Included with every puppy
Inside Our Puppy Starter Kit: 30+ Items, $500+ Value
4.9 from 65 Google reviews
Retail 'starter kits' in Singapore are $20 to $200 bundles of samples and toys. Ours is the full day-one setup: 30+ items across 8 categories, delivered free, set up in your home, and explained item by item before we leave.
Included in the puppy's price. Never sold separately, never billed as an add-on.
- AVS licensed · AS24J00046
- 65 five-star reviews
- 2+ years in Balestier
30+ items
The $500+ Starter Kit, Free With Every Puppy
The kit that comes home with your puppy - 30+ items across 8 categories, worth $500+ at pet shops, included free with every Curious Tails puppy.
- Cozy Corner
$18Dog Bed
Included free
- Cozy Corner
$90Play Pen
Included free
- Cozy Corner
$13Soft Toy
Included free
- Cozy Corner
$18Food Bowl
Included free
- Toilet Training
$13Pee Pad
Included free
- Toilet Training
$17Pee Tray
Included free
- Toilet Training
$15Pee Training
Included free
- Toilet Training
$18Odor Removal
Included free
- Grooming
$26Shampoo
Included free
- Grooming
$12Brush
Included free
- Grooming
$10Towel
Included free
- Grooming
$2Wet Wipes
Included free
- Grooming
$23Paw Cleaner
Included free
- Grooming
$15Ear Cleanser
Included free
- Grooming
$12Shower Scrub
Included free
- Grooming
$3Nail Cutter
Included free
- Outdoor
$25Harness
Included free
- Outdoor
$30Leash
Included free
- Outdoor
$17Water Bottle
Included free
- Outdoor
$6Poop Bag
Included free
- Oral Health
$12Tooth Brush
Included free
- Oral Health
$15Tooth Paste
Included free
- Oral Health
$17Mouth Wash
Included free
- Oral Health
$5Teeth Wipes
Included free
- Other Essentials
$50Carrier
Included free
- Other Essentials
$3Chew Toy
Included free
- Other Essentials
$21Dry Shampoo
Included free
- Other Essentials
$23Kibbles
Included free
- Other Essentials
$1Measure Cup
Included free
- Other Essentials
$3Chew Bone
Included free
Every Free Gift in the Kit
All 30 items, priced individually - $533 of gear at pet-shop retail, yours free with every Curious Tails puppy. Tap through to see exactly what comes home with your pup.
$18Cozy CornerDog Bed
Included free with your puppy
$90Cozy CornerPlay Pen
Included free with your puppy
$13Cozy CornerSoft Toy
Included free with your puppy
$18Cozy CornerFood Bowl
Included free with your puppy
$13Toilet TrainingPee Pad
Included free with your puppy
$17Toilet TrainingPee Tray
Included free with your puppy
$15Toilet TrainingPee Training
Included free with your puppy
$18Toilet TrainingOdor Removal
Included free with your puppy
$26GroomingShampoo
Included free with your puppy
$12GroomingBrush
Included free with your puppy
$10GroomingTowel
Included free with your puppy
$2GroomingWet Wipes
Included free with your puppy
$23GroomingPaw Cleaner
Included free with your puppy
$15GroomingEar Cleanser
Included free with your puppy
$12GroomingShower Scrub
Included free with your puppy
$3GroomingNail Cutter
Included free with your puppy
$25OutdoorHarness
Included free with your puppy
$30OutdoorLeash
Included free with your puppy
$17OutdoorWater Bottle
Included free with your puppy
$6OutdoorPoop Bag
Included free with your puppy
$12Oral HealthTooth Brush
Included free with your puppy
$15Oral HealthTooth Paste
Included free with your puppy
$17Oral HealthMouth Wash
Included free with your puppy
$5Oral HealthTeeth Wipes
Included free with your puppy
$50Other EssentialsCarrier
Included free with your puppy
$3Other EssentialsChew Toy
Included free with your puppy
$21Other EssentialsDry Shampoo
Included free with your puppy
$23Other EssentialsKibbles
Included free with your puppy
$1Other EssentialsMeasure Cup
Included free with your puppy
$3Other EssentialsChew Bone
Included free with your puppy
Starter Kit Itemized Value Breakdown
Every item in the kit, priced individually. 30 items, $533 in total - included with every puppy.
| Category | Items included | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Housing & comfort | Play pen ($90), dog bed ($18) | $108 |
| Grooming | Shampoo ($26), paw cleaner ($23), dry shampoo ($21), ear cleanser ($15), brush ($12), shower scrub ($12), towel ($10), nail cutter ($3), wet wipes ($2) | $124 |
| Outdoor | Leash ($30), harness ($25), water bottle ($17), poop bags ($6) | $78 |
| Toilet training | Odor removal spray ($18), pee tray ($17), pee training aid ($15), pee pads ($13) | $63 |
| Transport | Carrier ($50) | $50 |
| Oral health | Mouth wash ($17), tooth paste ($15), tooth brush ($12), teeth wipes ($5) | $49 |
| Feeding | Food bowl ($18), puppy kibbles ($23), measure cup ($1) | $42 |
| Toys & play | Soft toy ($13), chew toy ($3), chew bone ($3) | $19 |
| Total | 30 items, everything above - included with every puppy | $533 |
Values are what each item costs at retail, bought individually. The kit is never billed as an add-on: the full $533 set comes home with your puppy inside the price, from $3,288 all-in.
What's included in a puppy starter kit?
A complete puppy starter kit covers eight categories: housing (playpen and bed), transport (carrier), feeding (bowls and food), toilet training (pads and cleaner), grooming tools, oral care, outdoor gear (leash and harness), and toys. Retail kits in Singapore run $20 to $200 and cover only part of that list; a complete set bought separately costs $500 or more.
Curious Tails includes the full eight-category kit, over 30 items, with every puppy. It comes home with your puppy, gets set up by us, and every item is explained before we leave.
Verify our licence on the AVS public registryThe 8 categories
- Playpen and bed (housing)
- Carrier (transport)
- Bowls and puppy food (feeding)
- Pads and cleaner (toilet training)
- Brush, shampoo, nail care (grooming)
- Toothbrush and dental care (oral health)
- Leash, harness, poo bags (outdoor)
- Teething and comfort toys (play)
The kit, in numbers
- items in every kit
- 30+
- retail value, included free
- $500+
- categories, day-one complete
- 8
- five-star Google reviews
- 65
items in every kit
retail value, included free
categories, day-one complete
five-star Google reviews
Housing and Comfort: Where Your Puppy Actually Lives
The playpen is the single most important item in the kit, and the one new owners most often buy wrongly on their own: too small, too flimsy, or set up somewhere the puppy is either isolated or overstimulated. Ours comes with a proper bed, and we set both up in the right spot in your home.
A puppy that treats its playpen as home territory settles into alone time instead of fretting through it. That is the foundation for everything else: toilet training, sleep, and a working couple's 8am to 6pm absence.
The playpen, the bed, and the placement advice all come with your puppy; see what happens on delivery day.
Feeding: the Same Food, the Same Bowls, Zero Disruption
Homecoming day is the most stressful day of a puppy's young life, so the kit removes the one stressor we can control: diet. Your puppy goes home with the same small-breed food it has been eating at our shop, plus food and water bowls.
Keep that food constant for the first weeks. If you later want another brand, transition gradually over about a week; the puppy collection checklists the big food brands publish say the same thing for the same reason.
Grooming and Oral Care: Small Tools, Big First-Year Difference
The low-shedding coats we carry, Cavapoo, Maltipoo, Bichonpoo, Cockapoo, mat faster in Singapore's humidity than overseas care guides let on. The kit's brush handles the 3-to-4-times-a-week routine that prevents it, and the puppy shampoo and nail tools cover the rest of the basics.
Oral care is the category everyone skips and later regrets: the kit includes a puppy toothbrush and dental care so the habit starts young, while your puppy still thinks everything is a game.
Outdoor Gear and Toys: Walks, Play, and Teething
The kit includes a leash, a properly sized harness, and poo bags for the park connector walks that bracket a Singapore dog's day, morning and evening, around the heat.
Toys are not filler: a teething puppy will chew something, and the kit decides that it is a rubber toy rather than your table leg. A comfort toy in the playpen also does quiet work on night one.
Toilet training supplies, pads and an enzymatic cleaner, round out the list; where the pads go is part of the setup we do in your home.
Which Kit Items Matter Most in Week One
All 30+ items earn their place eventually. These four run the first week.
| Priority | Item and why it leads |
|---|---|
| 1. Playpen + bed | Home territory from hour one; where settling, sleep, and alone-time training all happen |
| 2. The same food | Diet continuity prevents the upset stomach that derails toilet training in week one |
| 3. Pads + cleaner | Accidents are normal; the enzymatic cleaner stops repeat-marking in the same spot |
| 4. Comfort toy | Night whimpering is adjustment, not distress; a comfort toy shortens it |
The full week-by-week routine, feeding times, toilet schedule, and what is normal at 3am, is in our week-by-week puppy care guide.
Puppies This Kit Comes Home With, Available Right Now
Every price below already includes the $500+ starter kit, free delivery and the first training lesson. 5 puppies in our care today.
Want to see the kit with an actual puppy?
Message us and we'll send photos of current puppies plus everything that comes home with them, prices included.
Buy It Yourself vs Included With Your Puppy
We priced the DIY route honestly. It is not close.
The DIY shopping trip
- Retail "starter kits" run $20 to $200 and cover a fraction of the list
- A complete set across all 8 categories: $533 (itemized below)
- You guess at playpen size, harness fit, and food choice
- Everything arrives flat-packed; you assemble and place it
- Nobody shows you how any of it works
The Curious Tails kit
- All 8 categories, 30+ items, included in the puppy's price
- Sized and chosen for your actual puppy
- Delivered free, island-wide
- Assembled and placed in your home before your puppy explores
- Every item explained in person before we leave
The kit is one reason our transparent puppy pricing reads lower than it is: the price, from $3,288 all-in, already covers what other buyers spend again after leaving the shop. For everything beyond day one, plan with the first-year puppy budget planner.
Set Up in Your Home Before Your Puppy Walks In
Delivery is not a doorstep drop-off. We carry the kit in, assemble the playpen, and place it properly: away from direct afternoon sun, out of the aircon draft, near where the family actually spends its evenings, with the toilet area positioned so training makes sense for your layout.
We do this in HDB flats, condos, and landed homes across Singapore, and the small-flat version is the one we know best. By the time your puppy explores the room, its space is already there: bed in the pen, water filled, pads down.
That first impression matters more than it sounds. A puppy that walks into a ready territory settles in days; one that arrives to cardboard boxes and assembly noise takes longer.
Placement rules we follow
- Out of direct afternoon sun (west-facing windows especially)
- Away from the aircon's direct draft
- Near family activity, not isolated in a store room
- Toilet area away from the bed, consistent from day one
- Water reachable from the first minute
The Walkthrough: We Show You How to Use Every Item
A box of 30 items helps nobody if you are guessing at 11pm. So before we leave your home, we go through each item in person: how the pad holder clips, how much food per meal, how the harness adjusts, which toy is for teething and which is for the playpen at night.
Here is what two years of doing this taught us: most first-time owners think they need a lot of information upfront. What they actually need is a simple routine to follow and someone to call when they are unsure. The walkthrough gives you the routine; our WhatsApp gives you the someone.
The kit walkthrough pairs with the free AVS-certified training lesson, best booked in week one while the routine is forming.
What NOT to Buy Before Your Puppy Arrives
The most common day-one mistake is over-buying. Skip adult-size gear (your puppy will outgrow two sizes before it matters), skip a second food brand (diet continuity beats variety), and skip duplicate beds and toy piles (one bed the puppy owns beats three it ignores).
Hold your extras budget until after the walkthrough. Once you have seen what the kit covers and how your actual puppy behaves in your actual home, the gaps, if any, are obvious and cheap to fill.
If you are still budgeting for the bigger picture, the first-year cost breakdown covers what genuinely comes later: licensing, vet visits, grooming.
Save your money on
- Adult-size harnesses, collars, and beds
- A second or third food brand "for variety"
- Toy piles (two good toys beat ten)
- Fancy crates before you know your routine
- Anything the walkthrough hasn't confirmed you need
What Families Say About the Kit
65 Google reviews, 4.9 average, and counting.
Vipul Mendhe
a week ago
So happy with our purchase from Curious Tails! We'd been after a Cavachon puppy in Singapore for a while. We could tell Nelson genuinely cared, and they gave us a clear care routine to follow. The puppy was happy, healthy, and clearly raised in a loving environment. We felt fully prepared to bring our pup home, right down to the smallest detail. Forever grateful to the team, our pup is the best thing that's happened to us.
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Sandra Lee
3 weeks ago
Walked into Curious Tails looking for a Cavapoo puppy for sale and walked out with the happiest little addition to our family. We're so grateful to Nelson and Kim, who handled the paperwork professionally and quickly and shared plenty of practical care tips. The puppy was happy, healthy, and clearly raised in a loving environment. So thankful we chose Curious Tails, our home feels complete now.
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Goon P
2 months ago
So happy with our purchase from Curious Tails! We'd been after a Maltipoo puppy for sale in Singapore for a while. We could tell Nelson genuinely cared, and they sent us home with a bag full of free gifts and were a wealth of useful knowledge. Everything from the health records to the paperwork was handled seamlessly. They handled the licence transfer and guided us through the ownership course too. A truly lovely experience from start to finish, thank you!
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Jaden Chua
2 months ago
We visited a few places before Curious Tails, but their Balestier store stood out immediately. Nelson were professional and reassuring and were attentive and genuinely helpful, and made sure we felt confident every step of the way. The full vaccination was already covered, which showed how much they care. They gave us ample time to interact with the puppies before we decided. If you want peace of mind buying a puppy, this is the place.
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Michi
3 months ago
Had a really good experience getting our new puppy! The seller provided very clear instructions on feeding, care, and daily routine, which made the transition much easier for us. Our puppy is healthy, active, and very well taken care of. Really appreciate the patience and guidance throughout the process. Highly recommended!
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Samsung Note10
3 months ago
I just brought home a healthy puppy from Curious Tails, they have wide range of puppy for sale in singapore, and the purchase experience was smooth and fun! Kim provided incredible care tips and free gifts, sharing her expert knowledge every step of the way. The prices are great, the staff are professional, and my new family member already feels right at home. They even deliver the puppy to my house with no additional charges.
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Kinjal Johri
5 months ago · Local Guide
They were so accommodating and nice! Answered all my questions yay thank you
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Maxwell Fong
11 months ago · Local Guide
Was looking around and not really decided to get a puppy yet. We went down to Curious Tails to have a look and also to check out on stuff. Nelson and Kim really give us an idea what we are going to expect and answer our questions. They also have great after sales where they are still answering and giving us advise. The puppy is healthy, very smart, and very to have great to have around the house. I would highly recommend them if anyone is getting a puppy or planning to have one! Thank you Nelson and Kim!
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Starter Kit Questions, Answered
Is the starter kit really free?
Yes: it is included in the puppy's price, which is from $3,288 all-in. There is no add-on charge, no minimum spend, and no membership to sign up for. Bought separately, the same 30 items add up to $533 - the full itemized breakdown is on this page.
What exactly is in the puppy starter kit?
More than 30 items across eight categories: a playpen and bed, a carrier, feeding bowls and puppy food, toilet training supplies, grooming tools, oral health care, outdoor gear like a leash and harness, and toys. We walk you through every item at delivery.
Will the playpen fit a small HDB flat?
Yes. We deliver and set the playpen up ourselves, and we place it to suit your layout: away from direct afternoon sun, out of the aircon draft, and where the family actually spends time. Small flats are the norm for us, not the exception.
What food comes in the kit?
The same small-breed puppy food your puppy has been eating at our shop, so there is no sudden diet change on the most stressful day of its young life. If you later prefer another brand, transition gradually over about a week.
When will my puppy outgrow the starter items?
Most items serve the first 6 to 12 months. The playpen, bowls, and grooming tools last well beyond that; the harness and collar get sized up as your puppy grows. We flag what to upgrade and when during the walkthrough, and you can WhatsApp us any time after.
Can the kit be delivered before the puppy arrives?
The kit arrives with your puppy on delivery day, and that is deliberate: we set everything up before your puppy explores the room, so the space reads as home from the first minute rather than a pile of unopened shopping.
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