Arf Pets Dog Treat Dispenser with Remote Button – Dog Memory Training Activity Toy – Treat While Train, Promotes Exercise by Rewards, Improves Memory & Positive Training for A Healthier & Happier Pet

Got it the end of January 2025 and as of April 7, 2025 doesn’t work anymore. Gears won’t turn. Really pricey for only 3 months of use.After I left this review the seller contacted me and sent me a new unit! I am changing this review because of their great customer service and support!!! Hard to find that these days!

Fun toy for dogs. It took very little training for my dog to learn how to make it work. Surprisingly, it's relative quiet. Light weight and durable. Make sure to turn the bell button off to maintain battery life, and recharge the batteries in the main unit. I use it to feed my dog breakfast kibbles every morning.

The media could not be loaded. Our Border-Aussie mix is very smart and needs lots of mental stimulation and exercise. He learned how to use this toy in about 5 minutes (start with the button right next to feeder; it helped that we had already trained him to put his paw on an indicated object/surface, though he ended up using his nose for the button after he learned how it worked). Now we put the button as far away as possible with the signal still reaching the feeder. Unfortunately, this is only about 40 feet away, just down the hall in another room. We wish the signal from the button was stronger (greater range) so that we could put the button farther away to give him more exercise for a longer period of time. The signal doesn't need a direct line of site, but walls and corners do interfere with it. I'd guess that it would reach about 50 feet with direct line of site, but the limit is shorter depending on how many walls/corners get in the way.I like the simple design of the sliding hatch to control the size of the reward. With the smallest opening that reliably puts out kibble without clogging (our kibble is triangular and about 0.9 cm across), and the button 40 ft away, a meal (1-1.25 cups of kibble) takes him about 15 minutes to get through. I'd guess that the maximum volume of the sphere is a bit less than 1.5 cups.Make sure to latch the sphere into place every time. Otherwise it will jam.The machine feels cheaply made, and I will update this review if it stops working. Hopefully the simplicity of its design will enable it to last a long time.Also, if you keep hiding the button in different places yet your dog somehow always goes straight to it, and you're wondering why, we figured out that our dog follows *our* scent trail to see where we've been to locate the feeder (largely by smelling where our feet hit the ground). You can throw them off by creating misleading scent trails, or by making them wait longer before going to find the button.

Don't waste your money, I received mine, plugged it in, it didn't work. The machine does not turn on what so ever. Made a return, and received a replacement, the replacement doesn't turn on. Love the idea of it, but don't bother with this particular brand/seller

This item was a huge hit with our Dalmatian puppy! I hoped it wouldn’t be a waste of money like some other gadgets, and it wasn’t! Whew! She uses it everyday! I do think it’s a bit overpriced, which is why I gave it 4/5 stars on “value for money”. It could come down to the $30-$40 range (we paid $50) and I’m sure still be quite profitable for them - possibly more so since more people could purchase it. As for the item itself... it’s easy to fill and refill, it is made entirely out of plastic, so I hope it doesn’t break on us, but we have had it for almost a year and so far so good. I love it because our pup gets some added exercise as she runs back and forth between the button and the dispenser. So it’s great to get some energy out on her own while we can tend to other things. She just knows it’s a good time and puts a little food in her tummy when she needs a snack. She will ask us to refill it when it’s empty by pressing the button. (She waits across the room, by the button, to listen for the food hitting the tray in the dispenser. If it doesn’t make the noise, she hits the button again and listens... Sometimes is does stick and she has to do this even when it has food in it, but if after a few times still nothing happens (no noise of food hitting the tray), she knows it’s empty and time to get someone to refill it for her! Lol) She is a very smart dog, so it was easy to teach her to use it. However, if you have a breed where intelligence isn’t their forte, I think they can still learn how to use it and enjoy it, as long as you have patience and stick with positive reinforcement training. Once they have it, they’re good to go. After almost a year of use, I can say I still highly recommend it and I would purchase again in a heartbeat. The only downside is when people ask me where I got it Bc they want one for their pets, I tell them and the next question is always, “how much was it?” and when I tell them, I lose them every time. They all say it’s too much and they can’t or wouldn’t spend that much for such an item. I get it. So that’s my only criticism. I hope the makers can take a look to see if they can make this all plastic toy more affordable.

So it works but not as great as I hope. This dog toy doesn’t dispense the treats as it should. My little guy has started to get very frustrated with it and me because he presses the buttons runs to it. And not comes out. He has even started pressing it multiple times in a row with the hope that something will release when he returns to the dispenser. Nope Nothing. I have increased the size of the dispenser but no change.