Outward Hound by Nina Ottosson Multipuzzle Level 4 Expert Dog Treat Puzzle for Enrichment, Blue

I was sad to discover my dog is a Level 0 (my term for lick mats) to a Level 1. No more. Poor baby walks away from Levels 2+ even with bacon inside. So this Level 1 toy is perfect. I freeze all kinds of things inside so it takes her longer to lick clean. Though she has totally aced how to lift the pieces, it keeps her well occupied. For a very well-behaved senior dog, she is ok with multiple short-duration puzzles.

I've bought SO many puzzles from SO many brands and Outward Hound by Nina Ottosson cannot be beat when it comes to quality, imaginativeness, and fun and challenges for my dog. If you're on the fence about a treat puzzle, anything from this brand is going to be a winner. I promise.

The media could not be loaded. My lab got so mad with this thing! I now have 3 puzzle toys for my dogs so they each can be working on one at the same time. They're pretty smart, and figured out the first two rather quickly. So I bought this one to give them more of a challenge. My younger dog was at it for awhile and didn't end up figuring the center part or the slides out. My lab just got frustrated and lost interest. She went for the younger dogs puzzle and I had to keep returning her attention to her board. She ended up pawing at the outer pieces and knocked one off. NP. I was able to pop it back into place. When she was done, she still had treats hidden inside. NBD. We'll work on it. At least it served it's purpose and got her engaged. It also kept me entertained! Definitely work up into making it more challenging for your pup. Even if they advance through lower level puzzles pretty quickly like mine do.One thing I will say about this one: I do wish that the boarder compartments were different. Some of them move across multiple squares. As the dogs are moving things around, the treats tend to get stuck in spots on the board where they can’t be fished back out. When I went to set up the board for my lab, I realized there were some cranberries that had gotten stuck in one spot that made them difficult to remove. Tilting didn't work and I couldn't grab them with my fingers, either. Ended up grabbing them out with a pair of kitchen shears lol.

The media could not be loaded. So many are complaining that the bones got chewed up. That's because the dog has to be taught that the bone isn't the prize, the item held within is. They don't reason like we do and anything to a dog is a chewable item. I made the same mistake with my 8-yr old hyper-but-uber-smart Spitz / Husky mix. When he was a puppy I didn't know even a portion of what I do now and he tore up a great number of toys as a result.I'm starting fresh with a new pound puppy. My 10-month old took off with the bones initially and tried to chew them. I removed them from her and redirected her to the real treasure. After the 2nd round of training she started ignoring the bones and going for the real treat. She now takes her meals in this or her Kong Wobbler. I still have to watch because as I was typing this she finished the game and got bored waiting for me so proceeded to chew up one of the bones.The 8-yr old owned this in no time. His first time with it he put his paw on the center to hold it in place, then picked up the bones, tossed them to the side and reaped his rewards. He was considerably more slobbery than the girl, so do be aware that these things can get slimed. I'm using other toys with him due to the goo factor, and to offer him more of a challenge since this was far too easy for him.This has been a great relief for boredom for the 10-month old. She cracked her foot on our patio when the two dogs were running full speed ahead in the yard, resulting in a toe fracture. I am to keep this puppy on limited activity for 4 - 6 weeks so I'm learning all sorts of new tricks to keep her mind active to make up for the lack of physical exertion. Now that she's able to put weight on the foot this toy, the Kong Wobbler, and a plush toy with holes to pull smaller plushes from are helping me do just that.Pros:Good introduction to puzzle toysDurable But requires training to prevent dogs from chewing the pieces upLightweightEasy to set upCons:Noisy if your dog manhandles itMoves all over the floorSlobber can make the pieces difficult to handle (or just gross)Takes a little time to set upSupervision neededVideo is the boy on his 3rd attempt. He has a listening problem - he can't hear "sit" when he doesn't want to. :D I have to send him to the crate because he has resource guarding issues I've never been successful at training out of him so to keep things civil I send him away from the game before I refill. If that one piece hadn't escaped, breaking his concentration, he would have finished up pretty darn quick. The girl is less elegant in her execution.

The feeder itself has great stability and performance. I have a 13 lb dog full grown chihuahua terrier mix and he love it when I pull this feeder out. I have couple other feeder and he been able to figure it out pretty quick. This feeder is light weight, quiet , and gave my dog the challenge he was looking for and he can keep at it for hours. Few things I wish it was different is if the square pieces can be taken apart for cleaning, it would make it easier to clean the holes, It's definitely something that need to be clean asap after use or else it can be tedious work when all the bits get dry and stuck in there. Also the material is "soft" if your dog Is a aggressive chewers I would not recommend this feeder. My dog chew the side of it and it made the side a bit uneven and the green slider will get caught and become stuck. But overall is a great design for all size of dogs.

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Chegou no tempo previsto, bem embalado. O produto é de qualidade fenomenal, mas não deixo à disposição do meu cachorro para que não coma as peças, dou somente com supervisão. Na primeira vez, ele demorou uns minutos, mas agora já tira a ração bem rápido. Pretendo comprar outros com mais dificuldade, mas para um cão iniciante, esse é o ideal.P.S.: Ele já mordeu bastante algumas peças e não fez estrago nenhum, mas é um cão de 5,8 kg, se o seu for maior e goste de roer, o ideal é que supervisiona bem ou ofereça um mais resistente e adequado para o porte.

The media could not be loaded. Ótimo entretenimento!

Resistente, muy bonito y de buen tamaño, mi perra se entretiene mucho buscando la menta de sacar las croquetas

Our dogs love this. Fun to watch them figure it out and great entertainment for them. It's well made and easy to clean.