Reddit mentions of Starmark Treat Dispensing Puzzle Ball Dog Toy

I understand the struggle and I've got a few things for you to try.

First, like an other poster suggested, try playing with him before the walk starts. I have a very jumpy dog and I work with "touch" a few times before we even start walking. Touch is simple and dogs catch on super quickly. You just hide a treat in your hand, put your hand out and wait for him to sniff at it. Then reward him. Once he starts to get it, add the command before you stretch out your hand. I get mine to jump up to touch.

Second, he wears a backpack during walks so he's carrying a little extra weight and is mentally occupied with something besides scanning for cats (his other favorite pastime).

Last, as far as walks are concerned, before the stop and start method is actually effective, you have to teach him to come close to you when you're standing on the leash. So basically what you should do for about 10 minutes in the beginning of the walk is stand. And whenever he slacks up the leash or glances back at you, give him a high value reward. And THEN start walking. That way he associates the stopping with coming close to you before you start walking again. Also, I don't do the stop and start method, I do the stop and turn around and go the other direction method. And I'm very quick to reward him when he's not pulling and just before he starts to pull. So when you feel that leash start to tighten a lot, start making all kinds of interesting noises to pull your dog's attention back to you. The reason I don't stop and wait is because, well, my dog needs the walk. So when I turn around, at least I can reward him a few times before he's suddenly pulling again and slowly that stretches out from a few steps to longer. It does take awhile though. It's taken my dog about a month of solid practice to be chill when there are no distractions. When there are distractions, I bust out the hotdogs.

I did want to add that with a really anxious, high energy dog, you don't want to leave it to the walk to get all of his energy out. You should invest in some interactive toys like kongs or this treat dispensing toy so he has something extra to work at while in the house. Those are just two I use right now. I have gone through so many interactive toys but my dog seems to love those.

Anyway, good luck.

Also I really love this treat ball. It's one of the hardest ones I've found and it takes a long time to finish and you can fit the whole meal in it.

We use this for our guys https://www.amazon.com/Starmark-Treat-Dispensing-Puzzle-Ball/dp/B0165RNM1K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1502412718&sr=8-2&keywords=starmark+puzzle

its' pretty durable - they've gnawed on it a bit and it's mostly OK haha. It's much more sturdy than the thing you linked, which we also tried and quickly gave up because they figured out how to unscrew it. The only way the starmark ball comes apart is if a dog throws it, but only one of ours does that lol.

We have this for our pup: StarMark Treat Dispensing Puzzle Ball Dog Toy https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0165RNM1K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_BUezDb5HGGZFX

It has 4 quadrants you put the kibble in ranging in difficulty which creates a bit of a time delay and keeps our little guy occupied awhile. It's also coated in rubber so not as loud as some of the others.

We also tried the Kong wobbler. It was a good one to start but became way to quick and easy so we upgraded to the one above.