Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Learning Puppy
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Toys and Games Reviews of Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Learning Puppy
Customer Review: So sensitive! Makes it a little annoying...
Summary: 3 Stars
We received this toy for my son's first birthday after I put it on his Amazon wishlist. I had not read the reviews on this before adding it, which is unusual for me. I just saw that a lot of parents I knew already had it. That was my number one mistake. This puppy is SO sensitive to touch. I do not see how anything could possibly be learned from this toy since it switches from one song or phrase by such a simple movement. All you have to do is pick the toy up and it makes a noise or switches to another phrase/song. One reviewer said that all you have to do is blow on the ear and it plays a noise - I have to agree with this statement. It is just too sensitive and because of this, makes my one-year old loose interest pretty quick. Personally, I think it only confuses him. Plus the volume control could be better. You have two options, whisper quiet or screaming loud. There is no in between. I was really disappointed in this. I thought this was such a cute alternative to the creepy looking Leapfrog Tad. I guess I was wrong.Customer Review: Great Learning Toy
Summary: 5 Stars
I had originally bought this as a Christmas present for my youngest son, who at the time, was 18 months old. He wouldn't have anything to do with it but my older son, who was about to be 4 years old, loved it. I adore this toy so much, just because it's helped my son learn a lot of words, parts of the body, his alphabet, and other things. He had a delayed speech problem but this toy has caught him up on a lot of things.
I admit, the ear did break after 3-4 months of play. The other negative was that it got dirty fairly quick and I couldn't safely remove the battery pack to give a thorough washing without dissecting it from his back. But I can't make this toy any less perfect in my eyes, or my son's, because of the impact it's had on Mikael. Puppy goes everywhere with us; he's Mikael's best friend. As I write this review, I am purchasing a new puppy for Mikael since the other has gotten worn from being loved so much. There's never been a toy before or since that I could say so many great things about. I love it!
Customer Review: Great for about 5 months.
Summary: 3 Stars
My daughter recieved this toy for christmas last year, she was 10 months old. She LOVED this cute little puppy who sang and told her colors and basic body parts. She learned a lot from the dog until suddenly about four months later the button in the ear stopped working, I could feel that the wire connecting to the ear became disconnected. My daughter kept pressing the ear saying "Ear, Ear!" in a sad tone. Then about a month later the foot that turns the dog off and switches between song mode and learning mode stopped working so the dog was stuck in learning mode, which isn't so bad but my daughter really loved dancing to the songs. I know you may be thinking she is just rough with toys but I assure you she is not, this same thing has not happened to any of her other toys, I feel that this toy is not durrable enough. Now the only purpose that the dog serves is a simple stuffed animal for her to sleep with. Over all i would not reccomend this toy for a long term play thing. While it worked it was wonderful however.Customer Review: Super noisy and annoying
Summary: 2 Stars
Okay. My son has had this for over a year now. He goes through periods where he doesn't look at it for months, then wants to take it everywhere. But, it is a super annoying toy and I would be just as happy to "lose" it in the next toy rotation.
One - the sensor is super duper sensitive. A strong breeze can turn the darn thing on.
Two - I don't like how once a kid has put it down, it keeps chiming up trying to lure the kid back to the toy
Three - This puppy is super needy. It is always asking for hugs and wanting to know if you love it. It seems like it is gearing them up for having an insecure girlfriend/boyfriend later in life.
Four - as for being educational, you can't understand what it is saying half the time, and the songs are hard to play along to. No more educational than using a regular doll to teach hands, feet, ears, etc...
As you can tell, I'm not a big fan of this toy. Spend your money on something quieter.
Customer Review: Foot... Yellow foot...
Summary: 3 Stars
"Foot... Yellow foot..."
This is what our puppy does... when no one is even remotely touching it. It's a little creepy, actually. One minute, my wife and I will be sitting on the couch watching TV while our baby sleeps upstairs in the nursery. The next, the puppy will moan, "Foot..." I'm sure there's got to be a wire loose somewhere. We had the puppy for about four months before anything went haywire (too late to return it). But now that damn right foot (the yellow one) just LOVES to go off. Press an actual trigger (hand, ear, nose, wherever) and the puppy works just fine. But it's annoying to be holding the puppy up while it's singing a song, only to have that song spontaneously interrupt itself to say "Foot... Yellow foot..." ARGH!
I realize this is an isolated complaint and won't be useful to most readers. But be aware that this CAN potentially happen. Otherwise, it's a wonderful toy that our baby girl just LOVES to play with.