Nina Ottosson by Outward Hound Casino Puzzle Game Dog Toy

We’ve gotten other Ottosson puzzles and we’re pleased with the quality of the product and the value they gave to our dog. Bought this hoping for a bigger challenge but the material is too thin to withstand a frustrated pup and the scale of the whole puzzle is too small for a larger dog (even our ~60lb GSD mix). Overall, we’re pretty disappointed and wouldn’t recommend this to others with larger dogs.

Our mini dachshund loves food puzzles & we do all his dinners in them to slow feed.. but this one never quite worked as intended! The drawers are too low to be able to pull with teeth or paws? The bones on top that unlock don’t even make a noise or pop up drawers to help associate that with getting the food? We tied little strings to the drawers so he could pull, sprinkled some food on top to kind of get him to turn the bones.. but it’s not as fun or smart as the other two we did.

I feel like the level 3 puzzles I have purchased are not made very well. This one is way better than the Twister one, but the drawers come/fall out very easily. This one is definitely challenging for my mini aussie and I'm gradually teaching her how to turn the bones before she can pull open the drawers.

Finally I found another toy that’s difficult enough for my 3-year old golden retriever to play with. Although the bone is difficult to rotate by humane hands, my Golden has no problem to rotate it using his paw. There are many toys from this brand are way too easy for him to solve (<3 minutes) and this one takes him at least 15 minutes. Love it! Hopefully more of this type of toys are in market.

this is not a toy for a small dog. The little drawers pull out ok, but it's nearly impossible for a dog to turn the little bones on top because they set down in liittle grooves. I knew I'd send it back when I couldn't even turn the bones.

This puzzle keeps our Aussie entertained - it's a 2 step process to get the treat so he really has to work at it. As a bonus, the kids stay entertained as they cheer on the dog!

My 6 month old border collie we got her this puzzle when she was a little younger just to start stimulating her mind with new fun things to do. She is still trying to figure out the bone piece of it. She knows that the treats are in the drawers so she will pull on the drawers non stop and accidentally slip her paw on the bones without realizing it. Fun toy though.

We have 2 other Outward Hound puzzles (Hound Smart and Hound Tornado) that we like and our puppy has no problem solving them. He enjoys having his lunch playing with his puzzles. We thought he was ready for a level 3 challenge and got this Casino version - but it’s flawed. Cannot recommend this one. First the bones on top are tiny and too hard to turn even for a human with thumbs. Next the drawers are not spring loaded so the pup gets no connection between turning a bone and it opening a drawer. We ended up not locking the bones and added rope handles to each drawer to give our pup some stimulus and assistance to open a drawer. Eventually he just flipped the entire thing over so the food fell We have 2 other Outward Hound puzzles (Hound Smart and Hound Tornado) that we like and our puppy has no problem solving them. He enjoys having his lunch playing with his puzzles. We thought he was ready for a level 3 challenge and got this Casino version - but it’s flawed. Cannot recommend this one. First the bones on top are tiny and too hard to turn even for a human with thumbs. Next the drawers are not spring loaded so the pup gets no connection between turning a bone and it opening a drawer. We ended up not locking the bones and added rope handles to each drawer to give our pup some stimulus and assistance to open a drawer. Eventually he just flipped the entire thing over so the food fell out and he ate it off the ground. Skip buying this one - save your money. … more

Albert pawed at this and chewed and never figured it out -- a waste of money. He is a large black lab who is 4 years old. It just doesn't resonate for him and he will play for hours with GONG toys that one can stuff food into. How do I get my money back?

This was the second puzzle we bought for our pup from the Nina Ottoson by Outward Hound line. Deke is almost 6 months old and simply loves the first puzzle we got him from this collection (I believe it’s called Worker Dog), solves it quicker each time and gets excited every time we present it to him. This one was a miss. He will try to solve it, but it seems when he makes the connection between the locks on the top and the drawers on the bottom, it doesn’t sink in, as he doesn’t repeat the behavior from one session to the next. It just doesn’t hold his interest, and so he gets frustrated and just barks at the toy, or scratches at it furiously. We have set it up without locking most of the drawers This was the second puzzle we bought for our pup from the Nina Ottoson by Outward Hound line. Deke is almost 6 months old and simply loves the first puzzle we got him from this collection (I believe it’s called Worker Dog), solves it quicker each time and gets excited every time we present it to him. This one was a miss. He will try to solve it, but it seems when he makes the connection between the locks on the top and the drawers on the bottom, it doesn’t sink in, as he doesn’t repeat the behavior from one session to the next. It just doesn’t hold his interest, and so he gets frustrated and just barks at the toy, or scratches at it furiously. We have set it up without locking most of the drawers, but it’s not the joyful playing sessions he enjoys with his other puzzle from this series. It is well built, and I’d give it a very good review for the product itself, it’s just not a puzzle my dog particularly enjoys. … more