PetSafe Busy Buddy Barnacle - Dog Chew Toy - Treat Dispensing Dog Toys...

We have a large puppy and its hard to find toys that are interactive, fun, and durable, but this is all of the above! Our 80lb puppy loves this toy. This toy is very durable even when you have an aggressive chewer. The holes are all different sizes which is ok. Sometimes it's hard to find the perfect size treats for each compartment, but you can break them up to fit or whatever. Each hole has little fringes to help hold the treats in, which I did find to be too long so I had to trim all of them to get them to work a bit better. When we first got this toy I had to bounce around to show puppy how to use it otherwise she just wanted to lay down and chew on it, but once she figured out if she rolled it around and bounced it the treats came out she was really excited. I would highly recommend this toy if you have an aggressive chewer.

This is by far my dog's favorite toy ever. I have bought two more since the first purchase. They don't last forever, but since he plays with it so much I can accept that they eventually wear out. Make sure that you keep an eye on it and check it for signs of wear so that your dog doesn't ingest any little pieces that might come off. But until that day, this toy is amazing. I love the way it bounces irregularly and sporadically so it keeps him guessing. He loves chewing on it and working at getting the treats I hide inside. I love the fact that it has three different size holes so I can use three different size treats and make it either harder or easier for him depending on my needs. You can put peanut butter inside and it won't get all over the floor you can put soft treats in it you can put hard treats in it you can fill it up with dog food and freeze it. Honestly I don't know what I would do without this toy. It has brought so much joy to Tigger's and my lives.

This is a pretty cool treat dispensing toy; the rubber it's made from is very thick and durable, and the irregular shape of it makes it more interesting for the dog. The opening of each compartment has little strips inside that makes the toy dispense treats pretty randomly. You can also snip them so they're shorter, to dispense treats easier. I snipped all of them in my toy, because my dog was having a hard time getting treats out, and I adjusted them several times to where now it's almost too easy to get the treats out. I just couldn't find a happy medium, and of course once you've cut them, you can't uncut them. The only real down side to this toy is that it collects dog fur and can get pretty gross pretty fast. Most of my dog's other toys stay relatively clean when she's using them, but between the material and the pattern and whatnot on the outside, this toy is just a gunk magnet. Fur collects in the little dips between "barnacles" and clings to the slots on the outside of the toy. My dog doesn't really mind, obviously, but I think it's a little gross. ;D My dog for whatever reason favors most of her other toys over this one; even when this is the only toy that still has treats left in it, she'll often ignore it. It's a very high quality toy, though.

At first I was a bit concerned as the toy is made of a fairly pliable rubber so I worried that my vizsla, who destroys most of his toys rather quickly, would destroy this one within hours. Luckily, I was able to quickly teach him that it's much more fun to carry and kick around, then to gnaw. So far it's been over a month that I've actually left this on the floor, and it shows very little signs of damage. Some treats have made a perpetual home in the large and medium sides of the toy, and it keeps him interested from time to time, as he'll just randomly pick it up and start kicking it around, or bring it to me in hopes of a game of fetch or a treat reload. One thing that definitely helped him fall in love with it was that I immediately (after washing) placed a variety of sizes of his favorite treats in the different globes. Some (kibble-sized) treats fell out easily and taught him that this was indeed a rewarding toy to play with, others took a little kicking and dropping, and some remain until they start to break apart from enough bouncing and licking, which keeps his attention. We have the large (for a 40-lb dog) and it suits him well as he can get his mouth around even the largest of the globes to carry it, while it has about a zero percent change of becoming a choking hazard, unless a piece breaks off, which seems unlikely so far. One does have to be somewhat careful playing fetch in the house, as it bounces somewhat unpredictably and has a bit of heft to it. Very pleasantly surprised to find that the rubber actually smells good, somewhat like bubble gum, as opposed to some other rubber toys that reek of chemicals. Overall, very happy with the durability, safety, and fun of this one, and wouldn't hesitate to replace it with the exact item if it is ever lost or damaged.