Ancol Extreme Floating Baton with Strap – Durable Water Floating Dog Fetch Toy

Ancol Extreme Floating Baton with Strap

This is a baton-shaped throwing toy with a webbing strap fixed to one end. The strap is the part that matters: it gives you something to hold for tug without putting your hand next to the dog's teeth, and it lets you swing the baton to throw it a good deal further than you could throw the baton alone. It floats, so a throw into water is a retrieve rather than a lost toy.

One honest note before you buy. Ancol's Playtime Tough range lists a Tough Baton at 42cm and a Tough Floating Donut with Strap at 33cm, but they publish nothing under the name Floating Baton with Strap, and no dimensions, weight or material breakdown for this item. Everything below describes what the toy does rather than figures we cannot source.

Performance & Benefits

• Baton shape is easy for a dog to pick up off grass and carry across the middle.
• Webbing strap gives a handhold for tug and adds distance to a throw.
• Floats, so it works for retrieving at the beach, a lake or a river.
• Doubles as a fetch toy and a tug toy, so one toy covers two games.
• Built for the heavier end of everyday play rather than delicate mouths.

Suitable For

• Strong, energetic dogs that retrieve and tug.
• Water work — sea, lake, river and paddling pool.
• Two-way play with a handler rather than being left down all day.
• Owners who want to throw further without a launcher.
• Too much toy for puppies and toy breeds — the Ancol Tough Glow Ball at 7cm or the Ancol Playtime Chase Tough Rubber Ball suit small mouths better.

How to Use

• Hold the strap and swing to throw, on land or into water.
• For tug, keep hold of the strap and let the dog take the baton.
• Rinse salt water and sand off after a beach session and dry fully.
• Put it away between sessions so it stays a game rather than a chew.

Specification

• Baton with an integral webbing strap. Floats in water.
• Ancol publish no length, weight or material specification for this toy, so none is stated here.
• Ancol's own Tough range figures for comparison: Tough Baton 42cm, Tough Floating Donut with Strap 33cm.

Care & Caution

• This is an interactive toy and is not indestructible. Always supervise play.
• Check it regularly for splits, fraying at the strap and missing pieces, and remove it at once if damaged.
• Not a chew toy to be left with a determined destroyer.
• Never use the strap to swing the toy while the dog is holding it.