Outward Hound by Nina Ottosson Treat Tumble Interactive Puzzle Ball Dog Toy, Level 1 Beginner, Pink, Large

This is my 4 year old American Pit Bull Terrier's favorite ball. I don't bother to put treats or food in it. He literally goes crazy chasing it around the yard, he plays like soccer with it pushing it with his front paws and bites it to pick it up. SInce it is a bit bigger than his mouth. it gets so bit up and rough I eventually replace it. I can't even tell you how many of these I have bought. I let them go about a month or two before I replace them with a new smooth one. He is obsessed with this ball!

We have a mini poodle, puppy (VERY busy!), he is super smart & we can hardly keep up with him let alone wear him out. Vet recommended puzzle toys for feeding & this is GREAT! We put a few kibble in each cubbie & put the squirrels on top of each hole. He sticks with it & takes 30+ minutes to get them all. Sometimes we give him more food in a bowl, or refill this, but he always “works” for the first part of his meal. I bought the additional set of squirrels because we are bound to lose some.Highly recommend!

This is my favorite puzzle to set up for my dog.The puzzle was very easy to teach, and though it is not challenging for him anymore, he still loves it enough to fight his brother over it (with low stakes meal kibble).Its very easy to set up as well. There's no stuffing kibble through too-tiny holes, or accidentally resetting the puzzle for easy kibble.The only downside is the pieces are inevitably lost. I tried to be diligent about keeping track, but I'm missing a tile door. It's still totally useable though.They do sell replacement part for this puzzle, so that a +1

Always looking for ways for my pup to be entertained as she will not play by herself. She loves this thing—very food motivated! I started without the “bones.” Took me showing her twice how to open boxes. She learned the slide on her own. Added bones on third use and she’s been plowing through it ever since! I use very low calorie treats since she’s not crazy about her kibble. It’s been a couple of months and no indication she’ll chew it up! Great purchase!

This is one of our very favorite and most useful toys. The ball is very well made of durable rubber (or whatever it is that feels like good rubber these days and the rubber extends a little bit over the edge of the treat wells so that the dog can't chew the plastic wells out. The squirrels are, of course, fabric and we know what happens with that. That said, they too are well made. with "painted" on faces, no bulging eyes to chew out of them. I ordered 6 additional squirrels shortly after getting the toy for two reasons: 1) I'm lazy (and old) and didn't want to have to go squirrel searching all the time and 2) I wanted to be sure I had extras in case they became unavailable in the future. I have something similar to a toy hammock or net bag hanging on a wall where I deposit the squirrels as I come upon them. She only gets to play with them in conjunction with the ball (or if she finds a missing one before I do).Initially it did not look to me as though this toy would hold enough food to actually feed her from. It does. It holds about a cup and a half, maybe a little more, if you only put the squirrel head half way in each well. My Archie is about 40 pounds and is not what is considered an aggressive chewer though she has chewed a number of toys to their death. This one still looks like new as do all the squirrels (which I toss in the wash, not sure if that is recommended.) This would work as a slow feeder but that's not why I got it. My girl isn't always hungry when we feed the little dogs and cats. She's more of a grazer. I would free-feed her if I didn't have the others. This toy gives me a way to have food out for her when she wants it, the little dogs know it's not theirs and the cats aren't interested in working at it. (One cat figured out the gum ball machine toy before any of the dogs did and by the time they did the cat was puking. That toy went into storage)First Use: Archie did not intuitively know how to get the squirrels out at first and lost interest before she succeeded. Maybe she would have been smarter if I waited until she was starving but I don't like doing that. What I did was fill the wells about half way and stuck the squirrel heads in just far enough that they wouldn't fall out as I put it down. When I put it down and gave it a little roll, with her paying attention, a squirrel did come out and let the kibble out too which she ate up immediately and started to catch on. I put the squirrels barely in for a few days until she really got the hang of it, which she did. Interesting note: my girl does know the command for tug or pull but she could not relate it to this ball and squirrel thing so we had to go the other route.This is a toy I don't think you'll regret buying. I'm tempted to order a back-up one and keep it in our RV.