Review: 5 Food Dispenser Dog Toys

Tails wagging from Texas! Let's review...treat dispensing toys. We're going to go over five treat dispensing toys that have "aged well" and provided our pups lots of entertainment over the years.

 

 As a quick note, the treat dispensers I'm reviewing here are not chew toys, nor should they be used unsupervised. None of these five will hold up to heavy chewers, they are intended to be pushed and flung around by your dog to get the treats to fall out. If your dog is a heavy chewer, toys like a traditional kong might be more appropriate!

Kong Pawzzles

- $15.99 at Petsmart

The Great: Katara loves this toy! In addition to being super cute, it has four separate "chambers" for stuffing treats. Despite the square shape it rolls and bounces easily, and treats stay put long enough to keep our dogs entertained. 

The Meh: I don't really have any complaints about this one! It's probably our most used. The material is not as thick or durable as a traditional kong, so don't let your dogs chew on it. 

PetSafe Busy Buddy Tug-A-Jug

- $12.99 at Dr. Foster Smith

The Great: Our dogs really do enjoy flinging this toy around. At least they did...

The Meh: You'll notice in the picture above that our Tug-a-Jug is missing its rope. Over time, as your dog joyfully bashes this toy against walls and floors, saliva is going to build up on the rope. Since the interior of the bottle is enclosed, this creates a humid environment and eventually the rope and bottle will mold. After a few weeks, our bottle and rope were coated in it!

Our solution was to cut the rope out and thoroughly clean the toy. Unfortunately there's now little challenge. Back when we did have the rope, this toy was crazy loud, so it didn't get that much use regardless. It's also hard to fill without the treats coming out the other end.

PetSafe Busy Buddy Magic Mushroom

- $9.51 at Chewy

The Great: First off, this is probably the cutest treat dispenser ever! It has a convenient adjuster on top and when you slide it you can change the difficulty level by changing the openings' sizes. It also opens from the bottom for easy refilling!

The Meh: The mushroom is a little small, so it doesn't hold too much food at once, and the treats you use have to be tiny. Also over time the openings get stiff and it can be hard to get it apart to refill. We still love it! 

Nina Ottoson Interactive Dog Toy

$22.99 at Petsmart

The Great: This toy is definitely unique looking, and I love the bright colors. Unfortunately the green and turquoise look seems to be discontinued. You can use fairly large treats with this toy - the hole in the top is the "limit" for treat size which accommodates any of our training treats.

The Meh: It can be a little stubborn when releasing treats. It also doesn't hold many treats and can only be filled through the tiny top hole. The biggest "meh" for me is the price - you can get a better treat dispenser for the same or cheaper. We bought this on clearance for maybe $5 though so it was worth it for our pack!

The wobble is the toy in red!

Kong Wobbler
$21.99 at Petsmart

The Great: This toy is huge and really does wobble around! It's adorable to watch our dogs playing with a giant Kong. Of all our treat dispensing toys, the dogs seem to have the most fun with their wobble. It also unscrews at the base, making it easy to fill, and holds a ton of treats! I often put Katara's dry food in here to make her meals last longer.

The Meh: Nothing really. This toy dispenses treats easily and lives up to its name! The price is high but we promise it's worthwhile and really lasts.

*Full Disclosure: We paid real money for these treat dispensers, although most have been at our house for a few years now. We were not paid or given products in exchange for writing these reviews, and we only review products that our pack believes in.