ALL FOR PAWS Interactive Fetch-N-Treat Dog Toy

We thought it was to shot the ball out

Lovely... my pet loves it !

Didn't realize that the gravity was the only thing that propelled the treat. Guess I should have read more before ordering.

It doesn't eject the ball it just let's it fall.

Fast shipping, good price, and the product is good idea for dogs learning!

My dog showed no interest in this "toy" despite hours of prompting.When left alone with it he pried the lid open with his teeth and shook it until the treats came out. Even when I put the ball in for him, only about 1/2 the time did treats actually come out, and the ball slowly rolled about 3 to 4 feet away on tile, on carpet only about 1 foot away. Good Idea, bad product.

Love it!!

This seemed like a good idea but was poorly executed, the ball just barely rolls out the front and the treats get stuck. My dogs caught on pretty quickly and one just took off with the ball and the other just chewed the top off to get the treats, so all in all the toy lasted 20 min from unpacking to total destruction.

I think the bad reviews are unfair. They’re mostly people saying the Ball doesn’t go far. Erm, read the product description before buying. It’s not a ball launcher! We read it before buying. It’s a brain game sort of thing, and it combines the fun of a ball with the reward of a treat. I have a very smart border collie and he enjoys this, and he gets bored of brain toys easily as he works them out so quickly. He also knows he can just put his paw or his snout in and push and a treat comes out - but he still thinks it’s great and keeps him entertained. If you want a ball launcher this *isn’t* one and if you don’t read the description that’s kind of your fault really. A ball launcher will cost you a LOT of money. This is under £30 and is good fun for a dog. My partner is building a platform with a ramp to put it on out of scrap wood so the ball will roll and provide a chase too. So stop complaining that it’s not a launcher - either accept it for what it is or use your imagination!

The media could not be loaded.  It's fabulous. The bad reviews are totally from people not reading/understanding like the others say. It's not a ball launcher. It's important to find the right treats, small round ones are working perfectly for us. My dog loves it. Would buy again and recommend. I would always supervise.

The negative reviews here are mainly not the fault of the product, and just the fault of people buying the wrong thing! I wanted something that my cockapoo could play with by himself, especially when we are out. He loves playing with his ball, but can be reluctant to drop it without an incentive! This very simple product dispenses treats when the ball is dropped into the top. The ball then simply rolls out and can be put back in again. It does not shoot out, it is not a tennis ball launcher and is significantly cheaper than a tennis ball launcher! It took a few days of me working with my dog to get him to do it, and to be honest, at first I thought he would never get it! However, he has finally got the hang of it!The instructions are fairly vague, so here's how I trained him to use it (I am no expert!) First, I just put the ball in it myself a few times to show him, and the treats got him interested in it and made him less wary of this new thing in the room. Then I kept a few treats in my hand to reward him for bringing his ball to it, even if he didn't place the ball on it. This took a lot of patience and encouragement and went on for a couple of days (We only played for about 15mins at a time to avoid him getting bored or frustrated). Then I started holding the ball in my hand loosely, just in front of the hole and I used to a treat to encourage him to use his nose to nudge the ball off my hand and into the hole. This was a real breakthrough and after a couple of days doing that he started to work it out and began picking the ball up and dropping it himself, although he still needed my encouragement and my sitting with him to drop the ball into it. We gave it to him on Christmas day and he took until new year to be able to do it himself. He now happily drops the ball into it without me needing to be there tapping the top like a lunatic.I have knocked off one star because sometimes no treats come out and other times lots come out! This isn't a big problem, but it was a little irritating when I was trying to train him to use it! It needs quite small treats, like small kibble or something similar. It comes with a tennis ball, but you can use any similar sized ball.

The media could not be loaded.  To teach your dog to use this toy:1. Clicker train your dog (it's easy, buy a clicker and follow the instructions)2. Put some kibble in the dispenser3. Roll the ball. The second your dog touches the ball with his nose, click and reward. Repeat several times until dog reliably touches ball with nose and looks to you for a reward.4. Roll the ball. The second your dog touches the ball with his teeth, click and reward. Repeat repeat repeat.5. As soon as dog picks up the ball, stop rewarding for teeth and only click and reward for picking ball up.6. Once dog is reliably picking the ball up, only click and reward if he brings it in the direction of the dispenser. You can sit by the dispenser if this is hard for your dog.7. Next, only click and reward if the ball is dropped near the dispenser.8. Next, only click and reward if the ball is dropped and it touches the dispenser.9. Click and reward if the ball lands on top of the dispenser. Sometimes it'll go in, in which case dog gets the jackpot, and sometimes it won't - if it lands on top and bounces off, click and reward.10. Stop clicking and rewarding. Dog now knows how to play.Only train for 10 minutes at a time.If at any point it becomes frustrating for your dog, go back a step.If your dog paws or mouths the dispenser, lift it up and get the attention back on the ball, before putting it down again.It took my labrador 33 days to get it, so be patient!! It's worth the time and learning is good for all of us.

There are a lot of negative reviews on this product let me say I've given it five stars because despite the fact my two dogs have absolutely no idea how to use this we've had so much fun trying and we've spent hours together which is all that matters hopefully they will both get the idea soon ....