Customer Reviews

Hartz Quackers Plush Duck Dog Toy, Colors Vary

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

I bought this for our 4-month-old Jack Russell Terrier and within the first 2 minutes of him playing with it, he began tearing off pieces of the feathery, fabric tail. In fact, a few minutes later I had to take scissors to it and cut the tail off because it was shedding strings all over the place and our pup was choking on it.

He got the toy duck back and really likes it, but 2 days in he's now ripped a few holes in it and taken some stuffing out, so we've had to take it away. He only got it during supervised play time, and only for a few hours here and there, so there's no excuse for it being destroyed this quickly.

Whoever came up with this "dog" toy either doesn't own a dog or has the laziest dog around, because I felt like it was put together for kids and not dogs. If you want to waste $6 on a toy that won't last a week, feel free to buy the Hartz Quackers duck toy.

These are very cute but they don't stand up to dog-play. My corgi eviscerated the Hartz toys within minutes. I have found the only stuffed toys that last are the AKC or the CKC brands.

I purchased a Marley & Me branded quacking duck toy awhile ago and my two puppies loved it and it was incredibly durable. Then on vacation, they lost it somewhere. So when I got home I went to buy another one to replace the one that was lost (from the same retailer, which was not Amazon) and all I could find was this Hartz Quacker at about the same price. Not really remembering who made the first one, I figured this was the same thing just not under the Marley & Me brand, so I bought it. My two dogs (both puppies) destroyed it within a few hours, ripping the belly open and emptying it of all it's stuffing and the quacking mechanism.

Thinking this was a fluke, I returned it to the retailer for another and literally, within an hour, one foot was torn off. Then a little while later the belly was torn open and the contents were all over the house. I complained to Hartz this time and got a standard boilerplate response full of platitudes and nothing else.

So I decided to seek out a duck like the one I originally had and finally figured out it was manufactured by Jakks. I found one here on Amazon for a good price and ordered it and they've had it now for over a week and all that has happened to it is they've chewed the tags off of it. Otherwise it's holding up well to daily abuse and it is again their favorite toy. Thanks Jakks and Amazon. Shame on you Hartz.

I got one for my Mom's dog. She is a one year old Boxer.
She absolutely loved it. She carried it everywhere. Every time anyone would come over. She would put it in their lap and show it off.

But she destroyed it in a week or two.
So I bought her another one for Christmas and I also purchased another one for my father-in-law's dog.

I bought this for my 1-year-old pug and he was into the neck and stuffing in 10 minutes flat. I figured it was a bad one but after buying another different Hartz dog toy that looks sturdy but fell apart immediately, I had to find these and make sure no one else wasted their money on them. Absolute trash.

Nice product, very soft. We got it for our pet, but anyone would like it. Shipping was fast. Item is just as described.

I ordered 2 of these stuffed duck dog toys for the "grand" dogs.
Neither one of them has a "quacker" that works. If it wasn't so
close to our Christmas get together, they would be going right back
to Amazon. I actually feel a bit ripped off, paying close to $10.00
for a dog toy that doesn't work, it's the quacker that makes it a
fun toy, if it were one of them, i would think, darn I got a bad one,
but when both don't work, I wonder how many of the ones sold actually
did work. Hmmmm

Odin likes to tear up his toys in seconds but his duck he carries around proudly for all to see. He has had it now for about two weeks and it is still in one piece...amazing!

This duck is my mini schnauzer's favorite! He got it for his first birthday. He is now almost 4 and I have replaced it probably 5 times, in almost 3 years. I replace whenever I see a tear, so he doesn't get the squeaker out and choke on it. But it has held up well to lots of rough play. I will continue to buy this same duck. He knows it by name- we actually call it "goose" because he has another stuffed duckling that we call "duck". Love this toy!

Save money and buy something else. My JRT puppy had it tore apart in 10 minutes. Squeaker stopped working after 5 minutes of play. Not worth the $$$'s.