Discount Pet Lou 00978 Colossal Dog Chew Toy, 10-Inch Jumbo Ball

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After further play, I'm re-writing this review and downgrading the rating. The only reason this toy gets 2 stars is the fact that my dog REALLY liked it while it lasted... the plastic crinkly sounds and the honking squeaker in this ball apparently make it hard to resist.

Unfortunately, the claims of durability are bunk. If your dog is willing to play nicely with this ball, and only roll it around and carry it gently, it might last... but if your dog plays hard with it and chews at all it's going to be wrecked quickly, like most plush toys.

Our first play session was about 15 minutes of me throwing the ball for my dog (8-month old ~50 lb. English Setter) to fetch, and I didn't let him get too into chewing on it. By the end there was a 1-inch hole torn in the ball. I put the ball away.

The next day we played with it again for closer to a half an hour. I threw it for him again, but also played a bit of tug and I let him chew on the ball, since that was what he was hell-bent on doing (he has to get to whatever is making the sound inside). Even with me playing interference and taking it away each time he got too insistent on gnawing one spot, by the end of this 2nd play session the ball had a new gaping 3-inch hole. It's already lost a big handful of stuffing material.

I guess I'll get one more session out of it before I have to gut it completely so my dog doesn't try to swallow any of the contents. He might get a little more fun out of ripping up the outer layer after that.

So much for holding up to "hours of pawing, pulling, tugging, chewing and biting"! I'll probably make it last about an hour. Had I just given him the toy and left him to chew it up, it would have probably lasted 10-15 minutes. Disappointing.

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Per they're description: "...endure hours of pawing, pulling, tugging, chewing and biting..." ?? It lasted 15 minutes from out of the box to shredded??

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Lasted about 10 minutes with our very mellow Golden Grady. The qualily of the material made it impossible to repair,

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My 85 lb. German Shepherd tore a hole in this plush toy in less than 2 hours. To say this is a "Chew Toy" is over-aggregating. To me, its a plush toy, I could have bought a plain teddy bear, saved some money and doggy would have been just as happy. For our dog this was a waste of money. But maybe our dog play's way too rough with his toys:) I'm not mad just very disappointed...

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Bought this for our 120 lb. german shepherd who is 10 yrs. old. He has always been extremely hard on any toy and they do not last long with him. He will typically shred them within a month tops and silence the sound inside. Not this one! Got this the end of July '11 and it is the beginning of Jan. '12. This is his go to toy every single day and it has stood up to his tough play with it being thrown, caught, chewed and not one hole in it. He even sleeps with his head on it. Was surprised to see the other review that it didn't even last 15 minutes with their dog. Possibly a defective one? I won't buy any other one from now on. The only way I am going to replace this one is when it gets crummy & dirty looking. I will buy this same one again.