As a practicing veterinarian, if you choose to purchase this sort of toy for your dog, please please please do not leave him/her alone with it! I have had to perform surgery on a number of dogs that have chewed up (and swallowed) significant portions of these rope type toys. The problem is that some dogs will experience an intestinal obstruction after swallowing this sort of filamentous material.
I’ve seen everything from expensive enterotomies to emergency intestinal anastamosis surgeries in septic and otherwise compromised patients resulting from the ingestion of rope type toys.
So, yeah, great fun if you’re going to supervise your pet. Not so good if you’ve got an active chewer, and leave him/her alone with the toy.
