I, too, have come across this dog toy at several different petstores, and find the sound it makes to be horrific. I almost cried the first time I heard it and it makes me sick that whoever put this on the market would find it in any way appealing. My dog loves and plays with all of our ferrets, and if he heard this sound, I'm sure it would distress him as well. C. [Posted in FML issue 3009]