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Keep my German shepherd puppy from devouring her food in a matter of seconds and keeps her entertained for 15 to 20 minutes while she eats Read more

My dog is a big fan of balls that make noise and anything with a rope so this was an instant hit even without loading it with treats. The ball is big enough my pup pushes it around but I can easily pick it up for rolling or shorter tosses. He uses the rope if he really wants to pick it up to bring back or hide it somewhere and sometimes as it's own chew. Of course the rope got chewed off pretty quick but probably my favorite feature is I can tie new ones in and keep that same level of play indefinitely. You do need to look closely at the treat dispensation dial to decide how much to allow out (and for how big of kibbles) but it's just trying different hole sizes and then leaving it alone after. Read more

tough plastic . not to flimsy . opens fine with a firm twist. Rope is tough enough Read more

My english bulldog loves this. it’s become his new favorite toy. What’s even more impressive is that he’s had this for about a month and hasn’t managed to tear it up in any substantial way. This ball is covered with a thin rubber like coating that makes it easier for him to grip. He never gets tired of playing with this and we serve all of his meals in it now. It provides him with at least an hour of play every day and he still loves it. Worth every penny and I’ll be quickly buying a replacement if this one ever goes missing or the dog does somehow manage to tear it up. Read more

I have three dogs in the house, but one of them, a Chihuahua male races through his mealtimes and then will get aggressive towards the other dogs and steal their food. Originally, I was planning to use this with my larger rescue dog (she's 30 lbs), but she was a little scared of the unpredictable noises. I tried this out with a few small treats, and my little four-legged Napoleon immediately ran over to inspect. He wasn't very willing to engage right away, until I pushed it a little and made it roll, so that the noise the toy made and the sound of the treats caught his attention. He played with it for like, 20 minutes, even after there weren't more treats inside it. The ball is made out of a firm substance that ensures my dog won't eat the toy instead of the kibbles it drops. There is a nylon rope at one end, but within a couple of minutes, Rocky was pushing the ball with his nose and moving it with his foot to get the goodies inside. Last night, for the first time ever, I was able to feed him with 2 other dogs in the room and not have to put him into a crate. It also slowed down his fast pace of eating, and he really seemed to be enjoying himself. There are 3 different modes, making the treats release at harder or easier levels. However, I found it a little difficult to know which mode I was selecting. My only other complaint was the instructions: there are instructions included in both Japanese and English, although the English is broken and didn't make a lot of sense. I used Google Translate to translate the instructions, and Google Translate did a better job than whatever the company used. Read more

We bought this for our cattle dog. He’s got endless energy. Usages straight forward. You unscrew it. Put kibble into the rope end. Select your “speed” with the internal button. And then screw it back on. The toy makes a cute little sound when being rolled around. Took my heeler roughly 10 minutes to do half a cup in the fastest feeding mode. He has yet to finish it on its slowest mode. He normally gives up after an hour. Read more

To be fair, our pup is a powerful chewer, but the reality is that within a few minutes he had a huge hole chewed through the hard plastic of this ball and there were sharp plastic bits everywhere making it unsafe for him to play with anymore. So, we had to throw it away for the safety of his mouth and our feet. Might work better for a smaller dog or a less powerful chewer. But, for a big dog (ours is 85 lbs) and a strong chewer, this won't hold up. Read more

The media could not be loaded. I really appreciate food puzzles that are easy to load, and this one is. It's got a really large chamber for the food too. For my dog, the sound is irrelevant, but I personally think the sound is funny and I get a kick out of it when my dog uses this puzzle. (Listen to the attached video.) The sound is not too loud either, as shown in the video. Over the years, I have had a LOT of experience with various food puzzles for dogs. I don't think people appreciate how hard it is to design one of these things to release the kibbles/treats at just the right rate. You don't want the food coming out too fast or too slow. I think this puzzle gets it just right. Also, how fast or slow the food needs to come out, depends on the dog and the skill level. So, having a toy like this that has multiple difficulty levels is pretty neat. HOW TO CHANGE DIFFICULTY LEVELS I had a hard time figuring out how to change the difficulty levels from the instructions, so I thought I would help others. I attached a picture that shows my finger pointing to a cube of plastic next to one of the holes. That cube is actually a button. Press the button and rotate the ribbed piece at the same time to get to the other difficulty levels. Easiest level: Is two holes. Both holes are large as shown in the picture with with my finger pointing. Medium level: Two holes, but the holes are smaller. See the second picture where you can see that for the food to drop into the bottom part of the puzzle, the hole is smaller and round shaped rather than the full dome shape as shown in the first picture. (If you use the smaller holed level, make sure your food will fit through easily enough.) Hard level: One small hole. ON CLEANING You can definitely clean half the toy where you first put the food in. But as the dog uses the toy, the food will filter down into other half of the sphere which has the noise maker before making its way out the final hole for the dog to get. I can't see how that bottom part can be cleaned, and I don't see the ad saying that the bottom part can be cleaned either. So, I don't think I'm missing something. I don't personally care too much about this, so I'm not removing any stars. I'm just hoping that there won't be a build up of smells in the bottom part over time. ON THE ROPE I know that some dogs will love the rope. For my dog, the rope just gets in the way, and he sometimes steps on it while . I left the rope in place for the video, but afterwards, I pulled the rope all the way into the lid and tied a knot so that there isn't any loose rope hanging outside lid to interfere with my dog's pushing enjoyment. TIP FOR GETTING STARTED The way the puzzle works is that the human loads the food in one half of the sphere and then twists the sides together to form a ball. When the dog pushes the ball, the food makes its way from the loading/lid side to other/noise-making side through the one or two holes (depending on difficulty level) which bisect the inside of the ball. *Then*, in a second phase/step, the food makes it's way out of the ball through one of the two holes in that other side of the ball. The point is that it can take a little time at first for the food to come out. For an experience dog, this is no problem. For a beginner dog, I recommend loading up the puzzle and then rotating the ball enough yourself so that the food makes it to the bottom part of the ball -- before giving the puzzle to your dog. You want the puzzle to be easy enough for a beginner dog that they don't get frustrated and give up. BOTTOM LINE: My dog likes this puzzle. That's the first hurdle. The second hurdle is that I have to like it too. And I do! It's easy for me to use, it loads up a good amount of food, and I get a kick out of the funny noise. Read more