My dog is such a sweetheart. She is very affectionate and she is usually very obedient. But....she is really hard on toys. This used to be a ball which we would take to the beach to play with. It floated out in the waves, so she could retrieve it easily. She never really wanted to bring it back to us because she knew we would take it away from her. Never-the-less, she played with it non-stop all the time Doug and I were swimming in the wave along the ocean front. We gave this to her the other day to "play with" and within a half hour, she had it in shreds! So friends, when you come to visit, you need to bring us some undestructable dog toys!