This is an amazing invention. Honestly, I was a bit hesitant because of the cost, but I did not want our new puppy to have anxiety issues the first night away from his litter/mom. We bought this ahead of picking up our puppy, and on the day off - we placed it among all the litter mates to play with and then the breeder rubbed it on the mom. On the drive home, we placed the puppy inside a puppy crate with the snuggle puppy and a towel with our scent on it - he did not even cry once. Then, once home we placed the snuggle puppy inside his crate and he would return to it every so often in between eating/playing/sniffing his closed off area in the kitchen. At night, we moved the crate into our bedroom, guided the puppy into the crate with a treat (positive reinforcement), and he snuggled up against the snuggle puppy. I am stunned to report that he did not even cry, not once. We woke him up at 2am and then at 5:30am to walk him (pre planned potty breaks for the night), and each time we would walk him back to the crate with a treat and he would settle in with snuggles. We placed a hand warmer inside along with the heartbeat, and it works wonders. Tip - the dollar store has six AAA batteries, for a dollar. Today, he has been active and engaged - but when tired he walks himself to his crate (in the kitchen during the day) and settles in (we are leaving the door open during the day for him to come in and out of the crate). If you have any hesitation at all - I say go for it. It is his favorite toy, and will stay with him for a long time to come.

So far so good! My new 6 week old Miniature Schnauzer slept the entire first night! I had to wake her up the next morning. She has been using this Snuggle Puppy for 4 nights so far and i have had no issues. I did not use the heating portion. I didnt feel as if i needed it. This was the best investment i could have ever made!

This works so well! Our 10 week old puppy wouldn't stop crying every time we left the room. We had him in an exercise pen because he hated the crate, and were only putting him in the pen for short periods of time because we couldn't take the crying and whining. We ordered the Snuggle Puppy after 4 days and the result was instantaneous. The moment we put it in his pen he settled down on top of it and was silent!!! He likes to wrestle with it, lay on it, lay next to it, pull the snuggle puppy on top of him...and occasionally he humps it ;) but I guess that's a testament to how much the Snuggle Puppy feels like a real dog. This definitely works!

This dog is adorable, no parts to have to worry about chewing off and it is machine washable. The heart is still beating three weeks later and my little pug puppy likes cuddling up next to it. Very soothing heartbeat noise. I think it even puts my husband to sleep!!!

My pup was separated from her mother way too early and has crazy separation anxiety. I opened this as soon as I got it and she instantaneously passed out on top of it. Already know it was a good purchase