TRIXIE Mini Mover Dog Activity Interactive Toy Level 3 Food Puzzle Game Brain Teasing Treat Dispenser IQ and

The media could not be loaded. Our dog loves his windmill. It’s easily one of his favorite toys. All you have to do is put treats in the windmill fans and your dog has to spin the windmill with their paws or nose to free the treat. It keeps our dog busy for easily 10 minutes sometimes. It gets his brain working, which I love. It’s also nice because it gives him something to do if I need to just relax for a minute, or when he’s just passing by. It’s super easy to use. You just unwind the tops of the windmills to put the treats in. Read more

So it took me awhile to research which puzzle would be good for my 11 year old havanese schnauzer mix. I choose this one because it has a few different levels that you can start with a few then add the harder and keep going till they get it all. I first just had him get the treats from all the spinners without the stoppers or the top cones on it and then I added 1 cone until he figured it out and add the other cones till he got that and finally added all the big cones which took a bit of time to figure out. He still loves it even though he has figured it all out and it's great for him to be entertained and work for his treats. I sometimes don't do the whole thing which is a nice to not have to do it all. I recommend for sure, watching them every time you put the puzzle down. They not only like the encouragement but they enjoy you being involved. Also, sometimes they get frustrated and will paw or try and pick the whole thing up so you want to be there to gently help them on those days. I tell my Mookie to settle down and start again after I show him what he needs to do and he works it out. It also easily goes in the dishwasher. I wash it once a week. He is one of those dogs that use the buttons to talk so he asks for his puzzle at least once a day. I will do it twice a day only then I tell him all done puzzle, he always responds with a settle and I tell him good boy. And just for all those doubters out there with teaching older dogs new things, its a MUST! As dogs get older, just like us, things are changing with them like: can't hear as well, sight dims, bones ache etc. It's super important to keep training and encouraging your older pets with new trick so it builds their self-esteem so they don't become aggressive when frustrated or scared from these changes. It's scary for a dig to not be able to hear or see like he used to so help them so adjust to these changes gently and with love. When their hearing starts to go, it's the voices part that they struggle with but the noises like clapping, whistling, beeping etc still work great . This toy is definitely one of the best out there! I highly recommend it because of the stages it allows your pup to learn easily. Read more

I wouldn't say its the best made dog puzzle ever but it works, the price was good and my dog loves it. He is getting better at it too. The puzzle he pushes the lever down to pop out the tree could use some changes. The peice inside gets stuck sometimes and its easy for him to stick his tongue in the hole and take it without doing the puzzle part of it. The other puzzle thats a peice of plastic he was to pull out yo get the treats to drop down and roll out is a pain. It didn't take him long to realize its super super easy to pop the top off and take the treats out. I guess its kinda still a puzzle tho lol but when he does pull out the plastic part the treats do not always roll out and we can only use 1 kind of treats and they don't roll so we have to make sure to put the treats to the side closest to the hole so they have less to roll to get out. Other than those minor flaws, as long as I fully supervise and don't let him cheat it usually goes pretty well. And he loves it as much as his other puzzle so overall we are still pretty happy with it Read more

My dog figured it all out in @15 minutes 1st time. After that he went through it in @3 mins. The cut out for sliding handle isn't placed properly, so that a dog can get the drawer out with his nose or nails in the extra space the over sized/wrongly placed slot has. Used electrical tape to cover up the back part of it to prevent that. Also the drawer does not come out all the way (to access the 2nd treat well) by using the handle as I believe it was intended. In addition, when drawer is fully in, part of the 2nd treat well is exposed from the slot gap. The knots on the other drawer hung down on the underside causing the drawer to not close properly. Had to cut the tails off the knots & tape in place. And, as with all of the Trixie puzzle toys, there are never enough cups to cover all the treat wells. To fully utilize the puzzle, there should be 8, not 2. I found that I could take plastic water/soda bottle tops & cosmetic tops (I drilled holes into their tops) to completely fill the whole puzzle. I also used a pen cap to insert in the gap between the sliding handle & slot (so dog has to remove 1st before can use slide handle). With these additions it has been made as hard as possible (see photo). My dogs time is now @4 mins, which means it is still too easy! Based on Trixie's levels, he'd need at least a 6 or 7 to give his mind a bit of a challenge. Unfortunately Trixie doesn't make anything higher than a Level 3 game even though they say you can make them Level 4 by using the cups in between the sliders. Obviously, we did that when we added our extra 'cups' & I don't think it ups the level at all. The only other game they have which could be slightly harder is the Move 2 Win, but that's only a larger version of this game with extra drawers & more ways to move the slider handle. It's also @$30 which I think is way to much for what it is! This Mini Mover did stick to the floor fairly well, but you definitely have to supervise your pet while using, otherwise they could chew up the parts, but these games are designed to be a bonding experience as well as tease a pet's mind. They are not meant to be games you just set up & walk away from. If that's what you want, get a Pet Zone 3" IQ Snack ball! This toy is sized right for small dogs & would be fun for dogs that aren't super smart. My Mother's hyper active terrier would definitely take at least 1/2hr or more to figure it out & that would be with constant prompting. My dog, shown in photo is a 12 lb Chi-Mix. We also own the Dogit Mind Games 3 in 1, which is much better priced, but was also way too easy for my dog. Like all these toys it doesn't come w/enough cups. I added more caps from various products (& again drilled holes in top) but still too easy for my dog. He can go through each of the 3 set ups in @30-45 seconds. Mom's dog took 20 minutes with constant examples before finally getting. He's only played it once, so I'm sure he'd get better w/repetition. We also have the Outward Hound Paw Mini, which is perfectly sized for little dogs. This at least, does come with the full amount of cups. It's a simple remove the cup game, but they mostly have to use their mouths to do it. The only game my dog had difficulty with was the large size version of this game & that's only because he couldn't fit his mouth around the cups. We use the cups from the Paw Mini to play a dog version of the "shell" game, which is fun, but he guesses right 1st try @90% of the time. In summary, I haven't been able to find a game that will actually challenge my dog's intellect (I was told by a professional trainer my dog is exceptionally smart). For average dogs it'd probably work better. Hope this review helps! Read more