Pet Zone IQ Treat Ball Interactive Dog Ball – 3″ Puzzle Treat Dispenser, Durable, Slow Feeder, for All Dog Breeds, Toys to Keep The Busy and Enrichment

Perfect. Finally! Lasts hours past any $30-40 puzzles
HOURS & hours of entertainment. Perfect for small or medium dogs. The lid doesn’t keep popping off either like most treat balls. I’m a dog training but I’m now a expert on all these dog puzzles that have been coming out. With those stated,my dog can figure out any new puzzle in under 10 mins. All those he owns which is 95% of them- he can clear in 1 to 4 minutes. I was worried that the cutouts inside this ball were paper or cardboard. It is PLASTIC however. The company should state that because I almost didn’t order it because their photos and their ad really makes it look like a thick paper insert. Neither would the other 15 other people I told about it. So you may be losing a lot of money by not showing the inside is 1 piece & sturdy plastic. $7 is great for how many hours he’ll play with this. I can’t believe he actually fist-bumped it on his way out the door the other morning. THAT was funny. He holds 1 paw up, or stands with 1 paw resting on it when he’s desperate to play. But that day, he casually walked out the door, bent his knee up & popped his knee into it without skipping a beat as he walked past it. Like men do when they’re saying “Good job brother! Me n you.. later”.I couldn’t believe I watched him do that. Way cute. But this is honestly the best toy I’ve gotten for him in the past year or 2. & that says a lot… bcus he gets about 2 to 5 new toys or puzzles a month.The other great aspect is you can cut the treats (I often use skinless/boneless boiled chicken breast bcus its a MILLION times healthier, & much cheaper. To different sizes for difficulty level. A dog with a mouth big enough to pick this ball up (30 lbs or more) you are risking they can crack the lid off. While it’s made of thick plastic & screws on well, it also splits in 2 (not sure why). I guess someone with larger dogs & small dogs should write a review because I honestly don’t know, I’m basing my experience on other treat balls that I’ve owned. You just wanna make sure it’s large enough that your dog can’t actually get its whole mouth around it and crack to crack it open. And this is a pretty small one. I attached a photo of it next to my hand and a tennis ball. But I mean , it is absolutely fantastic for smaller medium dogs. And it would work really well for even a Chihuahua or any tiny to med dog. My dog in the photos and videos is 15 pounds. Floor to shoulder is 15″. Collar to tail bone is also 15″ for a size for comparison.

good idea, but poorly designed top half, flimsy
Poorly designed ; there’s no reason for top half to be made split into 2 pieces that easily come apart from each other ; should have been made as a half sphere just like bottom half which screws together with top half.Received order with 3 new “IQ Activity” type of dog toys yesterday & was excited for my dog to try this one out first, since she has had a similar type ball that she liked. Within 10 to 15 minutes of her playing with this ball it had come apart because of the poorly designed top piece that separates in half so easily. So, then my dog was able to remove the the inner piece between the top & bottom, chew on it, & all the kibble spilled out.I gave it 2 stars because the idea is good of having a center piece with holes that don’t line up with outside hole of ball, so dog has to roll ball around/play with it to get kibble to come out. But, the construction of that top half ruins it.3 DAYS LATER :I’m revising to 3 stars. After trying it out again, I realized that when you screw the bottom half onto the top you have to make sure you turn it VERY hard – even after you think it is screwed on well if you try turning more extra hard you can perhaps get it tomove/turn/screw on a tiny bit more. That helps make that the top a little more secure.So now, my dog has been able to bat the ball around on the floor & get it to dispense the treats like it should without falling apart. But, after a little while she just picks the ball up in her mouth & carries it back to her bed & just keeps holding & chewing it from the hole as a starting point, turning the ball upside down & shaking it around until she can get more treats out (rather than running around after it). HOWEVER, now that it is screwed on harder, she is not getting it to come apart like she did so readily that first time. (Plus, now I am taking it away from her & putting it back out on the floor once she carries it back to her bed & starts chewing on it. But she just picks it up in her mouth & carries it back to her bed again),By the way, she is only a small 26-lb. dog, & is not a big chewer – she does not usually chew things, even bones/chew treats/chew toys. She just is trying to get at those treats the lazier easier way than batting the ball around. And the ball is too small since she can just pick it up in her mouth & carry it even though she is not a big dog.

Ok

Don’t know why my chihuahua scared to play with it.