My mother has Alzheimer's Disease and was recently put in a nursing home. I was worried she would really miss her pups so I purchased both of these because they looked just like hers. I took them to the nursing home with her. She never knew they were not her real dogs. She talked to them, fed them (they got lots of bathes and held up well) and most of all loved them like they were her own. It really made her transition much eaiser! These dogs are soft and very durable.