Our son has been given the dog's first birthday and it immediately thrown facedown. The dog sings and speaks, that finds my son just great. Since he does not speak, he uses the dog also like a "jukebox". Pressing the right sensors also already begins a song that you can dance to the fine. We parents learn the songs quickly and my son has a lot more fun when we sing. Unfortunately the Kontat for changing the modes is broken now after almost 6 months, which I think is a great pity, because both operating modes have my son a lot of joy. If the LED on the chest of the dog, I think, does not survive two days. Now I have to say that the dog with our child has to go through stuff. Nevertheless, I believe that 6 months too short a life expectancy for a child's toy. All in all, however, I would also give the dog. The joy, the children with the cuddly toy is huge.