PetSafe Busy Buddy Tug-A-Jug Dog Toy – Slow Feeder and Trainer – Small

The return of a classic!
We were so excited to get this Tug-A-Jug! Veronica had one years ago, and it lasted quite awhile, but eventually the base cracked and it wouldn’t screw shut. Veronica had developed a very efficient system in which she picks the jug up from the bottom, holds it upside down while at the same time stepping on the rope. This causes the kibble to fly out of the jug. Unfortunately years of gripping the end of the jug took it’s toll.Our second Tug-A-Jug was just plain weird. For awhile they were replacing the rope with a rubber *rope*. It totally didn’t work for Veronica and she hated it. Just recently I saw the Tug-A-Jug here on Amazon and it looked like the original design – with an actual *rope* made of rope (and yes, it is). It didn’t take Veronica long at all to remember her old technique.Despite that she is a bit of a whiz at food puzzles (as most slightly overweight, extremely food motivated, convinced they are in a perpetual state of starvation, dogs tend to be); the Tug-A-Jug does slow Veronica down some and makes mealtime more of an “event” as opposed to over before I turn around from putting her kibble back in the cabinet.We love the Tug-A-Jug, reasonably sturdy and well made and a ton of fun. The sizing however is way off, and I first ordered the medium/large for dogs over 40 pounds because Veronica is 55 pounds and I didn’t remember the size of our original toy. The medium/large is ginormous. Even with the small, Veronica’s kibble dinner doesn’t fill 1/4 of it (full disclosure, she also gets breakfast, lunch and snacks in addition to dinner – so we are not by any stretch of the imagination starving her). Still the small is plenty big enough. The mediem/large would have been too unwieldy for her. I had no problem at all exchanging my medium/large for the small.

Slow feeding and puzzle fun!
We have a new, very busy puppy (about 15lbs) that needs constant attention and activity to keep her out of trouble. We purchased one of those big puzzles with the sliding covers and she had it figured out in less than 5 minutes. This toy keeps her busy longer. We feed her all meals in it. Her puppy kibble is the perfect size. It didn’t take her long to figure out how to knock the bottle over and pull the rope and she does it smartly without throwing it across the room. We just lay it on a carpeted area and it keeps her busy for at least 15 minutes getting 1/2 c of kibble out of it. Highly recommend for smart dogs that enjoy puzzles and do not get frustrated too easily.

Lasted less than 10 minutes
I had purchased a tug-a-jug a few years ago for my older dog. He wasn’t too into to so I gave it to his BFFs since they were more into toys like this.Since then we have adopted an energetic puppy who LOVES a challenge. So I came back to the tug-a-jug because we have had previous experience with it and felt as though it could hold up to puppy’s energy so I bought another one. It arrived today. She was very excited to play with it as soon as she saw it. I filled it up with her food. Surprisingly, she didn’t swing it around or anything like that, she placed it on the rug, studied it, and began rolling it around. She was entranced in getting her food out so I ran upstairs to change clothes. I come back down to find the rope in two sections. Within those few minutes the rope gave out with minimal effort (I could still hear her rolling it across the hardwood floor). The bottle seems to be intact. Unfortunately the rope came apart in a way that I am unable to tie it back together. I am pretty disappointed because I thought I had found something that could hold up to her and all of her puppy-ness but alas the search must continue 😫

Excelente no solo para mantenerlos ocupados sino que hace que piensen en cómo sacar el premio.

good to have for the little critter