Kong toys are odd. They seem like an unappealing rubber that no human would want to chomp on but this toy was a hit with my 4 month old golden retriever puppy as long as there are treats to work out of it. I usually stuff the ends with strips of chicken jerky and he goes cuckoo over it for a good 10 minutes. I have found that the ends grip very tightly so if the jerky is too big he cannot get it out and just chews off the ends. When that happens, it is really hard to get the stuck pieces out - I usually shove them out with a knife or end up using the knife to break up the pieces. I suppose when he is older he will have stronger jaws and will be able to squeeze the ends enough to make them fall out. No way of knowing that yet . . .

I tried Peanut butter (recommended online) and he loved that but I had smears of sticky stuff all over the place so that is not an experiment we will be repeating indoors. He was not able to lick out all the peanut butter from the grooved ends and I finally ran it through the dishwasher since it was looking pretty gross.

When there aren't any treats in it, he totally ignores this toy. But, as an entertaining toy for the times when the puppy really wants something to do (24 hours a day in our case!) filling this this toy gives him some quick work and often gets him happily tired by the time he is done with it.
Kong toys are odd. They seem like an unappealing rubber that no human would want to chomp on but this toy was a hit with my 4 month old golden retriever puppy as long as there are treats to work out of it. I usually stuff the ends with strips of chicken jerky and he goes cuckoo over it for a good 10 minutes. I have found that the ends grip very tightly so if the jerky is too big he cannot get it out and just chews off the ends. When that happens, it is really hard to get the stuck pieces out - I usually shove them out with a knife or end up using the knife to break up the pieces. I suppose when he is older he will have stronger jaws and will be able to squeeze the ends enough to make them fall out. No way of knowing that yet. . . I tried Peanut butter (recommended online) and he loved that but I had smears of sticky stuff all over the place so that is not an experiment we will be repeating indoors. He was not able to lick out all the peanut butter from the grooved ends and I finally ran it through the dishwasher since it was looking pretty gross. When there aren't any treats in it, he totally ignores this toy. But, as an entertaining toy for the times when the puppy really wants something to do (24 hours a day in our case! ) filling this this toy gives him some quick work and often gets him happily tired by the time he is done with it.