Hartz Quackers Plush Duck Dog Toy, Colors Vary

Review by Patrick Haney for Hartz Quackers Plush Duck Dog Toy, Colors Vary
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I bought this for our 4-month-old Jack Russell Terrier and within the first 2 minutes of him playing with it, he began tearing off pieces of the feathery, fabric tail. In fact, a few minutes later I had to take scissors to it and cut the tail off because it was shedding strings all over the place and our pup was choking on it.

He got the toy duck back and really likes it, but 2 days in he’s now ripped a few holes in it and taken some stuffing out, so we’ve had to take it away. He only got it during supervised play time, and only for a few hours here and there, so there’s no excuse for it being destroyed this quickly.

Whoever came up with this “dog” toy either doesn’t own a dog or has the laziest dog around, because I felt like it was put together for kids and not dogs. If you want to waste $6 on a toy that won’t last a week, feel free to buy the Hartz Quackers duck toy.

Review by Mike M for Hartz Quackers Plush Duck Dog Toy, Colors Vary
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I purchased a Marley & Me branded quacking duck toy awhile ago and my two puppies loved it and it was incredibly durable. Then on vacation, they lost it somewhere. So when I got home I went to buy another one to replace the one that was lost (from the same retailer, which was not Amazon) and all I could find was this Hartz Quacker at about the same price. Not really remembering who made the first one, I figured this was the same thing just not under the Marley & Me brand, so I bought it. My two dogs (both puppies) destroyed it within a few hours, ripping the belly open and emptying it of all it’s stuffing and the quacking mechanism.

Thinking this was a fluke, I returned it to the retailer for another and literally, within an hour, one foot was torn off. Then a little while later the belly was torn open and the contents were all over the house. I complained to Hartz this time and got a standard boilerplate response full of platitudes and nothing else.

So I decided to seek out a duck like the one I originally had and finally figured out it was manufactured by Jakks. I found one here on Amazon for a good price and ordered it and they’ve had it now for over a week and all that has happened to it is they’ve chewed the tags off of it. Otherwise it’s holding up well to daily abuse and it is again their favorite toy. Thanks Jakks and Amazon. Shame on you Hartz.

Review by David Girard for Hartz Quackers Plush Duck Dog Toy, Colors Vary
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I bought this for my 1-year-old pug and he was into the neck and stuffing in 10 minutes flat. I figured it was a bad one but after buying another different Hartz dog toy that looks sturdy but fell apart immediately, I had to find these and make sure no one else wasted their money on them. Absolute trash.