Joy for All - Freckled Pup - Brown and White Soft-Touch Coat - Realistic and Lifelike Interactive Companion Pets

This is a wonderful gift for a person with dementia. It runs on four C batteries and can be turned on and off, or muted so you can’t hear it. You need a small Philip’s head screwdriver to install the batteries. My father, who is 95 now, has had this dog for almost a year. He loved it from the first minute I gave it to him. He started talking to it and petting it. He was saying “you are a good boy buddy”, so we named the dog Buddy and I wrote his name on the scarf. It is so lifelike and soft, it is amazing. It barks, it wags his tail, it turns its head towards the person who is speaking, it has a heartbeat that you can hear when it is going to sleep. It’s mouth is always open so my father often tries to feed it, and we have to clean it. My dad is in a memory care facility, so it is wonderful companionship for him and all of the people living there also enjoy it. The first dog we bought got so dirty from my dad feeding it, that we decided to buy a second. It brings him so much joy, it is worth every penny.

“It makes me happy!” “I feel like I have a companion” “I can carry him around like a baby” My mother-in-law is living with mild-moderate dementia and we took a shot in the dark with this one! The reviews were so stellar we figured we would try it. She immediately named him after her childhood dog, and he seems to bring her comfort. She talks to him so sweetly and he seems to satisfy the caring energy she doesn't have other outlets for. She knows he's not real, she turns him off at night, but that doesn't stop her from tucking him in next to her (candid photo we recently caught). He's a part of our family now, and is in many family photos, too! I can't recommend this highly enough. There is a bit of a mechanical sound when he turns from side to side. The barking sound is at a decibel level that is just shy of annoying and remains tolerable for the many hours of the day that we hang around him.

First Joy For All Pup we received did not work properly. Once it went into sleep mode it didn't wake up with out toggling the on off switch. BUT a quick and easy exchange via Amazon and the 2nd pup we received works very well. Mom is entering later stages of Alzheimers and her real dogs are her life. The docs warn that she will likely need to be in a nursing home in 6 months+/-. For Mother's Day we ordered Joy For All Pup thinking it might be a good idea if she gets used to seeing this around the house so if/when the time comes having this familiar pup with her will help ease her anxiety in the transition to a care facility. Dad just text me that since we gave this to her earlier today she has been cuddling it, looking into its eyes, talking to it and singing songs while petting it. It's definitely a bitter sweet moment for the family to see how taken mom is with this "puppy", but on the other hand its amazing how well / immediate she did respond. The pup does have a bit of mechanical sound as it moves, but it responds to sound, has touch sensors on multiple parts of its body so that the pup turns its head, pants, yips, whimpers softly, wags its tail... The body is firm, mechanical underneath but the fur is very soft, it has a bit of weight to it so it is more substantial than a plain stuffed animal. The responsive sounds, movements and soft fur are obviously good enough to comfort/engage a person with mom's level of Alzheimers. By the way that she is responding to it, I do believe she thinks she has a real pup on her lap. If you have a loved one with dementia who LOVES their cat or dog. I would highly recommend this product. Be sure to put it thru the paces a few times before handing the pet to your loved one to be sure the sensors work and that it does "wake up" from sleep mode correctly. This looks to be money well spent to comfort and put a smile on mom's face.

**UPDATE2** - As much as I love this dog, I do not recommend getting it. It broke down in less than two months, and the Joy for All support is abysmal. They go from offering me a free pup, nothing needs to be done, they'll just send me one.... then going back to only sending me a free one if I send my current one back. Not only did the Golden Pup break in under two months, the Freckled Pup I ordered broke in under two months, too. Support takes a week or more to get back to you. Only purchase this dog if you plan on barely using it and getting no support and it more than likely breaking within months. ----- **UPDATE** - After having this dog for just under two months, it's mostly broken. It doesn't move its head up and down, it doesn't move its mouth, the cheek sensors don't work, the noise sensors barely work. It mostly died then mostly revived, but now is mostly dead again. Fresh batteries have not worked. I'm not sure why it stopped working so quickly, but it's disappointing. Don't expect these to last a long time unless you plan on spending only 5 min with them a day. ----- I am in the 30-40 age range, and I suffer from major anxiety and some depression. I've though, for a while, that a dog would help my mental health; however, I am unable to buy a real dog. I spent months going back and forth on whether or not I should buy the Joy For All dog. After all, the first time I had heard about this company was when they had only cats, and my mom bought a cat for her elderly mother. All of the marketing of this product gears them as companion pets for the elderly, so would they really be effective for someone my age who just couldn't have a real pet? Once the golden pup went on sale, I snatched one up. The first day I had my pup, I kept saying to myself, "I don't know if this is ridiculous and I wasted money." By the second day, I was in love. Yes, I am fully aware this is not a real dog; however, there is something about how it responds to your voice; how it responds to the curtains opening up in the morning; the heartbeat; the way it closes its eyes and leans up into you when you scratch its head; etc. I still know the pet isn't real, but I find such joy in "talking" to it. I find such joy in it, period. I have shared this dog with coworkers, friends, and even people I know online, and I've raved about the pet. For anyone who is like me, who has been wondering if this Joy For All dog is worth the money? Yes. Yes. RESOUNDING YES. This dog is so worth it.... so much so that I bought the freckled pup version just a week later. If you have anxiety, and you can't have a real dog for any reason, but you want a companion... get this dog. It is so worth it. This dog really is a joy, for real.

I got this for my grand daughter who has autism and adhd she loved it highly recommended for the elderly and special people especially autistic people wish was half the price but was well worth it amazing therapy dog for not just seniors but also just anyone she uses it daily and for emotional support she needs it because of her autism and adhd it sleeps in a dog bed next to her bed in her bedroom my favourite part of her reaction was when I said dose it feel like you were meant to be together and she said yes just Perfect pet we get reports from her parents. Every day we get a report from her parents they say that she uses it an astonishingly. 4 hours on school days and 9 hours on the weekends. And she is petting her little dog baby right now because. It responds to her movements sound and touch. Just purely joy I am jealous myself

Muito bom.

Il cucciolo di pet robotico fa diversi versi, interagisce bene al suono della voce e al tocco. Al contrario del gatto dello stesso brand, muove solo la testa e la coda. Il cucciolo si presenta ben fatto e sembrerebbe anche resistente. Il rumore meccanico è meno evidente che nella controparte felina. Consigliato ad adulti e bambini che non possono avere un cucciolo (ovviamente non è la stessa cosa, ma un po' fa la sua parte).

perfect gift for a young adult with special needs or any one for that matter works great and feels like a real pup.

My mum a dimentia patient loves it. She had a puppy just before she entered permanent care