Fisher-Price Puppy Grows and Knows Your Name White

Give this adorable puppy lots of tender loving care, and he'll grow to his full size within one week. This plush pooch is at his smallest size when you bring her home, and over the course of the week, she flourishes under your care.

As your puppy grows, she will learn to speak, learn her own name, your name, your birthday and your friend's name. She'll even pick out her favorite spots to visit, along with a couple of favorite activities. Puppy can be reset to a small size so you can watch her grow again and again. Includes personalization software, plus bone, brush and puppy toy. Requires 4 "AA" batteries, included. Measures 14"L x 8"W x 12"H.

Getting to know a new friend is fun with the Puppy Grows & Knows Your Name Poodle from Fisher-Price. This interactive toy puppy comes complete with curly white hair, a pink plastic collar, a bone-shaped treat, and a brush. More than that, the puppy actually "grows" over time, and it can be programmed to know your child's name and it's own name (which you pick). With this puppy, children 18 months and up can enjoy having an interactive pet all their own.

What We Think Fun Factor: Durability: (what this means) The Good: Puppy really grows and "learns" new sayings The Bad: Hard body isn't padded beneath the soft fur In a Nutshell: Kids are sure to love having a pet that calls them by name At a Glance Ages: 18 months and older Requires: Windows PC with a CD drive and USB port

Puppy is smallest when you first open the box. View larger.

In four days, puppy is fully grown. View Larger.

Cute, Cuddly, and Easy-to-Program
Before your child adopts this puppy, an adult will need to program the puppy and make sure that four AA batteries are installed. Programming is fast and easy. Simply insert the included CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive, follow the directions to complete installation, and open the user-friendly application. This lets you select your child's name, check the pronunciation, pick a name for your puppy, and upload the data to your puppy using a USB cable.

Now "Pickles," "Snowball," or "Chi Chi" is ready to meet your child. The first time we touched her back, our puppy wagged her tail and said, "Hi, Tony. How are you? I'm feeling happy today." A few seconds later, she said, "Let's play, Tony." Try sticking the bone in her mouth to hear crunching sounds, or petting her soft fur.

Have Fun Charting Puppy's Growth
Puppy has more to offer than just fun, interactive movements and sayings. Over the course of four days, this puppy actually "grows." Watching the puppy get taller right in front of our eyes quickly won us over. And, unlike a real dog, Puppy Grows and Knows Your Name can go back to being a puppy, so you and your child can watch the growth cycle all over again. Our puppy didn't come with a set of instructions, so we had to figure out her pattern of growth on our own.

The included chart helps kids measure and track the growth of their puppy. Plus, puppy has something new to say each of the four days, which makes it seem like she really is learning as she grows. Part of this learning process includes singing two songs that feature your child's name, which are sure to delight little pet owners.

This puppy is recommended for children as young as 18 months, but younger children, who are sure to love the way puppy speaks right to them, may not be as interested in measuring growth and watching puppy mature. Plus, since Puppy Grows and Knows Your Name is battery powered, she has a hard body underneath her furry coat. We felt that a little more padding would make this her a much more huggable friend.

While the programming CD requires a system running Windows 2000, XP, Vista or higher, the puppy can still be fun even if you use a Mac or don't have a computer. Without programming, the poodle simply calls itself "Puppy" and your child "Friend." And even though a wide variety of names, including David, Geronimo, Sharif, and Zelda, appear in the list of names your puppy recognizes, if your child has a very unusual name, you may not be able to "teach" it to the puppy. Setting the puppy to speak to a "Friend" or "Buddy" instead of using a single name can also be an excellent solution for children who share their puppy with siblings.

Overall, Puppy Grows and Knows Your Name is a great pick for children who love dogs but can't have a live puppy of their own. She's sure to inspire lots of creative interaction, and parents are sure to appreciate that they don't get stuck walking the dog, buying food, and picking up messes.

What's in the Box
Puppy, bone, brush, tape measure, growth chart, birth certificate, 4 AA batteries, and programming CD.

If you live in a non-pet inviroment, or your life style does not support care of a living animal, this is a great choice. 6yr old loves her dog. She goes back & forth between 3 households, Taking her "pet" is easy, and no one has noise or other pet problems. Only draw back she wanted a name for the dog that was not on the cd, finally settled for another one. Definately recommend!

My Daughter had to have this for Christmas this year, She is 7 years old, and loves this puppy, How ever she does not play with it as much as I thought she would, Once the puppy grew to full size, That was it for her, You can however reset the dog so it can grow all over again, The down fall though is once you reset it, you have to re program it all over again with the childs name and so foruth, I think it's a great gift for the price I bought it for 17.99, But there is no way I would pay over 20.00 for this dog, it just doesnt do enough!

My 2yr old daughter loves this dog. It's the next best thing next to a real puppy. I was really pleased that the software was able to program my daughters name because her name is uncommon. This toy was the hit of my holiday season. The price was terrific as well.

This was a hit at Christmas both with my 5 year old daughter and my husband!! My husband thought this was the best toy out of all the toys our 4 children received. It is especially cute when it talks to our daughter. I thought it was a great value as I paid 17.99 for it! So far she takes it to bed with her every night and spends a considerable amount of time playing With "Molly". My husband programed her very easily in a short amount of time too!

I bought this toy for my 5 year old for Christmas. It was the only toy she wanted. We began playing with it, which was fine for a few minutes, and it grew on the first night a couple of inches. The next day we followed the instructions but it wouldn't grow. So we tried again the following 2 days, and still nothing. I did some reading online and learned that this is a common problem. Many other people had the same problem with their puppy growing the first day and never again. I thought others should be aware of this major problem with this toy.