Air Dog KONG Squeaker

For Christmas, my brother, sister-in-law and niece gave Louie an 'Air Dog KONG Squeaker Donut'. Since it is a Kong toy and we all know how much I love his Kong (see previous blog post), I have thought about trying this toy out before. PetSmart sells a variety of these squeaker products ranging from $6.99 - $8.99. They describe the toy as: "Combines a tennis ball and squeaker. The durable high quality squeaking tennis ball is covered with durable, high quality tennis ball material that's non-abrasive". It really is a tennis ball material that has been molded into different shapes and has a squeaker inside of it.

He loved it! Unfortunately, it didn't make it past dinner without losing the ability to squeak and receiving some gnarly holes. It did aid in keep him busy while my nieces ran around the house and when we were eating dinner. It definitely kept him occupied and we all got some good tosses out of before it was in pieces. I am not surprised that he was able to demolish this toy in a matter of hours considering he was inside and the fact that he seems to have something against tennis balls. He never seems to actually 'play' with them (when we play fetch at the park with a tennis ball, before he retrieves it, he'll shake it, bite it, pull at it and all but swallow it instead of giving it back!) so I had a feeling this toy would end up the same way the tennis balls do. I think though, had he been playing with it outside instead of using it as a pacifier, it probably would've lasted longer. I still think it's a great product and will probably buy another one before we go camping to see if he'll retrieve it.

Thanks Dan, Michelle & Mia!