Food Puzzle and Toy Reviews

Bionic Bone made by Bionic Pet Products

Product tester: Bella

Testing evaluator: Rachael

This toy floats in water, so it is great if you pet likes to retrieve toys from the water. The company claims the toy is tough to destroy. Bella didn't care for this toy. She sniffed it an ate some kibble out of it. She didn't seem interested in playing with it unless it had food in it. It is scented with vanilla, but we didn't care for the smell. 

Who we recommend the Bionic Bone for: - dogs who enjoy playing in water  - dogs who like to chew on toys

Treat Dispensing PicklePocket made by Starmark

Product tester: Bella

Testing evaluator: Dr. Sally Foote

At first, I thought that this won't last because it is so soft. Bella is a voracious chewer on her food puzzle toys. Anything with some give to it, and she wants to really chew it up.  So this soft feeling, almost firm jelly like toy was not going to stand up to her teeth. I am happy to say I am wrong. Bella has bounced it, chewed on it, I have flung it down the stairs as a part of play and this toy is showing almost no wear!  The groves go deep, so the farther you push in the kibble, the harder the dog has to chew or bounce the pickle around to get the kibble out. It may be frustrating at first but over time you dog will devise a way to get the kibble out. Some great features about the Pickle - it is easily washed.

Who we recommend the Pickle for: - this puzzle is for the advanced food puzzler  - active, Shepard type dogs  - the smarter your dog, the better they will enjoy this

Cat Wobbler made by Kong

Rachael: Mercy and Ranger didn't seem too motivated to get the food out of the toy. Ranger enjoyed playing with the catnip tail. He played with it for awhile but wouldn't knock over the toy to get the food. Mercy, our other clinic cat would sniff at the food and knock the toy, but not hard enough to get food out. She didn't seem too interested in the tail. We gave them 2 days with the toys out all the time for evaluation.

Debbie: Simone loves it! It took her less than 5 minutes to figure out what she needed to do to get the food out. She likes this food puzzle even more than her usual one. One of my other cats, Hoppy, loved to play with the tail just like Ranger. Lazarus was content to watch Simone play with it and showed no interest in playing with it himself. Simone was very sad when I had to take the Wobbler back to the clinic. I have promised to buy her one of her own to make her happy.