Arf Pets Dog Treat Dispenser with Remote Button Dog Memory Training Activity Toy Treat While Train Promotes Exercise

3 dogs, it’s been fun watching them learn. Keeps them entertained for a little bit and I always move it and change the sounds so it’s always different. For my dogs it’s great. Battery is great, size is great and my dogs can’t open it so design is great. And it comes with a slip resistant rubber. Read more

my puppy loves her memory trainer. She has worn out the sound on the actuators -there are 2 She spends all day with her paw on the button. As long as the drum rotates and dispenses food she's happy (she doesn't try to eat it, she just likes the power of pushing a button over here, and making something happen over there -and she constantly monitors that it's continuing to happen over there! [quality control-no malfunctions on HER shift] . At some point, the drum is either empty [supply problem] , or the tray is full to the point displacement prevents new discharge [food jam] , or her batteries die [maintenance issue] As soon as one of those things happen, she brings her actuator to me and instructs me to fix it. MY TOY QUIT MAKING FOOD!!!!! So I change batteries (every other day) , fill the food reservoir, empty the tray (several times a day.. i just dump it back in the dispenser, and then she's very happy with her automation button. I need to hire her out for factory work. She doesn't want the product, she just wants to be the master of making things happen. maintenance on line 1! Automation for the puppy translates to a lot of work for me. Read more

The media could not be loaded. Our Border-Aussie mix is very smart and needs lots of mental stimulation and exercise. He learned how to use this toy in about 5 minutes (start with the button right next to feeder; it helped that we had already trained him to put his paw on an indicated object/surface, though he ended up using his nose for the button after he learned how it worked). Now we put the button as far away as possible with the signal still reaching the feeder. Unfortunately, this is only about 40 feet away, just down the hall in another room. We wish the signal from the button was stronger (greater range) so that we could put the button farther away to give him more exercise for a longer period of time. The signal doesn't need a direct line of site, but walls and corners do interfere with it. I'd guess that it would reach about 50 feet with direct line of site, but the limit is shorter depending on how many walls/corners get in the way. I like the simple design of the sliding hatch to control the size of the reward. With the smallest opening that reliably puts out kibble without clogging (our kibble is triangular and about 0.9 cm across), and the button 40 ft away, a meal (1-1.25 cups of kibble) takes him about 15 minutes to get through. I'd guess that the maximum volume of the sphere is a bit less than 1.5 cups. Make sure to latch the sphere into place every time. Otherwise it will jam. The machine feels cheaply made, and I will update this review if it stops working. Hopefully the simplicity of its design will enable it to last a long time. Also, if you keep hiding the button in different places yet your dog somehow always goes straight to it, and you're wondering why, we figured out that our dog follows *our* scent trail to see where we've been to locate the feeder (largely by smelling where our feet hit the ground). You can throw them off by creating misleading scent trails, or by making them wait longer before going to find the button. Read more

The concept is the ONLY good thing about this item! It arrived on time but I was so disappointed when I opened the box to find the cheapest and lightest plastic they could have chosen to make this with. I was willing to over look that as my 100lb lab was drooling at the thought of getting treats. Boy we were disappointed once again! I plugged the USB cord into the wall for power to the main wheel dispenser as my batteries had not yet charged. The lights indicated that it was up and running as was the button you push to release the treats. This worked exactly 4 times before it quit working all together! The wheel would no longer spin. I adjusted the amt of treats in the wheel putting in less and trying more with neither neither of them resolving this issue. I packed it up and am sending it back for a refund. So disappointed as Sawyer was so excited at the few times we were able to find treats in the dish so I will look around and hopefully find a quality dispenser that actually works. My advice is to save yourself the hassle of sending it back or having it break because of the horrible quality and pass this one by! Read more

The media could not be loaded. I ordered this a year or two ago and it worked so well, but I made the mistake of leaving my dog unsupervised with it so he disassembled it and chewed up one of the parts. When I contacted the company for support, they were nice enough to send me a replacement part for free. In between then and now, my dog was diagnosed with kidney cancer. He became so incredibly picky about what he eats throughout the chemotherapy process. He'd refuse to eat his kibble and would lose a couple pounds that week. This treat dispenser has been the only successful way I can get him to eat his kibble. It's the only toy he's interested in consistently playing with too, every other toy is practically dead to him. It's so wonderful to see him moving around and engaged! Thank you to the creators of this product, I have newfound gratitude for this treat dispenser. Read more