Eldo suggested I share this. I don’t know what I would do without my kids.
About 4 to 5 months ago I got a cheap treat ball thinking it would interest Buster. It has to be rolled quite a bit as it only has one hole for the treats to drop out of. It has a tower in the center with a small hole that the treats come out of into the main part of the ball. That way it takes a lot of rolling in the right directions to get treats to fall completely out. I showed it to him. He thought the treats were great. I even took his paw and showed him he could roll it and get treats. Nothing! I would end up kicking it every now and then because it would be in the way and if treats fell out, he was happy. I could fill it and it would be weeks before it would need filling again. Well, I don’t know what happened, but the first of this week he figured out he could roll it by himself and treats would fall out. FINALLY!! He emptied it almost immediately!The first day, I filled it again. Put it on the floor and figured he would get to it later. He emptied it immediately. Now I only fill it once of a morning and when he empties it, it goes up on the counter waiting until the next morning. He ignores it once it stops making noise with treats inside anyway, so there is no point in it being on the floor to get stepped on.I had wondered why he couldn’t figure it out. He lost his left eye due to trauma, his left shoulder bothers him and I have wondered it he might have been hit or something and had some mild brain damage. Maybe he does, but HE CAN LEARN!!! YEA!I use cheap dry food instead of expensive treats, but he thinks they are special. It is funny to watch him roll and wallow it to death all in the space of about 5 minutes every morning. I was hoping he would get more exercise from it, but as it is there isn’t much floor space so he couldn’t do much anyway.At least, it is finally doing what I bought it for.
Eldo suggested I share this. I don’t know what I would do without my kids.
About 4 to 5 months ago I got a cheap treat ball thinking it would interest Buster. It has to be rolled quite a bit as it only has one hole for the treats to drop out of. It has a tower in the center with a small hole that the treats come out of into the main part of the ball. That way it takes a lot of rolling in the right directions to get treats to fall completely out. I showed it to him. He thought the treats were great. I even took his paw and showed him he could roll it and get treats. Nothing! I would end up kicking it every now and then because it would be in the way and if treats fell out, he was happy. I could fill it and it would be weeks before it would need filling again. Well, I don’t know what happened, but the first of this week he figured out he could roll it by himself and treats would fall out. FINALLY!! He emptied it almost immediately!The first day, I filled it again. Put it on the floor and figured he would get to it later. He emptied it immediately. Now I only fill it once of a morning and when he empties it, it goes up on the counter waiting until the next morning. He ignores it once it stops making noise with treats inside anyway, so there is no point in it being on the floor to get stepped on.I had wondered why he couldn’t figure it out. He lost his left eye due to trauma, his left shoulder bothers him and I have wondered it he might have been hit or something and had some mild brain damage. Maybe he does, but HE CAN LEARN!!! YEA!I use cheap dry food instead of expensive treats, but he thinks they are special. It is funny to watch him roll and wallow it to death all in the space of about 5 minutes every morning. I was hoping he would get more exercise from it, but as it is there isn’t much floor space so he couldn’t do much anyway.At least, it is finally doing what I bought it for.