Yipetor Dog Toy, Frozen Dog Treats to Keep Dogs Busy, Interactive Treat Dispensing Dog Toy Puzzle, Interactive Chew Toys for Large Dog, Power Chewer, Durable Rubber-Easy to Clean-Holds Kibble, Treats

This is cheaper than the original pupsicle and is very similar, so it's a pretty good value.The only con about this one is that some of the threads of the male part are exposed when the toy is together so food gets in the threads. This does not happen with the pupsicle. This only matters if you don't wash it each time (see my tip further down).Just like the pupsicle, the rubber on rubber threads can make it difficult to open and close. You need to do two things and you can avoid this issue:1. don't put it together if the threads are wet at all.2. put oil on the threads of each part (I use olive oil). To put it on, I use this convenient dispenser https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJVKW9NP that comes with a brush.It will work if you oil it every time, despite what others say.I personally am lazy so as soon as my dogs are finished I pick the toy up, loosen it a bit, then stick a piece of glad press n seal over it and put it in the fridge. This way I can get away with not washing it for several days. However, as I said earlier, there can be bits of food in the threads. I don't worry about the oil brush getting nasty touching the food bits because I only use it for these toys. Using this method I don't always have to oil the threads. I can tell when I take it apart the next time to put the nugget in if it needs more oil.One final tip. It can get expensive just using can food to make the nuggets, so I make instant oatmeal with salt-free chicken or beef stock (salt is bad for dogs!) and use that for half the nugget. I also use a little peanut butter, yogurt and the can food. The oatmeal is also harder to lick when frozen so it lasts longer.I just want to note that, like all these type toys, if you want the toy to last you need to pick it up when they are done. None of these rubber toys can withstand lengthy chewing, and it's not what they are for.

This has been great for my puppy who loves to chew with his sharp teeth. It helps me get stuff done for about 15 minutes while he enjoys a treat. I bought a second one, so I could use one and have one go through the dishwasher each day. I was an idiot when I bought the first one, thinking the company had sent the wrong size ice tray (the large tray for the medium ball). The domes of ice were too big to insert through the hole with the stopper removed. I didn't remember the reviews that said the device screws open, too. It's even in the booklet, which I noticed had recipes, but didn't look closely at. I was running the ice cubes under water to melt them a little and shove them down into the ball. I emailed the company to ask if they could send the correct size ice tray. I assumed they were in Asia, and I wouldn't hear back. But they wrote back in perfect English right away explaining that the device screws apart into two pieces, making it easy to load the frozen treat. I thanked them. A few days later, there were two new ice trays in my mailbox. I didn't need them, but they were trying to make me happy after my email, I guess. I feel bad that they have such good customer service when I was the dummy! The newer ball I got was a little hard to unscrew, so I put some cooking oil on a paper towel and rubbed it on the threads. Then it glided right back together, no problem. I'd rather have to do that then have it so loose that it opens while my dog is playing with it. Great product.

I think I hit the jackpot on the perfect puzzle toy. I bought this initially as a puppy popsicle dispenser and it worked as expected in helping cool my dog off on our increasingly hot days. I’ve used a fillable Kong for many years so I know anything that involves her licking peanut butter out of it will be an instant hit that will calm her down no matter the situation. However, I didn’t expect it to work so well as a dry kibble/treat dispensing puzzle toy too! I am really getting my mileage out of this toy with being able to easily fill it with dry treats multiple times a day and having my dog spend at least 20 minutes at a time rolling the ball around to shake them out. I’ve bought several puzzle toys over the years and they all had the issue of taking 5-15 minutes to set up only to have it seriously keep my dog busy the first few times I used it. After that, my dog mastered the puzzle and the time I spend setting it up ends up being way longer than the time she spends solving it. Not with this puzzle though—the fact that it *has* to be rolled around to shake out treats one at a time means she can’t really get faster at it AND it gives her a bit of physical exercise. I also love that I don’t have to do much work, I just have to fill it up.Tip for pet owners: your pup will spend more time solving the puzzle if you fill it with irregularly shaped treats. The small holes means you might have to cut up the treats to fit, but that can be a good thing since it will make the puzzle harder! To test how easily your treats fall through, pop a few in and roll it—the longer it takes to dislodge the better!

I would have rated it five stars, but the little cover thing that keeps things inside is very flimsy. All you have to do is press down on it or lick it hard enough, and then it won't end up inside of the little ball. I wish it had something a little bit more durable, like the outside. If you put something frozen in there and leave it open, then it's a beautiful little treat. However, the idea was to get this, so my dogs can't get in it so fast and lick everything that's inside. My two Shiba Inus are very smart in and very adept at getting into things. I still have yet to find a puzzle that they can't get into, or some bottle they can't break open. I was hoping that this would be a challenge for them, and it isn't. But it's still a very nice time saver for the 15 minutes.