The invention discloses an electronic toy dog and a control method thereof. The electronic toy dog is provided with a head structure; the head structure comprises a head casing, a first support frame and a second support frame, wherein the head casing has an appearance like a dog head; the first support frame is connected with the head casing and a control part of the electronic toy dog and provided with twisting parts; the second support frame is connected with the first support frame, and twisting openings for accommodating the twisting parts are formed in the second support frame; an output end of the control part rotationally drives the twisting parts to move in the twisting openings, and the head casing twists. Movement of the twisting parts in the twisting openings is utilized, the head part of the electronic toy dog is driven to twist leftwards and rightwards through connection of parts, the parts of the electronic toy dog are sufficiently used, and the electronic toy dog is simple in structure, stable in twisting and convenient to use.