Plush toys usually last one enthusiastic evening. Tuffy build theirs more like luggage: layers of material bonded together, several rows of stitching on every seam, and protective webbing running through the joins so a determined dog cannot find one loose thread and unpick the whole thing. This orange fish comes from the Junior range, which means it is scaled for a smaller mouth rather than being a full-size ocean creature.

The construction is what you are paying for. An ordinary plush toy has a single line of stitching holding two pieces of fabric together, and once that goes the stuffing follows it out. The layered build means a dog has to get through several layers before reaching anything at all, and the webbing spreads the force of a shake along the seam instead of concentrating it on one stitch. It floats, which makes it useful at the beach, and it washes.

• Multiple bonded layers with several rows of stitching per seam
• Protective webbing sewn into the seams
• 7.6 x 21.1 x 10.2cm
• Floats in water
• Machine washable, air dry
• Made in China

On the weight, and on toughness. And no soft toy is indestructible. Tuffy toys outlast ordinary plush by a wide margin, but this is still a supervised toy rather than something to leave with a dog who dismantles things for a living.

Who it's for: Owners of small and medium dogs who have already lost several plush toys in a week and want one that survives the fetch, the shake and the wash.