Original Snuggle Puppy Toys – Heartbeat Puppy for Dogs – Dog Plush for Anxiety Relief, Calming Aid, and Comfort Toy for Behavioral Training in Biscuit in Gray

お留守番が長いので寂しくないようにと買いましたが、普通のぬいぐるみと同じく噛んで振り回してで、落ち着くような効果は全くありませんでした…。残念です。
あと、ヒートパックはただのカイロで一回使い捨てです。

This toy was a miracle for my 8 week old puggle. My husband and I are crate training and although he was fine in the crate with the door open, as soon as that door closed my puppy would cry, cry cry. I knew he came from an active area so my first thought was loneliness…enter this toy. When I received it, I turned the heart on, put it inside the toy, put the toy on my lap, and put the puppy on my lap with the toy. He slumped right over it so his chest was on top of where the heart was beating and went to sleep within 30 seconds. Deep enough to snore. That made me very hopeful for the night, and he has not barked, cried or whined in his crate one night since. He snuggles right in with the toy and goes to sleep. Sad puppy problem solved.

My 5 star rating is for the toy itself and how well it worked for me. However, some things to note: most importantly, the batteries that come with it are terrible. When I put them in, the heart made a ticking sound but didn’t vibrate. I was very disappointed, thinking I had been mislead in what the toy was supposed to do. I changed out the generic batteries that came with it for some fresh new ones and the heart instantly began to “beat” and tick as advertised. I keep a lot of batteries around, just in case, as I don’t want his toy to “die” while he’s sleeping with it (I want him to sleep peacefully, not be traumatized by sleeping with something that dies in his crate). I’ve had it just about one week and the batteries are still going strong, but I do turn it off during the day and remove it from his playthings, making it strictly a “bedtime” companion, instead of an all day toy. Also, I have not used the heat warmer, and he still loves it. I wanted to see how he did without the warmer before I got into a costly cycle of having to keep buying those 24 hour heat warmers that you might be able to stretch out into 2 days, or something else that you heat up manually (like a bean bag), that will cool before the night is over. So by all means, try the heat warmer if you want to, but I opted out of it and he loves it still.

Also, he’s chewed the tail, ears, nose…shook it around (on those occasions where I forgot to remove it from his crate and it became a “regular” toy, or didn’t move it far enough out of reach) and he’s roughed it up…it’s still in fine shape. It seems very durable, although I was convinced he would have at least pulled the tongue off of it within the first day or two, but nope, still 100% intact.

I highly recommend trying this toy. My thoughts going in were, if it doesn’t work, I will have purchased a rather expensive general chew toy…but if it does, it will be the best $40 I ever spent. And indeed it is the best $40 I ever spent. He lays down and goes right to sleep, every night since day 1 of the toy…not a peep since.

I 100% credit this purchase with helping my puppy to settle and sleep overnight in his crate alone. I was mocked for buying this and told my dog would chew it ir a waste of money – absolutely not and worth every penny and more! I truly believe that he believes its another dog e.g. his mum. He slept soundly with the heartbeat and warmth, cuddled into it. He’s loved his crate ever since and goes to bed with ease. Annoying that the heat pads are expensive, I advise buying an extra pack but then phasing them out. Keep the heartbeat though and replace the batteries. My 3 month old puppy is sooo protective of this dog…..has never chewed it except playfully….. and treats it differently to anything else – it’s very weird but amazing!

I got my puppy yesterday and this is, so far, the best thing I purchased. He wrestles with it and sleeps against it. He slept through the night which I totally did not expect. The toy is bigger than he is and that make the whole thing just that much cuter. I have a feeling I will be going through a lot of batteries but I think it’s completely worth it.

The toy is soft and so far has taken the little guys teeth with no tearing. I’ll update further if he manages to rip it open or anything

Update: No tearing and I did put in a hand warmer overnight to see how that worked. It made the toy warm enough to the touch to be comforting but not too hot. I’m not sure my puppy noticed or cared and I haven’t done it since. He loves to wrestle with this and sleeps next to or on top of it whenever it’s nap time.

Update May 2017 — He loves this toy, he still sleeps with it every night. It hasn’t had a heartbeat or the warmer in years but it is still his go to sleep toy. It goes with him to boarding and on every trip. He still has the original stuffy though it doesn’t have ears or eyes anymore. I had to wash it once due to an explosion in the crate, with a lot of bleach, and it fared very well. He wasn’t sure about it for a few days as it didn’t smell right anymore, but he soon fell in love with it again. Im very impressed with the quality as this has lasted three plus years of pretty constant mauling.

Five Year Update: He still loves this toy. I keep considering getting a new one and swapping them out but it’s held up surprisingly well.

Seven Year Update: My neighbors got a puppy and she just cried the whole first night in the crate. I got her one of these and the difference is amazing. She hears the heartbeat and goes directly into her crate!

I broke down and got my dog another one, even though this is a big pricey for the size of toy. He is in love. He has spent hours cuddling with this in the past two days. I put up a pic of the old one vs new one. I finally washed the old one and it’s better, but he LOVES the new one. I was being sentimental as it was the toy I had with me when I picked him up from the breeder, but apparently he doesn’t care. I will be getting more, possibly yearly, as he destroys them.