PetSafe Dancing Dot Laser Cat Toy

My older kitty has always loved the red dot game, but I don't have the patience to play with him for very long with a regular laser pointer. I bought this so he could get his fix with little effort on my part. :-) Of my three kitties, two of them really enjoy it. My youngest is interested in watching them chase it, but not interested in chasing it himself. Still worth it. I did find that when I set it to turn on automatically every two hours, they got bored with it. So I just turn it on randomly now and then and they go bonkers. We love it!

Really wanted to like this cute toy. In theory, it should work. In practice the laser is just too quick for our 2 cats to see or track. The motor running the laser is loud enough for them to hear and they spend more time looking up at the toy rather than the red dot on the floor. I've tried hanging it from the door handle and placing it up on a countertop to distance them from the sound of the motor but they're only interested in staring at the toy itself or just sitting on the floor and watching the red dot. We bought this for a 4mth old kitten and a 3yr cat. Neither are interested in it or engage in play with it. They actually walk away before its 15 minute cycle ends. FYI, they both Really wanted to like this cute toy. In theory, it should work. In practice the laser is just too quick for our 2 cats to see or track. The motor running the laser is loud enough for them to hear and they spend more time looking up at the toy rather than the red dot on the floor. I've tried hanging it from the door handle and placing it up on a countertop to distance them from the sound of the motor but they're only interested in staring at the toy itself or just sitting on the floor and watching the red dot. We bought this for a 4mth old kitten and a 3yr cat. Neither are interested in it or engage in play with it. They actually walk away before its 15 minute cycle ends. FYI, they both obsessively love any laser pen so back to using those for us again. … more

I’m kind of torn. At first the laser did not jump around. It just sat there until I shook it a little bit. Not that it’s working, my cat is LOVING playing with it. Hopefully it’ll work for a while!

For the first few test runs the laser didn’t move at all. I thought it was defective until 24hrs later, the laser finally started to move, which then freaked my cats out, but they’ll recover. Overall I’m glad the laser finally started working… I have a sound sensitive kitty but he recovered and even started to play so I hope they keep choosing fun vs scary sound.

My Ava LOVES LOVES LOVES this toy!!! It’s up on their cat townhouse and goes crazy all around the living room floor! Ava turns into a little monster chasing, turning, running and pouncing on the red laser light! We wish we could charge it instead of using batteries because we go through so many. We also wish there were different speeds because Ava doesn’t have time to catch where all the laser lands if it’s far from her. Overall, it’s an excellent cat toy! I’m so happy because it’s about the only toy she’ll play with. Highly recommend.

I followed the instructions but the laser doesn’t move. It turns on and is just a still laser on the floor. Not sure how this can be called a “dancing dot”

Great toy for the cats to chase. Found it works great when hung from a hook on the top of the door frame. Needs a remote though, so we can just turn it on. It works great in our house as we just push the button and get out of the way as the cats will come running!

Bought this to replace a multi axis robot pointer. This unit has a very limited movement pattern. Cats have decided it’s easier to sit in the middle and let the pointer come to them.