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My golden retriever loves this BUT it takes five minutes to eat the treats, it gives him orange diarrhea, and while playing/chewing the treat it stained my rug and skirt on the couch orange. Why put the orange dye in? Please make the toy chews harder to eat.
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I am extremely disappointed in this product. I have a 43lb pointer mix, so I always get the largest sizes of these types of treat toys. I bought the "Over 50 pound" version, thinking it would last my dog that much longer. Well, The toy comes as pictured, pre-assembled with 2 cookies on it and an additional 2 for later. I gave the toy to my dog to entertain him while I showered after getting home from work one day. 30 minutes later, I come back downstairs to find that he has finished off the cookies. I'm a little disappointed, but I figure that maybe it lasted him the entire 30 minutes, giving the toy the benefit of the doubt.Unfortunately, this is not the case. I just gave the toy to my dog again tonight with the other 2 cookies on it. He proceeded to grasp the toy between his front paws and in under a minute, had bitten one cookie in half and it fell off the toy. He then ate the cookie and was already halfway through the toy in under 2 minutes. He just finished off the second cookie in the same manner (biting the cookie so it breaks in half and then just eating the cookie) and he has had the toy a grand total of less than 5 minutes. So much for entertainment value. I was really hoping for a sturdier cookie that he would gnaw on instead of just bite, break and eat.
I only purchased this toy because it was so cheap on Amazon. It costs upwards of $25 for the 50+ lb size at PetSmart/Petco, but I got it for less than $10 here on Amazon. I will NOT be purchasing refills, as they are not going to be worth the money unless I can get them dirt cheap, in which case I may attempt to coat the cookies in peanut butter or canned dog food and freeze them to potentially encourage licking first instead of biting and chewing.
2 stars since my dog seemed to enjoy the cookies, and now he is gnawing on the empty bone itself, though I'm inclined to take it away soon since I'm worried about him breaking a tooth on the extremely hard plastic (it is MUCH harder than a traditional Nylabone, not soft or rubbery at all).
Looks like it's back to frozen goody-filled Kongs and the Everlasting Treat Ball, my trusty fall-back plans.
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Awesome buy I was at Petsmart and this was 30$ , and I have amazon Prime membership and was shocked they were delivered to my house the next day . My dog( German Shepard/Chow mix) is in love with this toy and chews on it a lot. Only draw back is he gets to the replaceable treats way to fast within 20 min of giving it to him. But he has fun and enjoys the toy a lot. He chews on it with and without the replaceable edible treats.My 1 year old, 47 lbs English Springer Spaniel enjoys this toy with or without the treat. He eats the treat within 15 minutes, so the toy will not keep larger breeds busy for very long. However, my dog likes to chew on this toy without the treats too. Typically in the evening when he is winding down he will grab it and roll on his back and play or lay on his belly and gnaw at it for up to 30 minutes. Because he plays with it independently, I have purchased a second one.Also, I give a few cautions with this chew toy. First, this is a durable, hard plastic toy so monitor your dog's teeth and gums. Second, my dog wears the orange and white ends with prolong chewing and it traps dirt. So when it's a little dirty I throw the toy in the washing machine to keep it fresh and avoid issues with oral germs. Third, like another reviewer noted, the treat stains fabrics and dog's paws. The stain removes easily from fabric and my dog licks his paws clean within hours so this is not a big problem for me.
Bottom line: I recommend this toy with some caution.
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When I saw this, I thought that the two ends collapsed into the center, and the dog had to figure out how to pull a side out to get the treat (there's your million dollar idea). Well, I was wrong. The treats just sit there in the open, so it takes the dog about 1 second to figure out he just has to chew the treat to eat it. Boring. 3 minutes and he was done.No thanks.
