I wrote last year about Lilly’s Tug-a-Jug. Here’s a companion video I shot last week.
This toy is quieter than the Buster Cube, which makes a ton of noise when in use on our tile floors. But, until your dog figures out the jug, I’d keep playtime outdoors and away from anything breakable. When Lilly was first figuring it out, she swung it around wildly by the rope, and that plastic jug is HARD.
At that pet expo a few weeks ago, I chatted with a behaviorist friend of a friend. I mentioned that it took Lilly about 2 hours to figure out how the toy worked, which I thought was a LONG time since she usually figures out new things fast. But, this behaviorist said, “You must have a smart dog.” Apparently, it takes some dogs 2 days or even 2 weeks to figure out how to get the food out.
Sorry that you have to tip your head a little to watch the video. Just in case it doesn’t embed, here’s a link.
Clever girl. That Lola. I’ve started putting bigger dog treats broken in half in side. They won’t come out, but they help block the hole so that it’s harder for the regular kibble to come out. A behaviorist I know said she’d heard of people using golf balls inside for the same reason, but I’m sure as heck NOT putting any more weight inside that heavy jar. :O)
I can see Strum enjoying just winging it around. That sounds like him! Silly!
Lola figured that thing out in about 15 minutes. By the second day she figured out how to prop it up against the wall between the wall and her bed so the treats would fall out in a stream and she could gobble them up without doing anything. As the jug emptied, she propped the jug higher on the wall until it was empty. Cody on the other hand gave up right away and decided it was a stupid waste of time/effort. Strummer of course had to swing it all over the place and send it flying for the pure love of seeing how much damage and mayhem he could cause.