Nina Ottosson by Outward Hound Twister Puzzle Game Dog Toy

I love this puzzle. We started with the easy brick puzzle and then progressed to this. I have a lab that just turned one. The first time I gave it to him I did not lock the handles in, that way he could get an idea of the puzzle without becoming frustrated. He LOVES this puzzle and gets intense working the pieces around to find the treats. I always supervise when I give him the puzzle, because once the treats are gone, or if he gets one of the handles out, he will try to chew them. But once he’s done with the puzzle I pick it right up to wash it. It’s great mental stimulation for a rainy day or just a day when my boy seems to be a little more antsy than usual.

Unlike other Ottosson dog puzzles that are so successful, this one is not good for the Malinois chewing drives. We have a gentle Malinois, yet it took her less than 10 minutes to completely destroy this toy - cracks, chew marks, broken handles - as we tried to teach her how to use it in an interactive manner. This did not happen with all other Ottosson toys. When we sent the Ottosson manufacturer the photos they blamed us, rather than blaming the inexpensive plastic used for this toy.

My dog has a lot of puzzle toys, including this one. In the original version, there were bones on the top to pull out. He loves that version and does it well. This version the dog has to be able to get their mouth or paw in the opening of the side white pieces to pull them out and even my small dog finds it almost impossible to do.

My lab cross literally pulled out and ate a handle, he was destroying this puzzler after finding the treats. There are a couple of other of these treat puzzle toys that seem to be sturdier at level 2 so will be using those while looking for better built level 3 puzzle toys. He's nose active and pretty smart but this was a bit of a scare to see him destroy and then eat this particular puzzle item (which he has not done with the others we have). It seems to be a good nose treat puzzle but for big dogs or hard chewers, might want to consider other options.

This is Lola’s first level 3 game. Lola is a 5 mo old Yorkie. She is still working on coordinating the steps to get the treats out. I’ve tied ribbons on the pull out handles, as suggested, to make it easier. She can slide the wedges around & now knows how to pull the handles out, but, hasn’t quite mastered the order. It keeps her busy & out of trouble. She has had good success with the level 2 toys so she’s determined ti stick with it.

My pup has mastered all the other puzzles so I got this one, thinking it would be really challenging. It is challenging-- but the knobs aren't easy to pull out and the blue tiles pop out easily. The knobs are so difficult for my dog to pull out that she manages to pop out the tiles instead. My pup has popped out five out eight tiles already.

This puzzle is great. It is definitely more difficult than the other 3 puzzles I have from this brand. Only one of my dogs can solve it and it keeps him busy for 15 minutes or so. At first he tried chewing it but now he is getting quite clever about getting those turquoise pieces off.

honestly, it’s a dumb puzzle, it took me a minute to figure it out. lol. my dog just realized if he flips it upside down and bangs on it once or twice alll the treats come out. totally pointless for us, waste of money. I’d return it but he chewed off the green triangle lid to one of the treat holders so i probably can’t return it now. bummer bc he needs puzzles i was hoping this would work.

I bought two of these for my two German shepherds, they love sniffing for the treats. I personally don’t like them only because the white pieces seem to close on their own or very easily as the dogs move the puzzle pieces and that prevents the green blocks from being able to slide around preventing the dog from being able to get any treats. I don’t know if the dogs are supposed to figure out how to pull the white pieces back, surely not, but they end up giving up because they can’t move the pieces after the white part locks them into place so o have to stick my hands in the way to pull them back out so they can move the pieces because like I said the white pull parts prevent the blocks from sliding I bought two of these for my two German shepherds, they love sniffing for the treats. I personally don’t like them only because the white pieces seem to close on their own or very easily as the dogs move the puzzle pieces and that prevents the green blocks from being able to slide around preventing the dog from being able to get any treats. I don’t know if the dogs are supposed to figure out how to pull the white pieces back, surely not, but they end up giving up because they can’t move the pieces after the white part locks them into place so o have to stick my hands in the way to pull them back out so they can move the pieces because like I said the white pull parts prevent the blocks from sliding once they are closed. … more

Our dog managed to (after much effort) move the sliding blue parts around without pulling out the white locking mechanism parts. At least it took longer than other puzzles for him to totally empty it, but definitely didn't work as advertised.