Some dogs want something to carry rather than something to destroy. They pick a soft toy up, parade it around the house, squeak it at you until you look, and then fall asleep with a paw over it. This is a toy built for that dog: light enough to hold in the mouth all evening, floppy enough to shake, and loud enough to be satisfying when a dog decides the household needs entertaining.

The body is corduroy, which gives a textured surface that feels different against the gums from a smooth plush and stands up to carrying better than fleece. Long floppy ears give a dog somewhere obvious to grip, and a knotted rope section at the neck adds a firmer place to chew and a handle for a gentle game of tug. The squeaker sits inside the body. Seven designs are available, so the animal you receive depends entirely on the option you pick.

• Corduroy body with a textured surface
• Built-in squeaker inside the soft body
• Knotted rope section at the neck for tug and chewing
• Long floppy ears for carrying and shaking
• Seven designs, including donkeys, a giraffe, a goat and dogs

Be realistic about the chewing. This is a soft comfort and fetch toy, not armour. A determined chewer will open a corduroy seam and find the squeaker, and a swallowed squeaker means a vet trip, so supervise play and bin the toy the moment stuffing shows. If your dog dismantles plush toys within an hour, buy rubber instead and save the money.

Who it's for: Gentle carriers, teething puppies and dogs who like a squeak, rather than power chewers who treat every toy as a task.