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Cocker Specific Discussion => Puppies => Topic started by: coralee on March 29, 2010, 08:14:58 PM
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I tried the kong thing - which was good...to a point, but they have to be put aside until the thawing process sets in - and Harvey'll still have them...
...but The Mighty Treat Ball! Well, what a FABULOUS invention! and sooooo simple!
It has kept Harvey busy for eons! I love it - it's like a puppy nanny! I got to work, have dinner AND go to the loo all without being jumped on!
Definately recommend for puppies who love their food!
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hi
Sounds fab!! Where do you get them from please??
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Ooooooh tempting! Where is it from? xxxxx
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I got Harvey's from Pets at Home - but there's lots of places in the internet that sell them:
http://www.petsathome.com/shop/training-treat-ball-for-dogs-by-wlpet-13549
:D
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Great advise for my puppy too! Thanks coralee!
I also have it! Mine is made out of hard plastic... Is yours hard or soft?
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It's hard red plastic - Harvey adores it!! As soon as I put it down, he was off! Fab little invention, worth its weight in gold methinks!! :D
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It's hard red plastic - Harvey adores it!! As soon as I put it down, he was off! Fab little invention, worth its weight in gold methinks!! :D
do you put many treats in it? What size ? Do you open the small hole?
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I put his dinner in to it tonight (2 hands of puppy kibble) and he just loved it! I think I'll feed all his meals in it from now on - had it on the small hole :D
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had it on the small hole :D
It's funnier when you put it on no hole. ph34r :lol2:
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:rofl1:
oooh soooo meeeean!! :005:
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had it on the small hole :D
It's funnier when you put it on no hole. ph34r :lol2:
:o :o :005:
Billy used to have the exact same one, until one day he'd managed to try and pick it up and had got it completely jammed in his mouth :o His teeth were hooked in one of the little dips in the circles. It was lucky I was at home, I'd heard him crying in the other room and managed to get it out of his mouth. It got binned after that.
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oh gawd! :o
Now I've got a conundrum...
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oh gawd! :o
Now I've got a conundrum...
I just wouldn't leave him alone with it, make sure you are in the house when he's using it. Or maybe my cocker just has a big mouth :005:
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You need to keep an eye on them - but they are great. Maggie tends to pick hers up a lot and try to eat her way through to the food rather than push it round so I have to watch her a lot with it :)
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I was hoping it was going to be a lovely thing for him for when I left him on his own - but closer inspection tells me differently!! Back to the frozen kongs then!
I'll still feed his food in them though whilst I'm with him. :D
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Billy has this one now
http://www.companyofanimals.co.uk/products/fun-and-games/feed-and-occupy/nina-ottosson-games/dog-pyramid
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Belle has one very similar to the pyramid one, its a triangle shape but made up of 3 'ball' shapes with a hole in the top, she pushes it along and as it falls over it releases the kibble, she could never get it caught in her mouth as its too big :005: I bought it from Wilkinsons, I can't remember the make of it now though, Its out in the Garden at the Moment so I can't check it but will tommorow, think its something like 'for Pets'???????
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Jan - would the pyramid one be safe to leave him with whilst I'm out?? I'm trying to look for an alternative to the kong. Is the pyramid one made of rubber or plastic? Ooh all these questions!! :D
I'm still hailing the treat ball though!! :blink:
bajoleth - we don't have a Wilkinsons here on the Island - wonder if they're sold on tinternets?
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had it on the small hole :D
It's funnier when you put it on no hole. ph34r :lol2:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :rofl1: :rofl1:
Poor dog!! :lol:
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I put his dinner in to it tonight (2 hands of puppy kibble) and he just loved it! I think I'll feed all his meals in it from now on - had it on the small hole :D
So now Harvey under your observation as I understand, will have to "work" hard for every meal :lol:
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Jan - would the pyramid one be safe to leave him with whilst I'm out?? I'm trying to look for an alternative to the kong. Is the pyramid one made of rubber or plastic? Ooh all these questions!! :D
I'm still hailing the treat ball though!! :blink:
bajoleth - we don't have a Wilkinsons here on the Island - wonder if they're sold on tinternets?
Its this one
http://www.amazon.com/Our-Pets-Atomic-Treat-Ball/dp/B001B0TYDW
But it isn't on the Wilkos website and I can't find any uk suppliers for it-very strange cos its the same make etc and I def bought it in Wilkinsons about a year ago?
The pyramid one will work in the same way and as long as its large enough not to get stuck in his mouth I am sure it will be fine to leave him with it ;)
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I like (well Max does :005:) the busy buddy products. He has the waggle which he throws around or just sucks the treats out the end :005: and the twist n treat - although I found I couldn't fit bigger treats in here
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Thanks for the link bajoleth *adds to list* :D
Do kong do a ball treat dispenser? I'm happy leaving Harvey with the thick rubber of the kong as I know he can't get through it. Have had a search online, but can't find one. That thick rubber makes all the difference doesn't it (for non aggressive chewers). The only prob I have with the frozen kong is that harvey can have a little nibble, but then it has to be left until it's thawed! Not freezing means the treats/kibble come out too quickly, so it's not keeping him entirely busy (or for very long) as I leave the house.
Maybe I should get an inventors head on!
Max x 2: I got one of those, but I think the smell of the rubber puts Harvey off - he just spits it out!! It's the same with the rubber on one of his tug toys - you can see him actually turn his nose up when you give it to him, and he properly spits it out!! Some of the rubber on dogs toys really has a strong odour (has anyone noticed that? Or am I just being weird...again :005: )
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Jan - would the pyramid one be safe to leave him with whilst I'm out?? I'm trying to look for an alternative to the kong. Is the pyramid one made of rubber or plastic? Ooh all these questions!! :D
It's plastic :blink:
I think it's safer than the treat ball but more difficult , especially when there are less and less treats inside it.
I don't leave Billy alone with it but only because he pushes it behind the tv etc ::)
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The only prob I have with the frozen kong is that harvey can have a little nibble, but then it has to be left until it's thawed! Not freezing means the treats/kibble come out too quickly, so it's not keeping him entirely busy (or for very long) as I leave the house.
You could half fill it, freeze it, then top it up with non frozen stuff, then by the time he gets to the frozen bit it should have defrosted a little.
Or how about Freeze it but let it defrost for half an hour before you give it to him?
Although at least if it's frozen he'll keep going back to it so it will keep him occupied for longer IYSWIM.
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Thank you guys!! Jan I'm sitting here thinking "why on earth did I not think of that!" - hehe - I am not really a dunce...honest! :005:
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Can somebody explain to the silly Greek (this is me :shades: :lol:) which toys do you freeze (you mean deep freeze correct?) & with what do you fill them with?
What about carrots? You also use them often I see...do you also put them into the deep freeze?
thanks!
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Here you go: http://www.kongcompany.com/worlds_best.html <link to Kong website
I have 4!! 2 small ones and 2 large ones (I know that Kong do a 'puppy kong' which is blue coloured - but I've read that there have been problems with these as the rubber isn't as strong as the normal "red" kong, and puppies have been known to chew through them. I've found that the red kongs are a lot tougher)
Anyway...I take the large kong, plug the little hole at one end with peanut butter - place the kong in a mug (small hole down) and fill it with chopped carrots and hotdogs, or anything else that pup loves. Then I fill up with chicked bouilion and pop it in the freezer. Then, we I leave the house, I can give one to Harvey to keep him busy. (althought now I'll, as Jan advised, take it out the freezer (deep freeze) a bit earlier so it's not so frozen!)
With the small Kong, I fill with his kibble, smear a little peanut butter - then he's got something to play with whilst the frozen kong defrosts a bit.
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LOL! Bracken loved the treat ball better than the Kong because he could never get to grips with the idea of holding it with his paws. Whereas the treat ball rolled and gave out food. However, his mouth is now big enough to have chewed the opening so the little twisty thing won't open any more! Shall have to get the next size up!
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p.s. Have found on the Kong website that they do indeed do a treat dispenser like Jan's Billy's one, and
it's all rubber <<<got to double check that) called the "Kong Wobbler"
*another one to add to the list!!* :D
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Thanks for the detailed instructions coralee...Trixie is very famous in Greece & I bought this "Rugby snackball natural rubber" for Scarlett with many other toys yesterday... I will also buy her a large & a puppy kong & use it like you do...of course I will also check Scarlett's preferances! ;)
(http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt248/Ju8/Scarlett%201%20proika/I_3323_g1.jpg)
http://www.trixie.de/trE/thtml/index.html
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Dylan's got a blue rubber treat ball. Its very simple, and pretty certain it was from Petsathome too. He does love it and goes mad pushing it all around the room, sometimes even not noticing a treat has fallen out ..but annoyingly i'm allergic to rubber, so it only gets filled up when my OH is home to do it..
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Doe's anyone know where to get the kong wobbler from? I have searched internet but can't find it in uk?
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Haven't read through all the replies but wanted to add that you can get larger treat balls than the original one coralee posted about. I have a much larger one that I bought at a tack shop many years ago, there is no way Millie would be able to pick it up and get it stuck in her gob ;). We also have a tug a jug that keeps her busy much longer, but I think less determined dogs would give up with it. And peanut butter is great in a kong as they take ages to lick it all out and can't rush too much as it's so sticky ;).
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Haven't read through all the replies but wanted to add that you can get larger treat balls than the original one coralee posted about. I have a much larger one that I bought at a tack shop many years ago, there is no way Millie would be able to pick it up and get it stuck in her gob ;). We also have a tug a jug that keeps her busy much longer, but I think less determined dogs would give up with it. And peanut butter is great in a kong as they take ages to lick it all out and can't rush too much as it's so sticky ;).
I bought a tug a jug but it's lurking at the bottom of the toy box now. William wouldn't even try to get treats out of it and Louis, who is a very determined boy usually, gave up after a couple of minutes. I stick to frozen Kongs now, usually kibble in the bottom topped up with pieces of banana and some peanut butter.
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Haven't read through all the replies but wanted to add that you can get larger treat balls than the original one coralee posted about. I have a much larger one that I bought at a tack shop many years ago, there is no way Millie would be able to pick it up and get it stuck in her gob ;). We also have a tug a jug that keeps her busy much longer, but I think less determined dogs would give up with it. And peanut butter is great in a kong as they take ages to lick it all out and can't rush too much as it's so sticky ;).
I bought a tug a jug but it's lurking at the bottom of the toy box now. William wouldn't even try to get treats out of it and Louis, who is a very determined boy usually, gave up after a couple of minutes. I stick to frozen Kongs now, usually kibble in the bottom topped up with pieces of banana and some peanut butter.
Mum got one for Charlie and he only plays with occasionally, I think Millie likes it as she loves to use her paws and that seems more effective to get the treats out.