AIBU to really strongly object to toys like this?

[momijigari]

bloody thing

My ds is desperate - absolutely desperate - for a dog, and I just think that trying to replace all that lovely warm wriggle with a microchip.......

Oh God, I"m going to have to think again about a puppy for ds, aren't I

Well seeker its better than giving a real puppy than it not being looked after and neglected and having to rehome it like thousands of pets after christmas.

Well seeker its ok if you are prepared to look after it, have time to take it for walks and feed it, but many do not and they are left abandoned at roadsides or drowned or abused. I would love a dog but i am allergic to them so this will have to suffice for my dd

You have to buy the dog and know that YOU or your DP/dh will have to bear the brunt of the responsibility some just cannot so its not fair on the poor dog imo. How would they feel like being loved and wanted for a short while, than abandoned because the novelty has worn off. Ever heard the phase a dog is for life not just for Christmas!

Ghastly overpricing, and creepy as well. It will never compare to a real dog, anyway.

Instead of spending £100 on this, IMO it's better to spend £5-10 on a 'normal' cuddly dog, let your child have fun using their imagination and have enough change left over for loads of other toys or a family day out.

No it isn't. Well, yes, of course it is.

But better would be giving the child something else. "I know you want a puppy, darling, so I've bought you this. It's almost exactly the same as a real one"

It's like taking a child to soft play instead of the woods, or the swimming pool instead of the beach.

I'm amazed at how strongly I feel about this one!

I always wanted a dog as a youngster but was told no because my parents just did not want to look after it fair enough really. I personally would love one for myself but i am worried about my Eczema. I think that the dog thing is a good substitute though i dont know if i would get it for my dd if she asked for a puppy.

I like the video and the comment 'For the video we asked some children we know to give our predicted best sellers a test run, and as you?ll see, they had lots of fun'

Yeah right, then burst into tears when they had to give them back!

It was one of the top 12 dream toys for Christmas last year. My dd was scared of it in the shops. And I was a bit too.

What on earth does the fact tat your friend works with people with LD have to do with your friend having one pigletmania?

yabu - DD has a lion cub version from Argos (admittedly only cost 50 quid). She absolutely adores it.
Topnotch toy, imho -- and no real vet bills, genuine faeces, muzzles or maintenance required!

DD got a baby fur real piglet last year. Only around £15 but sooooo creepy. It has wrinkly 'newborn' skin and stretches and snorts at unexpected moments.

Nothing RnB jsut thought i would put that in, she said that a couple of the people she worked with liked the Furreal dog

Sorry, but YABU. Was double the price last year. Plus DS has loved the one on display in hamleys/ john lewis.

Tis the Teddy Ruxpin of the 2000s, I tell ya.
We used to go into Hamleys and put cigarettes into Teddy Ruxpin's mouth. Minutes Hours of fun

My DS has Kota the Triceratops and that was £300! He adores it though and it's not like there was ever a chance of a real dinosaur so I thought I might as well

I'm going to trade my real dog in for that one. Much more obedient and a one-off fee of only £99.

Horribly expensive and, just to let you know, often waaaaaay too fussy for the age of the children they're intended for. My (much younger) sister had something similar to this and, by the time you've gotten them to 'interact' with it, recorded their voice print etc, they're naffed off and bored.

Oh, and it drinks batteries...

Possibly still better than a real puppy though, in terms of work. At least it can go in a box when the kids get bored.

It is kind of freaky looking. But I don't object strongly to any toys really, if I don't like them I just don't buy them.

I would take it back to the shop and exchange it for something else plus perhaps a bear factory dog on a lead or something.

Bloody hell I thought it was toy sized... just watched the video and that thing is huge! Dog sized, in fact.

DDhad a FurReal puppy a couple of years ago (smaller than the one in the OP and much cheaper) -she played with it for about 10mins and that was it.

Big mistake buying it TBH

It's just a further advance into the virtual world. I don't like it - to me, part of the reason for having pets it to teach children about responsibility and caring for other beings - how are they going to learn that with one of these? It's a few steps up from a Tamagochi but in essence no different.

Hi there, please help I am new to this and don't know how to see the question or a picture of the dog - any ideas?