Kong Wobbler Dog Food And Treat Dispenser

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Our 3 year old Australian Cattle dog mix loves this Kong. Once she got the hang of it ( after about 5 minutes ) she chases this around the house with her paws and her snout, growling at it, trying to get her "reward". We sometimes use this with her regular dog food to "jump start" her interest in meals. She has a lot of fun with it and it is very entertaining for us and our friends watching her playing. I have attached a video showing a little of her playtime.

Be aware of one thing the toy is a little heavy and some hard plastic so it does bang around some.

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Apart from a bully stick, interactive toys that dispense treats are the most effective way to keep my 18 lb terrier mix busy and mentally occupied. We've bought several of them: The Buster Mini Cube (made of *very* hard plastic and too noisy even on a carpeted floor), StarMark Bob-A-Lot (one of the best although it's light enough for him to throw it around and make a lot of noise), and the Premier Busy Buddy Tug-A-Jug (also effective but again somewhat light and hard).

Benji has never had trouble figuring out how to play with any of these and although he destroys plush toys in a flash, he hasn't been able to do any damage to these. The problem with all three of them is that they are just too noisy for him to play with in our living room very early in the morning when we want him occupied but our neighbor in the apartment next door is sleeping.

So when I saw the Kong Wobbler online it looked like it might be the best yet. I tried to find the toy in various retail stores, but it is new, and none of them carried it. So I ordered it without knowing anything about it but a photo. I assumed it would be that hard rubber traditional Kongs are made from and that even if Benji threw it around it would be less noisy.

Upon arrival I realized the toy is nothing like what I imagined but that's not necessarily a bad thing. First of all the thing is huge, which I couldn't tell from the photo. It is almost as tall as the Bob-A-Lot. I'm not sure a dog much smaller than Benji could manipulate it satisfactorily and Kong recommends it for medium to large dogs. It's also made of *very* hard plastic which I think a lot of dogs would find very unsatisfying to chew compared to a traditional Kong. Another drawback is that the hole the treats fall out of is way too big for kibble and unlike the Bob-A-Lot, the hole is not adjustable. I made the hole smaller with scotch tape and the toy works fine.

So why would you consider the Kong Wobbler in favor of the other toys? It's *heavy*. I mean really surprisingly heavy compared to the others. The other toys are light enough so that Benji can grasp them in his front paws and propel the toy across the room where they bang against furniture. It's fun to watch but nerve wracking. The Kong Wobbler is just too heavy for for him to "toss" (although he's giving it his best shot while I type this). So the toy rolls around on the rug rather than flying through the air.

Any of these toys would be great for a dog with a yard. For use in an apartment, I'd give the Wobbler a slight edge. It is also a little bit less expensive than the Bob-A-Lot and the Tug-A-Jug. I can't really recommend the Buster Cube for indoor use. It's like letting young kids play with a baseball in the living room

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I was immediately intrigued by this toy when I saw it as it clearly was designed similar to the CLIX Pyramid Dog Toy but with the very nice addition of a removable top. So much easier to fill! I was excited to try it and see how well it worked.

Unfortunately, what I didn't realize from the photo was how close to the base that holds the food the hole is! You would think the food is all the way in the bottom but there's a shelf inside that it sits on and its not that far from the hole at all (it's at the bottom of the word KONG when you look at the closeup photo). The hole itself is a bit larger as well, so if you have a small dog and are using fairly small kibble/treats, more will come out at a time due to the larger hole size.

Now, for a dog that's never used a puzzle toy like this, they'll still take some time to figure it out. But my dog who has played with other puzzle toys very easily figured out how to empty this one in just minutes (the Pyramid takes him 3-4 times as long due to the smaller hole and how high it is on the toy).

So it depends on your needs, how fast a learner your dog is and how long you want him to spend with the toy. For mine, this isn't really challenging enough. I love the ease of filling it, but really wish they had not put the hole so low.

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My solution:

As other reviewers stated, the kong shaped hole on the wobbler is indeed quite big and set very low on the toy. Food was coming out in chunks, way too easy. I tried putting a tennis ball inside the wobbler, but only made it worse. Because of the weight of the ball, the wobbler would not balance anymore. So for another quick solution, I put some electrical tape to cover 2/3 of the hole from the bottom. It worked! Now it was 5 times harder to get the kibble, and only one or two kibble at a time will fall out. But, the tape didn't last long. It started to rip and fall out. So then I took a hot glue gun and covered about 1/2 of the hole from the bottom. To prevent my dog wanting to try to chew on the molded glue with his front teeth, I covered glue's surface with masking tape. Masking tape adheres well and is very thin so it's like nothing's there. Kibble now falls out at decent speed. I might go back and cover the hole some more with hot glue to make it more challenging. When you do it, just make sure the hole is at least the size of the kibble/treat!

Actual review: I love this toy. It is very easy to fill in the kibble, and is easy to clean due to the smooth surfaces throughout. Material is softer than the hard plastic of buster cube, so it won't make a lot of noise and engraves teeth marks. Shell is thick so it seems durable though. Bottom seems to be filled with sand. With the hot glue mod it is another toy to keep my dog working for his daily kibble!

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We bought this for our hyperactive, 6-month-old, 40-lb. lab mix with the hopes that it would be one more thing to occupy her and maybe even tire her out a bit. In spite of the fact that she gets a couple hours of hard exercise a day, she still has way too much energy to burn.

The Kong Wobbler was exactly what we'd hoped for. When we filled it with kibble and introduced it to her the first time, she immediately figured out how to whack it about with her paw in order to get the food out; she was very happy with it. Now she gets all of her kibble in the Wobbler. When she paws the Wobbler, the kibble comes out at a rate fast enough to keep her interest, but slow enough to give us a bit of peace.

The Wobbler is extremely well made. Its base is a solid hemisphere weighing almost two lbs. Its top is hollow with walls about 3/16" thick; the top screws onto the base. The whole thing is made of hard plastic, though softer and thicker than that of the Buster Cube (Buster Food Cube Large Size (Colors May Vary)). Unlike the BC, the Wobbler is relatively quiet the sound of the kibble moving inside of the Wobbler and the sound of the Wobbler on a hard floor are both muffled by the thicker, softer plastic (the Wobbler also gets slightly scratched and abraded with use, unlike the BC, but I don't see this as a problem).

Our dog can't get its mouth around the Wobbler, but a very large dog would probably be able to pick it up at the narrow top end. The Wobbler seems large and tough enough to withstand any attempts at crushing it, though.

All in all, I highly recommend it!