Busy Buddy Squirrel Dude Treat Dispenser Tough Dog Chew Toy

If I could give this 10 stars, I would. Best money I have spent as a dog mom. We've had ours for 2 years and Rocky (3yo, 80lb hound mix) still plays with it every day. Hours and hours and hours of fun, indestructible entertainment. We trimmed out the spill guards to make it a little easier to access, and we always freeze the snacks inside it - bits of pizza crust, sandwich crusts, little bits of leftover meat, peanut butter, whatever we have on hand. It bounces beautifully and provides a real challenge, but not an insurmountable one. Highly recommend for any energetic, food-motivated pup. (Also love the fact that its official name is "Squirrel Dude." Just another reason to love it:)

This is a replacement for the original Busy Buddy I bought. This 1st one came & I immediately smelled a heavy chemical odor coming from the Busy Buddy. I washed it with Dawn dishsoap & there was no change in the smell. Took it out to the garage & left it for 2 days & the whole garage smelled. Called Chewy & they replaced it with another one. It has the same chemical smell as the first one. I didn't even bother to wash the second one. They are both in a box in the garage & smell awful. I will not give this toy to my dogs or any other animal. ZERO stars & I do NOT recommend this toy.

This toy has a very strong chemical smell. I tried running it through the dishwasher and the smell did not come out of the toy but my dishwasher still has the lingering odor. I also tried dumping baking soda in it and that did not work. I do not recommend this toy.

This toy is tough - and holds a lot of treats, but .. the treats are super hard (near impossible) to get out AND this toy smells like plastic. I can always tell when it is around, because I can smell it. From across the room.

our dog loves this toy. we don't use it as a treat dispenser it's more of a throw it and chase it toy. It gives a nice bounce it is hard enough that it doesn't chew up easy but still soft enough. We have had a "red man" as we call it she has chewed up 4 of those and I didn't like the fact that when she chews a head off you don't want her swallowing it this doesn't have anything that she can chew off. She spends about a hour every night just chewing. Even at 5 years she still likes to chew on toys I guess German Shepards need a job and hers at night has been destroying red man so now she happily is working on Squirrel man.

I bought this squirrel to do some crate training and food stuffing, and the quality of the rubber and the form is good. It has teeth at the opening which makes it difficult to stuff and get the food out, so I had to cut them to make it easier. Even after that its still pretty hard for my dog to get at it. The opening on the smaller side, but what makes it very difficult is the thickness of the rubber, where it makes it difficult to squeeze and make sure that everything gets out of there, let alone chew. My dog gets pretty frustrated with this one and so do I.

I bought this for my puppy. When it arrived it smelled so strongly of a weird chemical rubber that my entire entry wreaked of this nauseating odor. I have scrubbed it with Dawn, soaked it for days on end in vinegar and baking soda, rinsed it with hot water and soap again and again. After over a week, the smell is still just as strong. There is no way I would ever let my puppy chew on this thing. I would love to return it but I already tossed all the wrapping materials. Very disappointed and skeptical of future purchases!

My dog (40lb lab mix) destroys all his toys within a few minutes to a few hours. This one has been going strong for a week now and no parts are breaking off or breaking down, which is pretty impressive! We stuff it with his kibble and he'll chew it and knock it around the house for hours. He really loves stuffed Kongs but this toy gives them some competition!

I've been using kongs quite a lot, and my pup likes them, but they're no good for dry kibble--it just spills right out. This little guy can hold a meal's worth of her kibble. She's eating a pretty small size kibble (Nutro large breed puppy), so I did not need to trim the prongs at all. She adores it, and already knows what "squirrel dude" means. Good way to slow down her mealtime and keep her busy for a few minutes!

These are far superior to Kongs and great for slow feeding kibble. My dogs stay busy for hours. Can use with pnut butter or soft treats but much harder to get inside clean if you do that. Very tough rubber. My dogs love them.