Product Description

This challenging ball entertains big dogs for hours. Insert dry food or treats in the Tricky Treat Ball and as a pet plays, treats are dispensed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #938 in Pet Products
• Size: Large
• Color: Orange
• Brand: Omega
• Model: TTLG
• Released on: 2006-06-29
• Dimensions: 5.00" h x 5.00" w x 5.00" l,

Features

• Large, interactive treat-dispensing dog toy made of neon-orange vinyl
• Tough, yet soft and pliable textured surface for easy gripping
• Simple to fill; dispenses dry food or bite-size treats during playtime
• Helps keep a dog mentally stimulated and encourages hours of vigorous play
• Measures 5 by 5 by 5 inches

Amazon.com Product Description
Help keep a dog entertained with this challenging interactive ball. Simply fill the ball with the dog's favorite dry food or bite-size treats. As the dog nudges, rolls, and tumbles the ball, it randomly dispenses treats, rewarding the dog and encouraging hours of mentally stimulating playtime. The large, round, dog toy features neon-orange vinyl construction, which provides a tough, yet soft and pliable textured surface that can be gripped easily. The ball measures 5 by 5 by 5 inches.

Customer Reviews

Thank you, thank you, thank you
This treat ball is probably not for every dog, but our 8 month old Shiba Inu puppy absolutely adores it and so do we. Our trainer recommended that we use a treat ball as a way to challenge our puppy and focus his energy on something "productive" (for him, at least). This does the trick better than any other similar product. It is very durable yet (unlike a Buster Cube) soft enough that nothing gets damaged as it rolls into walls, chairs and the like. We use it for half of his kibble at each meal. After about 4 weeks of daily use, our ball is starting to show signs of wear but we have gotten far more use out of this than any other "toy" we've purchased.

Our puppy is a high energy, very food motivated, tough-chewing, smart little guy who can get treats out of his Kong and open the child gate in under 5 minutes. But while this treat ball requires patience, our normally "A.D.D." puppy will persistently push this ball around the kitchen until he gets every last piece of kibble out. That can take 20-30 minutes. The ball does not make a good "chew toy" for a tough chewer (like our dog, who can chew off the top of a red Kong), however. We make sure to take it away after he empties it. Otherwise, it would never have lasted this long.

The Power of Positive Reinforcement
My dog quickly learned how to operate this toy, and has nosed it all over our 2400 sq foot house. I have left it down for them to chew on, but they seem to have more interest in rolling it around on the floor rather than toothing it to bits. They engage with this toy more than a similar toy that is cube shaped.

I love that I can fill this ball up with their kibble and they'll entertain themselves for hours pushing it down the stairs and around the house. It's a lot less noisy than the cube version. This toy is easy to clean up too, ran it right through the dishwasher with no problems. It was easy to teach them to bring the Tricky Treat Ball back to me for a refill when needed.

Ah, the power of positive reinforcement!

The activity of nosing it around so that treats fall out has resulted in treats falling out of the ball, while chewing on the toy has not resulted in treats, thus the behavior of rolling the ball is more likely to be repeated, and the chances of chewing reduced.

Brilliant! It means the ball will last longer!

Not for heavy chewers!
This may be alright for a dog that does not like to chew, but our Olde English Bulldogge made short work of it. In about 20 min she had chewed THROUGH the ball to get to the treats. You also need to STUFF it FULL with treats or they will not come out no matter what you do. Obviously, she got so frustrated it was easier to make her own exit for the treats! Also, it has a really strong plastic-chemical smell for anyone who is chemically sensitive. Hope you have better luck than we did! :)