Pound Puppies

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Pound Puppies is a toyline sold by Tonka in the 1980s. It later inspired an animated TV special, an animated TV series, and a feature film. Shipments of the toys over five years generated sales of $300 million in 35 countries.

The puppies have a variety of plush stuffed dog dolls with floppy ears and droopy eyes. They came in a variety of colors, some with spots. Each one comes in a carrying case with an adoption certificate. Smaller versions were also created (approximately 5 inches (13 cm) long), and a line of cats called Pound Pur-r-ries was also released. Each authentic puppy had a heart shaped emblem near its tail that sported a “PP” logo with either a dog (Puppies) or cat (Purries) peeking around it. In 1987, Hardee’s restaurants also offered a series of Pound Puppies with their Children’s Meals.

5 Comments to Pound Puppies

I still have my Pound Purries! I have passed them on to my daughter and one of them has become her “lovey”.

Kim on April 17th, 2011

i had a Lonely Puppy, which was like a cheap knock off. meh lasted a long time tho.

JuggNuttz on April 18th, 2011

I still have my Pound Puppies! Then I had the little pocket-sized ones of cats, horses, sea animals, jungle animals, etc. Love them!

Kendall on April 25th, 2011

There was a movie about these that I loved as a kid, Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw. It had musical interludes, and a cast of adorable talking pound puppies and purries, including the “Big Paw” himself, a lonely, misunderstood puppy.