Franklin Pet Supply Co. Ready Set Fetch Automatic Tennis Ball Launcher Dog Toy - Electronic Thrower for Fetch + Playtime - Launches up to 40 Feet - Official Size

The machine itself works just as it should! It is easy to use - you or the pup are simply supposed to put the ball in the top "hopper" & it shoots it out. It has "legs" underneath so you can adjust the pitch of the throw. It is louder but not obnoxious, totally tolerable! My 1 year old dog is OBSESSSED with playing ball so we bought this hoping he would learn to play ball with himself after we are done for the day (because he is NEVER done!). Sadly, he doesn't feel he should be the one to put the ball back into the hopper for a new pitch & feels he is above that & that his humans should serve him. Good product for normal dogs, not ones like my entitled boy lol.

Received the ball launcher today. The balls shoot about 20 - 25 feet at most with power turned to max, the feet adjusted to the tallest point, and a brand new out of the package tennis ball. Not to mention, it is very loud. It startled my dogs. The alert sound does not work at all. Kind of disappointed after spending $100 plus. This is another fine Chinese product.

The media could not be loaded. I do like how it was accurate about the distance of the ball launch launcher. It is very loud and gets louder the more you turn up the dial. The spiky ball sometimes gets stuck in the blue cup on the little crevices. I am worried about dirt and saliva buildup with it not being easy to clean. The noise alert that you're supposed to be able to turn on does not work when it's supposed to. Sometimes the ball catches in the mechanism and you have to push it through. If this item had been not on sale, I wouldn't have got it or I would've returned it for what it is listed as.REVISEDthe spiky ball was destroyed after 2 days, and the tennis ball will not go farther than 5 feet, i've tried chuck it balls and it doesn't go any more than that either, i honestly can't see a use for it after only a week of having it

Hoped to be able to use indoors but this unit is so loud. It does work well though as long as the tennis balls aren’t too wet. The rubber balls flew much further.If you have a goofy dog like me that won’t get out of the way, this thing can output the ball pretty hard and fast. Be prepared! It’s a good size for portability. It doesn’t seem to be made of the thickest plastic so durability could be questionable. I’m excited for it to get warmer out in Ohio so we can let the pups use it outside.

Our pup is obsessed with this!! We play it twice a day for about 20 minutes at time or we go outside to play. Chasing and retrieving is life for our doodle. I found that when using tennis balls they get wet and don’t go as far so we have about 40 tennis balls and use each ball twice before moving on to the next one. The other thing is that many have stated it quit working after a bit. That happened to us. After two a day play time for two weeks ours started to get loud and slow down, to the point that the balls shooting out would bounce out about 2-3 feet away. Then it just stopped working. So I was going to throw it away and buy a new one. Like I said our dogs obsessed. Once I saw again how much I paid for it, I was not about to do that. So my son in law took it apart and found the two motors had collected all this dark hard melted plastic (tennis ball fuzz) and some un-melted tennis ball fluff that had been collected from all the tennis balls. Which explained the EXTRA long fuzz on the actual tennis balls as well. Had to use pliers and tweezers to get it out, wiped it clean, put it back together and it works like new. We are now using smooth plastic, rubber or foam like tennis balls and let me tell you no issues but they fly even further and we just need to wipe them down with a towel after each use or they don’t go far.

The media could not be loaded. I have an Australian Shepherd that doesn't mess around when it comes to playing fetch. I had a Go Dog Go launcher that worked very well for a couple years but eventually broke down and tried this as a cheaper replacement. As stated in other reviews, the first throw was somewhat far, and ever throw after that got shorter until it was barely throwing 10 feet on max power.My dog also prefers the heavier Chuck It balls and they are way too heavy for this launcher never throwing more than a few feet. The plastic "all weather" ball that comes with this is thrown VERY far and is probably what they use to advertise how good this launcher can throw but my dog won't use it because of the texture. My dog deformed the provided tennis ball very quickly.Returning this and will try another more expensive version of the spinning wheel thrower before I just go back to the Go Dog Go catapult style launcher my dog knows and loves. The bad part of those types is it's such and sudden shock to the plastic parts that it wears out quickly with heavy use. And my dog demands his fetch time on the regular.This machine might be fine for a small dog using light balls indoors where you can put it on low power and not expect much. It might be worth $100 for that person.

Our 100lb Lab absolutely loves this! He is learning how to put the spikey balls in the hole and then we say back, back and he steps back. All this is done with cheese when he drops to ball in the hole.We watched a young tube video on how to train for this.We heard about problems with the tennis balls so we just got the orange spikey balls and they are better for slobber . The ball thrower seems safe and durable.It is set to low and we use it in the house! It is great exercise for our dog.. wears him out! So far after using this a few times there are no issues. I would love to see a cleaning video for this launcher because it’s not cheap and I want to keep it running. My dogs happiness depends on it!

I have a 1yr old Australian Shepherd, she absolutely loves this product. She can load it herself. If we take a break, she'll lay beside it and whimpers until we turn it back on. I absolutely recommend this item