Stuffed animals are my dogs' favorite toys, but they last somewhere between 5 and 45 seconds. Hardly worth it, unless I can get them at a garage sale for a dime. I also get tired of picking up stuffing all the time.

My dogs also like the rope toys, and ANYthing with a squeaker in it ... which usually don't last long, either. My dogs won't even look at a kong.

Today I went to a rummage sale at the junior high here. They were selling a lot of old and excess things ... including an entire box full of old soft balls and rather flat small inflatable rubber balls. I bought the whole box ... about 30 balls ... for $4. My dogs are in heaven!