Nintendogs/Items

Items are available in stores, found on walks, and during Bark Mode. The nature of items vary but they generally fall into 3 types of use: consumables for your dog, toys for them to play with, and accessories to dress them up.

Sports
Sports items are used to play fetch. They can also be handed over for casual chewing.

Toys
Toys are items you can use to play games other than fetch.

Accessories
Each dog can only wear one accessory. Selecting a new one will put away the old one.

Care
Care items are your general pet supplies.

Music
The majority of items in the music category are music boxes. To play a song select the music box and it will appear on your screen. Make a circling motion over the music box with the to play it.

Clock
Clocks customize your interface. These make it so you can change the themes of your clock icons on the upper screen.

Etc.
Etc. type items are items that don't fall into any of the traditional categories. The majority of these are random mundane items that can be tossed to a dog and chewed on as a toy.