Wickedbone Smart Bone, Automatic & Interactive Toy for Dog, Puppy and Cat, App Control, Safe & Durable, Keep Your Pets Entertained All Day

After reading reviews and seeing some of them really chewed up I was concerned based on the price. HOWEVER, this is basically a remote control dog bone. It’s not meant to be a chew toy in the slightest. I do LOVE it regardless. It is awesome for my super smart, puzzle beating, needs a challenge dog. For a solid 40 minutes she was engaged by it! I drove it around my house using the app and she followed close behind it. Any time she picked it up and brought it to her bed I would hit the jump or spin mode to free myself and I was off again driving it into another room with her hot on my tail! It banged against walls, under tables, and across lighter runner carpets with ease. The interactive mode responded to her pawing at it and was fun to watch, but again it’s a remote controlled toy. No different if you were driving an actual RC Car around your pets. It’s not designed to be pinned between paws and chewed or left unsupervised. It’s meant to offer stimulation and something different other than fetch. We bought the battery operated ball with a weasel on it and although that is also a big hit, she catches it and within 10 minutes before accepting that it just rolls around. This WickedBone allows us to chase her, be hunted by her, and move in unpredictable ways. Highly recommend, but definitely not a toy you just leave out when you’re not in the room.

My dog loved the toy however, the cover for the micro usb is extremely small and somehow was misplaced/fell out. I contacted the manufacturer asking to purchase a replacement cover….they responded (very quickly) saying THEY DO NOT SELL REPLACEMENTS PARTS FOR IT. So now it will be a very expensive 5 star wicked paperweight. Redesign needed, include an extra cover, or selling the replacement part would make it worth the price, until then, not recommended.

My dog loves this toy. I got this one and the ball from the same company for Christmas, and he picks this one over the ball every time! I charged it and pulled it off the charger/put it back four times when I got it as the instructions said to activate it, and it has worked perfectly! The app only seems to work when you are close which is the only negative I see since I can’t leave it for them to play when I’m gone like I can with the ball. Super fun though since I can control the bone movements! I would have given 5 stars but the product had a couple bite marks on it when I got it and was used. My dog absolutely goes crazy for this toy when it turns on though so I HAD to keep it!! :)

This is a great gift for a tech-friendly person. Father’s Day, I’m looking at you. Or you can splurge for yourself.I’ve had it for a couple days and it’s fun! It will be the type of toy that I show off to my friends.I rated it 5 stars because it’s technologically advanced and good enough to be good. But it reminds me of first generation robot vacuums - works as advertised but still needs work.1. The ball is attractively designed and my puppy hasn’t destroyed it (yet). But I shudder every time he sinks his teeth into it. It’s expensive enough that I will be annoyed if it doesn’t last. Time will tell. It needs to have a replaceable exterior.2. The auto-play function is cleverly designed. The bone taunts mercilessly and hilariously. But there are 10-15 second gaps in between movements which caused my border collie to lose interest. It needs multiple auto-play scenarios, like workout machines, so that you can play the one that your dog likes. You can adjust the activity-level settings, but that doesn’t do enough.3. It’s best in manual play, what a blast! The preset command buttons, such as spin, are easy to use and effective. But the joystick was unintuitive and a bit frustrating to me - perhaps a joystick gamer would be better at it. And how the heck am I supposed to know which way the bone considers “forward” vs “backward”?!?4. It’s much better on hard surfaces. It kinda works on my low-pile rugs, but not as well and struggles to transition between surface types.5. The battery isn’t very good. You need to recharge it after every play session. Yes, you will forget and it will be dead when you want to use it. Of course, battery life is a problem for everything with batteries, so welcome to the club, wickedbone.

I really love this thing, and I REALLY wanted it to work for us. We bought it for our 50lb lab mix for his adoption anniversary. He “plays with” (barks at and tries to chomp, playfully) the Roomba vacuum, and loved chasing around a little RC car that my brother got for Christmas. So I KNEW he’d love this toy. And he did!But, it’s too small for our medium dog, and definitely not durable for a heavy chewer like him. I love the idea that the toy can “run away” from him. But, it moves pretty slow and our dog can take one step and pick it up. I thought it would be okay if he does pick it up, because then it would spin and fall out of his mouth, and the game continues. No. If he has one half in his mouth, it stops spinning, and the other half continues. It’s definitely not a toy for dogs that are bigger than 25 pounds.If your dog likes to chase things and not grab them with his mouth, then this toy might be good for you. For us, it was a really awesome concept that, unfortunately, failed in execution. So we did return the toy. If it were bigger - like, big enough that the dog couldn’t pick it up (or at least not easily) - or much faster and stronger, where it would still spin in his mouth so he would spit it out, and he’d actually find challenge in chasing it, I would definitely try this product again.I would be really excited if the company read this review and started working on a larger size / a version more equipped for big dogs & heavy chewers!!!!

I am very glad I got this item on sale for $59. Do not pay full price. It doesn't stay charged, you have to connect your phone to it every single time you use it. There is no on/off button so you literally have to plug the bone in to "charge" so you can reconnect your phone to it and that requires bluetooth AND your GPS. Interactive mode doesn't appear to do much of anything... my dog was chasing it around and barking at it and it just sat there. If you close the app while you dog is playing with it, you'll have to reconnect YET AGAIN. The silicon bone that protects the USB portion fell out while it was moving... It's cute and keeps her attention if I am actively moving it, other than that, it's just an expensive chew toy.

My dog has been really down since the loss of a buddy. Timing does not allow for us to adopt a new buddy for a few months. By the second day this had him up barking playing and having the best time. It takes a beating I could see where it might scare a few pets but I went real easy with it the first day and ramped it up more every day. It has surpassed my hopes for perking my little guy up. The only down side is the little silicone protector for the charging port. I totally understand the manufacturers reason for not having it attached but even being careful it is so tiny I know that eventually it could be lost easily. I have not called about it and I have not found it on the website for replacement parts. I would assume they could get me one if necessary. That said, this is the greatest toy I ever bought and worth the price. (It is less expensive on the manufacturers web site however I looked at the tires and the shipping was $14.00 for a set of tires they were selling for around $8.00. The shipping killed that order for me. Right now I am not worried. It is GREAT.

Update:This ended up fracturing my dogs tooth and she had to go through surgery to get the tooth removed. I really would not recommend this to anyone.Not a very friendly material. The middle housing is dense plastic so my dog (German Shepherd) doesn't like to carry it in her mouth. I'm assuming its uncomfortable. She is also afraid of it most of the time, which is weird because she likes to play with just about anything. She even thinks our robot vacuum is a toy.On a more technical note, this doesn't have any ability to work without a Bluetooth connection which is a poor design. It also has no power button. Each time you want to connect, you have to remove the charge port cover, plug it in, unplug it, then scan for the device, and finally connect with NFC by touching your phone to it. That is way too much effort for a device that is supposed to occupy my dog when I can't. Save yourself the money and just try to make a little time for your dog. That is what I should have done.