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Front of the packagePlush puzzle toy · with squeakers
Outward Hound Hide-A-Squirrel Plush Puzzle, front of the package
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Outward HoundBrand transparency B

Hide-A-Squirrel Plush Puzzle

Plush puzzle toy · with squeakersToysScored July 2026

Panel Score 90 out of 100, grade A: Pretty good
Flags
11 caution
Ingredients
3all in our library
Brand grade
Btransparency, costs 2 points
Recalls
0linked to this product
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Outward Hound
Hide-A-Squirrel Plush Puzzle

Starting point96
Brand transparency · B-2
Documented recall · none0
Panel Score90 A

Pretty good

Scored July 2026 · checkthepanel.com

Flags-4 points in all

1 flagged ingredient.

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Caution-4

Synthetic toy materials

Polyester plush and fiberfill shed synthetic microfibers as the toy is mouthed and torn apart, and those fibers are ingested; cotton or other natural-fiber toys avoid it.

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IngredientsAs printed · 4 lines

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3 ingredients. All of them carry this product's flag and are marked below.

  1. 04For supervised play, not aggressive chewers, a claim, not an ingredient
RecallsFrom FDA notices

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Outward Hound, the brand

No FDA recalls on file

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Brand3 Outward Hound products scored

The brand behind it.

BTransparency

Outward Hound

Interactive plush puzzle toys with removable squeaky squirrels.

Names its plush materials; a soft toy for supervised play rather than aggressive chewing. The B grade takes 2 points off this product's score.

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Independent testing & contaminants

No independent testing on file.

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We haven't found published third-party lab results (PFAS, heavy metals, phthalates) for this product. That is not a clean bill of health, just an absence of data.

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Panel Score 94 out of 100, grade A: Pretty good
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Modular puzzle toy · treat-dispensing

This page was corrected once.

  • Oct 18, 2026 “Sheds microplastics” is now “Synthetic toy materials”. The score did not change. Our library names this caution “Synthetic toy materials”, as the other toys that carry it show it. This record stored the same caution, for the same reason, under an older name.

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