PetSafe Busy Buddy Kibble Nibble Meal Dispensing Dog Toy

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This is a great toy for dogs. It is durable and my dogs keep playing with it after the food is all gone. Like one of the other reviews said, the holes are large but if you put a tennis ball in with the food is inhibits the food from going out the holes as fast. Also I have found if you put a ball with a bell inside of it instead of food it will keep your dog busy for hours. They can't get it out but boy do they try. I have three border collies and ONE of these toys and my boys are very aggressive at play. After a month this toy barely looks used and I use it every other day. Again, great toy and it is big enough to put other things in it besides food.

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This a well made sturdy product but the holes at each end are WAY too big. The kibble just pours out of it. Granted if your dog eats very large kibble it may work alot better but I feed my dog organic dog food and the kibble does not come in sizes, it is pretty small. I just want to warn people before buyig this that your dogs kibble needs to be large pieces or else the toy is worthless. One roll of this toy by the dog will result in their entire meal/treats being on the floor for them to gobble up in one minute. I will try breaking up some bones and see if that works any better.

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This is a great toy!! It keeps all of my dogs entertained when I leave them home alone. I do put a tennis ball inside and try to use larger treats as the opening is bigger and things come out pretty fast.

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Let me start by saying I work from home. Now to my dog...if I am home, that means that I am there to play with him and entertain him and walk him and love him. My boss, on the other hand, would prefer that I spend 8 hours a day working on deliverables for our clients. Until my dog and my boss can come to an agreement, I have to do what my boss wants since in the end, that is what keeps the kibble coming.

I have quite a few doggy-puzzles in this house so that I can work in peace. The Hide-a-Squirrel was great but eventually was destroyed. Bones are great as long as you can supervise. Kongs are probably the greatest invention for dogs on the face of the planet. I read about the Squirrel Buddy and Kibble Nibble when I was getting ready to buy a Tug-A-Jug. I tend to give one puzzle at a time so the dog doesn't get bored. I haven't tried the other products yet, but for the Kibble Nibble:

1) My dog is on large breed Iams puppy. His kibble is average sized, not too large. The kibble came out at an acceptable, easy pace but to make it last longer and keep him occupied I chopped up some carrots and put those in as well. The larger carrots help slow down the flow of kibble. At the end, I just dump the carrots into his bowl and then wash the toy.

2) It holds up well to his pawing it around and even dropping it off of the sofa. However, he has tried to chew on it to get the treats out and this definitely was not meant to be a chew toy (teeth marks appeared quite quickly!). When he starts gnawing on it, I take it away from him since usually that's when there's nothing left. I think he could make quick work of destroying it if left alone.

3) The way you adjust the flow of kibble according to the box is to cut off the little prongs on the inside of the ball that hold the kibble in (it's the same with the squirrel buddy) The only problem is that once you do that, you can't put the prongs back!

4) It is pricier than some of the other toys.

Basically, it costs a little more and it doesn't seem able to stand up to chewing like a Kong. But the way that it moves and rattles has been very different and fun for the dog. I would definitely say this is worth keeping in the house if you need to keep your pup occupied when you are doing something, but I wouldn't recommend leaving him unattended for the day with this since an aggressive chewer could probably destroy it pretty quickly. For that, I'm sticking with a frozen Kong or the squirrel dude!

Oh and one other thing--I bought all the large sizes of these toys for my dog, and they are all the same color! (I guess they use color to differentiate between sizes). That's okay but I do wish they were different colors. We have way too many purple toys in this house.

Update 6/2013: Some of the plastic bumpers have worn off, but the toy has still held up okay!

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This is great, finally a toy that can hold all of my dog's food. Like many others have said, the holes are too large, and those rubber things need to be made longer so it is actually a challenge for the dog.

BUT--I stole someone else's idea to fix the problem.I put two tennis balls in it and it easily held one cup of food and could easily hold two cups of dog food with the two tennis balls. (natural balance dog food)

I did find it kind of tricky to fill it with dog food though since both ends have holes :-/ I was thinking about patching one of these up so that it will be harder for them to get their food out.