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The company founder, Joe Markham, created the KONG product in the 1970s, when he noticed his German shepherd Fritz damaging his teeth by chewing rocks. He found that Fritz enjoyed chewing on a hard rubber Volkswagen Bus suspension device, and spent about six years experimenting with different compounds to produce a chew toy of similar size and shape that he could sell to pet owners.
The iDog (stylized as i-Dog) is a robot dog toy designed and manufactured by Sega Toys. An iDog figure receives input from an external music source, such as an MP3 player or iPod , and will light up and "dance" to the music's rhythm. [ 3 ]
In the new study, researchers challenged the dogs’ owners to first teach their pets the names of six toys, and then 12 new toys in only one week. The researchers were amazed that the dogs were ...
FurReal Friends (later furReal in 2017) is a toy brand division of Hasbro and formerly of Tiger Electronics and Dreamright Toys [1] [better source needed] created in 2002 focusing on robotic pets. [2] FurReal toys widely vary in style and size, depicting different domesticated animals, wild animals, and legendary creatures as robotic toys.
According to CNN, a few years later, 8.9 million of the toys were recalled over 150 reported injuries, including temporary blindness, a mild concussion, and a broken rib. BUY NOW Getty Images
Wish your favorite hip-swinging childhood toy a happy official birthday; 53 years ago, on March 5, The Hula-Hoop was patented.
The toy first launched under the name Go Go Pets in July 2009, but was rebranded as ZhuZhu Pets in October. [8] Cepia soon signed a distribution deal with Character Options to release the product (under the Go Go Pets name) in the United Kingdom for the 2009 Christmas season. [9] ZhuZhu Pets were a craze during the 2009 holidays.
The test results revealed that the five dogs made 44% correct choices while attempting to retrieve their old toys from memory, which was higher than the average chance level of 20.4%.