KONG Shieldz Tropics Octopus Dog Toy Medium

KONG Shieldz Tropics Octopus – Medium

Shieldz is KONG's coated soft-toy construction: the fabric is sealed rather than left as open pile, which is why these toys shrug off a wet mouth and a wet lawn better than ordinary plush. The Tropics run puts that construction into brightly coloured sea characters, of which the octopus is the one with eight legs to grab.

This is the Medium. KONG have withdrawn the Tropics Octopus from their current range, so no size band, weight or composition is claimed for it below — only what the toy plainly is. The legs give a dog several handles, and there is a squeaker in the body.

Performance & Benefits

• Coated Shieldz fabric, sealed rather than left as raw plush.
• Eight legs, so a dog can take hold almost anywhere on the toy.
• Squeaker inside the body to keep interest up.
• Light enough to throw indoors, sturdy enough for the garden.
• Bright colouring that stays visible against grass.

Suitable For

• Medium dogs that play with soft toys rather than destroy them.
• Damp play — poolside, the beach and a wet garden.
• Dogs that like a toy with limbs to shake.
• Interactive fetch and light tug.
• Not a chew toy for a determined destroyer — a rubber toy such as the KONG Extreme in black is what that dog needs.

How to Use

• Throw it for retrieval, or drag it by a leg to start a chase.
• Tug by a single leg rather than the body.
• Rinse off salt or chlorine and hang to dry fully.
• Check the legs where they join the body after heavy play.

Specification

• Size Medium.
• Coated Shieldz-construction fabric with eight legs and an internal squeaker.
• KONG UPC 035585503158.
• KONG no longer list the Shieldz Tropics Octopus and publish no size band, dimensions or material composition for it, so none are stated here.

Care & Caution

• Coated fabric is more durable than plain plush but is still not a chew toy.
• Withdraw the toy if a leg is torn open — the squeaker and filling can be swallowed.
• Supervise play, particularly around water.
• Do not hand a medium soft toy to a much larger dog.