Our furbie loves it! He's even tried to put the ball back into it rather than drop it on the ground. We do not have a lot of space where we live so we have to throw it a bit lighter as this throws the ball pretty far but it is wonderful that I no longer have to mess with the dirty muddy slobber covered ball. I am also disabled so it makes picking up the ball a lot easier. We plan on getting one of the longer ones next spring/summer (this one is only about a foot, give or take a couple of inches, in length).