All For Paws Chill Out Shark - Cooling Summer Dog Toy

All For Paws Chill Out Shark

The shark is the one non-fruit shape in All For Paws' Chill Out soaker line, and it is the one people buy for water rather than for shade. Soaked through it holds a surprising amount, and because the body is long and narrow a dog can grip it across the middle and shake it without getting a mouthful of anything hard.

It works in a paddling pool, at the edge of the sea and on a lawn with a hose over it, which is a wider brief than most cooling toys manage. What it is not is a fetch toy for a retriever with a serious jaw: this is fabric, and fabric loses to teeth.

Performance & Benefits

• Absorbs and slowly releases water, so play stays cool rather than cooling once and stopping.
• Long shark body is easy for a dog to grip mid-shape and carry.
• Floats and drags well in a paddling pool or at the water's edge.
• Rinses, dries and goes again the next day.
• Light enough to throw a short distance indoors or out.

Suitable For

• Paddling pool, garden sprinkler and shoreline play through summer.
• Dogs that like a toy to shake rather than crunch.
• Small and medium dogs, and gentle-mouthed larger ones.
• Owners wanting to tire a dog out on a day too hot to walk it far.
• Not for a dog that destroys soft toys — the Chill Out range also includes rubber chew shapes, and the Chill Out Garden Water Fountain is the better answer for keeping a hard-mouthed dog cool.

How to Use

• Soak it thoroughly in cold water and squeeze out the drips before handing it over.
• Re-wet it during play, or simply leave it where the sprinkler reaches.
• Rinse the salt or chlorine out after a trip to the sea or a pool.
• Hang it up to dry completely before it is put away.

Specification

• All For Paws Chill Out range, shark shape.
• Barcode 847922081768.
• All For Paws no longer list this toy on their own website and publish no length, weight or material for it, so none is stated here.
• A length of around 20cm appears on retail listings. It is not an All For Paws figure and is not repeated as one. The Chill Out Shark Chew Mix currently in their catalogue is a different item — a moulded TPR chew of 16 × 10 × 6cm, not this soaker.

Care & Caution

• Fabric toys are not chew-proof. Supervise play and take it away as soon as a seam opens, because swallowed fabric and filling are a common cause of gut obstruction.
• Keep an eye on a dog playing with it in or near open water, and take it up once play is over rather than leaving it down permanently.