The 'Sit and Walk' Puppy - more obedient than your real dog

Sometimes it feels like no-one's listening, doesn't it? Forget your child obeying you: even the dog doesn't come when it's called. That's the time to burrow through your child's toy box and reach for the Sit and Walk Puppy. A few minutes of gently tugging the string and asking this beauty to 'sit' and 'walk' - and seeing it respond - will do wonders for your self-esteem. And then you can wade back into the rigours of parenthood, refreshed.

Oh, and by the way, that same ability to sit, walk, and lie down, should keep your toddler enthralled too, which is, of course, what it was designed to do.