most popular green pet products include:

Green Pet Products: Simply Fido

Simply Fido is a green pet manufacturer that focuses on creating eco-conscious pet toys for families who are trying to live a greener lifestyle. All of their toys are tested and certified 100% non-toxic, and use only organic cotton that is certified by the OCIA.  As well, Simply Fido only uses natural minerals and plants for all of their coloring, creating beautiful, vibrantly colored pet toys.  While they may not be as eco friendly as West Paw, their products are a bit easier to find and manufactured by a company that tries recycling and lessening it’s companies overall carbon footprint to create high quality green pet products. Some of their most well known pet toys include:

Green Pet Products: From the Field

Even though they are not as well known as West Paw or Simply Fido, From the Field is a green pet manufacturer that has been becoming popular both online and in many small, privately owned pet stores. From the Field’s focus is on preventing deforestation and pollution, by creating high quality pet products with a reduced carbon footprint for dogs and cats.  All of their products are biodegradable, pet safe, and pet friendly. Unlike most green pet products, From the Field’s pet toys are made from hemp, which is both earth friendly and renewable, not to mention being far more durable than cotton or paper.  Along with their hemp products, they also offer organic catnip that fits easily in all of their hemp cat toys. Some of their most popular green pet toys include:

Budget Earth & its writers did not recieve compensation or products from any companies mentioned in this article, which is completely the opinion of the writer.

About 

Susan Bewley is a professional writer who has been writing content online & in print format for over 10 years. As well, she is an alumni of the University of Louisville with a Masters Degree in Special Education. When not working as an online business consultant or ghost writing, she can be found writing on Budget Earth, on her own novel, or working with various entities in the pet industry.

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  5. Great posting! i never knew that there are green toys for the pet too, thanks for sharing about it i will buy it for my pet.

  6. I don't have any pets but even if I did, I don't think I would ever think about green pet toys but it makes sense!  Great list of toys, going to share this with my friends that have pets 🙂

    • I have bought from some of these companies in the past & they are so awesome! I found that these toys are less likely to splinter & break like some plastic manufacturered toys. Most important, our pets love them 😉

  13. Thank you so much for sharing, I prefer to get my fluffy kids green pet products it is so hard to find in our area, I never thought to look on amazon.

    • I would highly recommend the West Paw Zogoflex Hurley  or a tightly tied Hemp Rope. I don’t believe there is such a thing as a really indestructable toy (especially with pitties) but it took our english Bblldog about two months to completely destroy either of those. Bull dogs and pitties are both really big chewers so they have to have something that last or you will be spending a FORTUNE on toys!

  24. the pet friendly cat toy with the cat nip would be right up my alley for my 2 cats .Mom Miss Sable and her son Smokie Joe would have a blast .And natural products would be

     great /thank you for sharing

  28. I would have never thought much about pet toys being green, but I'm always learining something new!  Thanks for sharing.

  29. Really like this. My little dog is so picky. We are always looking for him something he won't turn his nose up to. thought we had run out of options. We will be giving West Paw Design a try. Thanks

  30. i'm going to invest in these toys for my furbaby…every toy we buy her she tears them apart…she needs sturdy toys…thank you for sharing.

  31. We just got a kitten – first time we have a pet in about 10 years since the apartment where we lived did not allow any.  I am looking for toys for him. Thanks.

  32. I love this post. I've also never really thought about going green with my pets. 
    I have cats and dogs, but they live with either my mom or dad as I can't have pets where I am now. But I'm moving into a place where I can have my cats.  So I'm going to start looking into more green options for them! 
     

    • I really hadn’t either until I was out on my own. We always made our own pet toys or gave our dogs hemp ropes since they were so easy to find back home. When I started looking at pet toys and food myself I was horrified at the things our beloved animals put in their mouths. Some of the chemicals are actually pretty toxic!

  33. Also,  What about Cat trees? any advice when searching? I'm currently in the market for a decent sized one for my kitties! 🙂 

  34. I LOVE WestPaw products! We used them for the dogs when I worked at a shelter because they were so durable!

  35. I never thought there were green products for pets. It's great to know that they offer this. I definetly will be buying more now that I know they exist. Thanks for the review.

  38. The dog toys from China are very bad. Dogs have been sick or dying because of the toxic chimicals in the plastic of the toys. As soon as it's in their mouths, it starts. The Kong toy is on that list. I am careful of what toys I buy for my furkids now, along with where and how their food is made.

    • Yes, some of the toys that are out there are very scary! The rule of thumb I tell people is do you want that in your toddlers mouth! If you are okay with it, then give it to your dog or cat!

  39. ohhhh!  Our kitten (who is an IMP, btw!) has a fishing pole with a felt fish on it.  I'll bet he'd love this one with the feather.  His fishing pole is his favorite toy. He carries it all over the place, lol.