Pet Lou 00466 Colossal Dog Chew Toy, 20-Inch Monkey Stick,Beige

My dog loves this monkey even though it’s bigger than she is. It sounds like paper is in it and it’s fluffy

I bought this for my Lab/pit mix puppy, Whiskey. She was having a hard time adjusting to sleeping in her kennel at night - in part because the woman I got her from had been letting Whiskey sleep in bed with her. Whiskey had a cozy kennel, nice soft dog bed, a few chew toys, but it didn't matter. She would scream and whine literally all night in her kennel, and this went on for 3 weeks. I finally seemed to have made her happy by making her kennel more "bed like". I Added a couple Soft cuddly blankets - okay she liked that, but it was only a few hours into the night before she'd start her whining again... But once I added this bone pillow, VOILA! She was finally content! It seemed to be the extra cuddle factor she needed to keep her comfortable through the whole night. During the day she gnaws on the squeakers and loves wrestling with it, but once it's bed time she cuddles up right next to her big soft bone and is finally happy in her own bed. I think the size and heft of this toy is what gives it that extra comfort factor she wasn't getting from the smaller soft toys. She has managed to pull off a little tuft of fuzz, so I could see myself needing to replace this once or twice a year, but for the price and the comfort it brings Whiskey I'm more than happy to do so. I highly reccomend this toy for anyone with a puppy/dog that might need some extra comfort in a transitional period.

Our Labrador Retrievers LOVE this toy. They throw it around and like to play tug with the toy. What they love about it most is simply sucking on the toy. It is as if this toy & this sucking action soothes them. They do it with no other toy we have ever bought. And the durability is great with all the tugging & sucking on it! As long as the fur-babies are happy so are we!

I'm giving this 4 stars because I've realized that most dog toys are essentially disposable objects and this is my dog's favorite of them all. With that understanding, the Colossal Dog Chew Toy makes a fantastic one-week dog toy. I've purchased two so far for my 70 lbs coonhound and all I have remaining are a few strips of the outer shell, with which he continues to play.As long as I only take it out for a bit to actively play with him, he's great and the toy will last for a decent while. But that isn't really what my big boy wants. He wants to get it all to himself and tear it into pieces by systematically ripping out each squeaker, all of the stuffing, and leaving a shattered, fluffy shell of a bone behind. For the price and the sheer joy he shows every time he sees a new one arrive, I've found it worth it to occasionally indulge in paying $1/day to watch him gleefully tear asunder his favorite toy.

This toy is without a doubt, our dog's favorite. He is fairly gentle with his toys and the first one lasted a few years. We replaced it at Christmas. It's well worth the money!

This monkey has been our labs favorite for years. He holds it in his mouth and brings it everywhere.

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.

This is a favorite that I keep buying for my dog. Wouldnt be great for a chewer.