A chew toy with a one-year lifespan is unthinkable at our home, and though a year after purchase Hurley has some nicks and is a bit worse for the wear, this toy stands among the proud few that our black lab, Maggie, hasn't taken down. (For those of you with chewers who may need ideas, the others still among the living are a perfectly round (read "really hard to sink teeth into) giant red Kong ball, a Jolly Ball, and a few Nylabones.)

Everything else has perished more or less instantly -- squeakers torn out and shredded, fluff flying everywhere, plush toys ripped at the seams, bits of plastic chewed and spit out all over the wood floors...

Maggie is a demolition expert who has chewed through drywall, eaten wooden stairs, and easily destroyed any number of toys marketed "for power chewers" or labeled "indestructible". I think we need to secure her a job as a product tester...

For some strange reason, Maggie loves this toy so much that she's decided to let it live. It just might be worth a shot for you, too.