lol, my daughter had a build a bear from an old boyfriend (that turned into a pretty bad stalker) she didn't want anymore. Those bears are really nice and well built. It had one of those message boxes inside that had a cheezy love message recorded by her old BF. Well, my next daughter got a new puppy. She gave the puppy that bear as a toy and every now and then the puppy would be playing with it and press the voice box and the bear would speak. The dog was so intrigued with that it was hilarious to watch. And it was fun for us too because we'd refer to the bear as the old BF's name, so we'd start talking to the dog and saying things like stop biting "T..." or "save us from T..!" Then one day, the puppy murdered him. True story.....
I think if you remove the eyes, they'd be fine. There's just more stuffing to pick up if they tear them.....