Timed Puzzle Feeder For Dogs

Product Description

THE SELF-RELOADING PUZZLE FEEDER FOR YOUR DOGS Foobler is an automatic self-reloading puzzle feeder for dogs with 6 timer activated food pods. It's like having 6 puzzle toys in one that deliver a full day's worth of regular kibble or treats for them to enjoy. Fill Foobler with up to 2 cups of kibble or treats and set it to release at 15, 30 ,60 or 90 minute intervals for up to 9 hours a day. A real metal bell rigns when its time to feed. A dog's natural instinct is to hunt and forage for food. It keeps their brain and body active and engaged. Foobler reinforces this natural instinct for dogs to enjoy earning their meal. Sellers notes: We LOVE the Foobler. It is one of the best things since the Treat and Train. Please be aware that this item is not a chew toy. If your dog is quite a large and a strong chewer, he or she might be able to break the toy or get the top off. To help prevent this, teach your dog how to use the Foobler by putting it on the 15 minute setting and then picking it up after your dog gets the first bunch of treats out. Wait until the bell rings again to give the toy back. Repeat this a few times. This should help your dog understand that the food is only available after the bell rings. After this initial training, supervise your dog and interrupt if your dog starts to chew the Foobler. Also note that the ball is hard so it can be noisy when your dog is using it and if your dog flings things, you may want to keep them away from breakables.

Top Reviews

I like it but...
by Michael D (4 out of 5 stars)
November 21, 2015

You do need to spend some time training your dog to use it. Our two year old, food-anxiety dog, really needs something like this to slow down the rate which she inhales her food (formerly twice a day feedings). Plus to get her to the point which she can be free to roam the house during the day, outside her crate, a timed puzzle seems the perfect fit.

However, there are a couple things that worry me. We are now at the end of the first full week of training. Currently we are maintaining the two feeding time, morning and night, with the ball set to 15 minute intervals (6 chambers evenly spaced at 15 minutes apart). It takes her about a minute to get the kibble out of the ball for each chamber. So for the next 13 minutes, she has to be trained to wait for the next round. Unsupervised she will get more aggressive with the ball (potentially chew it up) or will constantly lick the ball.

During the 14 times we used this ball through the first full week, twice we waited for the next cycle (bell rings to indicate) and it never came. The on/off button flashes green while on and auto shuts off after last cycle or flashes red if it gets jammed. On these two occasions, the ball had turned off. Once after only two chambers, the other after four chambers. The power button is recessed about an inch into the base of the ball, but our suspicion is that our dog accidentally turns it off while licking, or the unit is malfunctioning. Currently, we are watching this carefully.

Note: once you have to turn it back on, you are kind of stuck with the dog. Since there is a bell that rings at each, the dog gets trained for that indicator. So bell rings, attack the ball. Each time you start it goes through all six cycles. So, if some remain empty because you restarted, you tease the dog when the bell rings and a chamber doesn't have food.

So, training continues to try to keep her from chewing or licking in between cycles. A trial of patience for the dog. Our goal is to expand the time to eventually have her entire food allotment (2 cups) dispensed every 60 or 90 minutes. Giving her challenges throughout the day.

To the best of everyone's guess, our dog is a 60 pound Australian shepherd mix.
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Great concept, but my dog outsmarted it quickly
by Shannon (3 out of 5 stars)
April 29, 2016

The design of the product was good and probably works for most dogs. However, my dog is super super food driven and also very clever. I had intended to use it while I was away at work/school during the day to prolong my dog's breakfast meal so she wouldn't be bored. My first time using it I used the shortest setting (15 minutes) while I was at home with her. She finished eating the first portion very quickly. I picked up the product as recommended intending to give it back in 15 minutes. My dog would not stop bothering me (she's very good at knowing when there's food left in a toy versus when she's finished all of it). I gave it back to her when it rang again. She quickly finished the portion once again and then found out how to open the lid. I'll probably give it to a friend or relative who has dogs that are less clever and food driven.

There's also now a lot of scratches all over it, so it's not the most durable. My dog also would knock over a lot of furniture while chasing the ball around.
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Overall Okay
by K (3 out of 5 stars)
March 3, 2019

We got two food-releasing toys for our german shorthaired pointer; the Foobler and the Bob-A-Lot. After trying both, we rarely use the Foobler anymore.

I didn't quite grasp how the Foobler works before purchasing it. When the timer releases one of the six pods, I had been thinking the entire compartment would be directly accessible to the dog. What it actually does is release the kibble in the pod into the rest of the ball, so that the dog has to roll the ball around to release the kibble through a small side hole. So, my plan to leave a small dog biscuit in each pod is impossible, since whatever is released needs to be able to fit out of the small side hole.

This toy moves around A LOT. The Bob-A-Lot is more weighted, but when our dog paws at the Foobler, it rockets across the floor, often smashing into the dishwasher or oven. I expect scratches/dents on the appliances or the ball eventually.

Whatever plastic this is made of attracts dog hair. I've never experienced this with any other feeder or dog toy, but after being rolled around on the kitchen floor, this thing is completely coated in dog hair. So, maybe a pro if you're looking for a combo automatic broom plus dog feeder, but I found it kind of gross.

The dog learned with the Bob-A-Lot that as long as he can hear kibble rattling around inside, he should keep knocking it around. This frustrates him when we shifted to try this feeder, because the remaining kibble still knocks around the ball, but is inaccessible to the dog until the next timer goes off. This is probably the main reason we are solely using the Bob-A-Lot instead of the Foobler.

The one time that the dog knocked this down a half-flight of carpeted stairs, the top popped open and all the food spilled out. It had definitely been fully screwed on. Nothing broke, which speaks to the products durability, but the lid's locking design must be sub-par for this to have happened.

Besides these gripes, it does work as described, and would probably be a better fit for a dog/owner looking to get different features from a self-feeder than what I was expecting.
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NEEDS WORK
by safariin (1 out of 5 stars)
January 10, 2018

Wanted to love this, ordered 1st one and it worked great but had a big crack in it, ordered next one, it sounded like the gear was grinding and did not work at all, ordered this one I am sending back and it rings once and flashes red, will not go off again, tried 3 sets of new batteries, even tried rechargeable. I love this item in concept, but it needs to be made better, when it says new and improved, I will be one of the first to repurchase.
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This is cool little toy for medium to small dogs
by Tommy (4 out of 5 stars)
March 25, 2016

This is cool little toy for medium to small dogs. Put some smal pieces of jerky in it and it will train your dog to roll it till some pieces of jerky fall out. It also has a timer in it for 15 min, 30min, 60 min and 90 min delays. When the motor turns and the bell dings, you're dog will get excited to use it for some treats. That's if you divided up the sections with treats before use. This has been a good toy for my dog.
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Great while it lasted ... One month
by Mali (3 out of 5 stars)
September 26, 2016

We have a 35 lb Belgian Malinois / chihuahua mix. He has heart worm so we have to keep his activity low. He's also very smart. Though it took using another food dispensing toy for him to figure this one out, once he did, he loved it. We could leave him alone for a few hours and keep him out of trouble. Or wear him out mentally by spreading out the time the food was dispensed.

However after a month of use he can now reliably open the lid by inserting top jaw in one hole and bottom in another and biting down to turn / loosen the lid. If only those finger indents weren't there, this would have lasted longer. Such a bummer as I see they are working on a Bluetooth version and I would have loved that!
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and my shiba inu really does love it. Unfortunately
by Katie P (3 out of 5 stars)
August 9, 2016

I was really excited about this, and my shiba inu really does love it. Unfortunately, for a fairly expensive toy and my strong chewer, I'm not sure it will be worth the investment for me in the long-run.
- Pre-use Setup (2/5): inserting the batteries was a bit of an ordeal. It wasn't clear which of 5 screws to undo, so I undid all of them before realizing I only needed to undo 1. And you have to pull pretty hard to expose the battery inserts, so I was afraid of breaking it.
- Set-up (4/5): Opening the food-load side and it's lock worked well. -1 star since sometimes our dog can get off the lid, and they could make the lock more dog-proof.
- Durability (2/5): I thought originally that this would be a 5/5, it's hefty with a good weight and a good size and I was hoping our shiba wouldn't be able to get his jaws around it. Unfortunately he figured out how to pick it up via one of the holes and has taken to chewing on that hole which will break the toy fairly soon since he's a strong chewer. I think different placement of the holes could help us avoid this problem. Because of this the foobler also demands constant supervision every time we give it to him.
- Functionality (5/5): Works as advertised, with a mechanical bell and we have had no issues with filling it, turning it on, or it depositing food at the specified interval. Note we've only had this a short while so I've only tested the 15 min interval.
- Noise (4/5): We have mostly carpets except for one area, and it's miserable when he pushes the toy onto our hardwood (this is not limited to the Foobler, but rather most plastic toys of this type). When used on carpet, it's what I would have expected. Suggest blocking off stairwells if possible, since our dog managed to push it down the stairs and have the lid pop off once the foobler hit the hardwood at the bottom. Mechanical bell is loud enough to hear, but not loud enough to disrupt watching TV or doing other things.

Overall: 3.5. I like the idea of this toy, and I wish our dog wouldn't chew it up, because I think it would have been a great way to lengthen his feeding time. It definitely keeps his interest. Will definitely use it until its demise, but not sure it will be worth another purchase.
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awesome! ... once the batteries are in
by Heather Booker (4 out of 5 stars)
September 29, 2015

holy moly I can't even begin to express how frustrated I was in my first week of owning this. I could not for the life of me figure out how to open it in order to insert the batteries. I'm still not convinced that it works normally, and I really would have appreciated extremely explicit instructions. the screws did not seem to work normally.

that said, once i managed to pry it open and stuff the batteries inside, it's a fantastic idea and otherwise well executed. my 12lb dog is able to play with it, though i did have to spend some time getting him used to the size and sounds. they should also make it very clear to teach the dog that the sound means food. it would be nice therefore to be able to make the sound on command a few times.

i spent $50 to buy this and have it shipped, and even with all my struggling, it is worth it!
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Great idea, but...
by Daniel Michalek (3 out of 5 stars)
January 24, 2015

I was excited to find something like this because my 3 month old Labrador pup is both food motivated and loves to find things. Sadly, I've had the toy for <30 minutes and she has managed to get all of the kibble out of it before the timers sounded. Yes, it's locked and yes, it clicked twice. Great idea, but not fantastic for the price.
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Poor instructions, impossible to open
by Margaret S. Johns (1 out of 5 stars)
April 27, 2017

A whole host of issues, but let me start with the set up 1) Instructions in Chinese, with a tiny bit of English 2)Almost impossible to open the ccompartments. I couldn't open the food compartment, and I am fairly strong. 2) screw to battery compartment is too thin. Had to use a eyeglass screwdriver to open I would like to test it on my pets, but if I can't open the food compartment to put in the treats, what"s the use??

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