Dog toy review Mr. Valentine Fuzzy (with a squeaker inside)

For Valentine's Day I gave Pierre, the love of my life, a stuffed long red weenie dog toy with a heart attached to it that says "I Wuff You" and includes a squeaker inside. So cute. I new though, that this token of love would last about an hour at the most before he tore it in half, de-gutted the stuffing and removed the squeaker. I was wrong. It lasted 25 minutes.

Once I gave it to him, he pranced around the house with it, proudly showing it off to my grandmother and the cat (who could not care less) and me. Then laying down next to me he proceeded to do what I exactly expected him to do but told him not to do - tear it apart. He proudly displayed said toy with stuffing hanging out and squeaker on the floor as if he just hunted and caught his dinner in the field.

If you are wondering why I would buy him this toy when I knew what would happen to it I will tell you it is because I know he gets a lot of joy from tearing apart these toys. It's in nature. He loves them more when he can shake violently the toy sans stuffing and prance around with it. Pierre has several toys in his backyard that were once stuffed cute little guys but now are just as I call them skins or skinnies - toys without stuffing.

The cost for these toys are usually no more than $5.00 and really its worth seeing him love them the way he does. I think I picked this guy up at Albertson's. Really, any pet store and grocery store has them in the dog toy aisle. As for durability, well, if you have an aggressive chewer like Pierre than I don't recommend these stuffed toys. Unless, like me, you just want your dog to have fun and you don't mind picking up the stuffing and squeaker that has been strung about the house and or yard. However, if you have a dog that cares for their stuffed toy as if it was part of their pack then it really is worth buying.

Rating for stuffed dog with squeaker: 4 paws from Pierre and 2 paws from me for having to pick up the remains! Below is an "after" photo of Pierre and his well loved weenie dog Valentine!