"Lovable, Huggable!"
Pound Puppies were designed by Mike
Bowling in 1984 and have been in
production ever since, changing hands many times (as
you can see)! They started out life
a series of soft puppies which were adopted when children
bought them (just like Cabbage patch Kids). Pound
Pur-r-ries were added to the line, and as
they grew in popularity, more and more related merchandise
was produced including books, animated videos, puzzles
and games.
Over the years they have been produced
by Irwin, Hornby,
Tonka, Galoob, Mary
Meyer, Jakks Pacific, Mattel
and Flair. Every company re-designed
the puppies slightly and brought out different lines,
Tonka and Galoob being the most prolific. Just to
make things even more confusing, Pound Puppies were
also produced for different parts of Europe under
various names and by various companies (which were
all also differently designed).
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- Canada: Piteux Pitous
(as well as Pound Puppies)
- Germany: Wauzi and
Miauzi
- France: Pitou
- Brazil & Argentina: Snif
Snif
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| Pound Puppies produced
by Irwin :: 1984-1987 |
Irwin were the very first
company to produced Pound Puppies, specifically for sale
in Canada. The puppies were originally created using one
body style with three different ear styles, six body colours
and three different eye colours, some with spots and some
without. There were also Pound Puppies Yappies, Newborns
and At Play too, plus one more I haven't been able to place.
Each puppy came with a collar,
adoption certificate and packaging which doubled as a kennel.
They also had a "PP" emblem sewn on their bottoms
or "PPY" for the yappies.
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| Plush |
| These puppies were about 14 inches long.
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Tan
with Spots and Long Ears |
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Black
with Long Ears |
Tan
with Spots and Long Ears |
These two puppies are about 10 inches long.
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Gray with
Spots and Short Ears |
Brown with
Short Ears |
These mummy puppies are about 18-24 inches
long and have a velcro pocket in their belly, where little
newborn 7" puppies came out of (not pictured). Hornby
also preduced these.
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Tan
with Spots and Long Ears |
Both White
with Spots and Long Ears |
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| Plush :: Pound
Puppy Yappies |
This puppy is 14 inches long. Hornby also
produced the Pound Puppy Yappies, which have PPY rather
than PP embroidered onto their bottoms.
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Brown with
Long Ears |
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| Plush :: Newborns |
This puppy is dated 1986.
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Black
and White Newborn
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| Pocket Pups |
| These puppies are dated 1987 and were
about 4 inched long. The only reference to this set states
that they were magnetic.
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Pocket
Pups |
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| Plush ::
At Play |
This is an Irwin puppy, with both English
and French on it's collar. It looks just like the "At
Play" puppies produced by Hornby, so can only conclude
that Irwin produced these upright puppies too.
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At Play |
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| Plush :: Unknown |
This puppy looks very much like the first
production run found in France, but definitely has the Canadian
name on it's collar.
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| Other Items |
I've found one related item, produced
for Burger King.
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Mug |
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