Hyper Pet GoDogGo Fetch Machine Dog Ball Launcher & Automatic Ball Launcher for Dogs With Five 2.5" Balls for Dogs 20-60 Pounds

You would imagine that this being an elastic band launcher that the band or trigger mech would be wear items. Yes ? You would be wrong, the part that fails first is the housing, the trigger mech pivots on plastic pins that are part of the gun housing, and these break off making the unit unusable and unrepairable.If the complete trigger pivot mech was made of steel and would screw in as an assy, this launcher would have a much better ROI, PS This gets used everyday 30+ launches a day. Since I have 2 broken ones I will make a metal trigger pivot assy and see how it works.

There are allot of these to choose from and we couldn’t have done better picking this one. Andy LOVE’S playing fetch and now love’s this new toy. It seems very durable and makes a cool noise that gets his attention every time. Very good find!

1st off, the machine is better built than another machine from petsafe. Ive been in both machines now and determined the plastic, the design on how the parts go together, and the wire, especially the wiring is far superior in this machine. There is still a bit of hot glue but in more appropriate places to ensure circuitboard components are a bit more secure. Feels like more thought went into this product or it's already had a countless number of revisions. GoDogGo does claim to have been the first dog ball launcher on the market. No wear to be found when I looked for it during covid but I do remember it from before.That being said, special instructions about needing to be ON to charge, not touching the sensor, etc... Dogs don't read and humans often don't either, so engineering these issues out, probably would have been a good idea. Still the labels and instructions are present and that says alot in itself. The instruction leaflet, the one that came in my second launcher, looks to be more flushed out than the last. So I once again followed said instructions only to find... DOA battery pack in a new machine, said it was charged but upon disconnecting from the wall, nothing, no power.Strike 1, first machine failed in 6 months, Strike 2, company and seller seemingly non existent when trying to address the problem and their website literally says to contact us here for further assistance smf troubleshooting. I rather have had a troubleshooting page with potential answers than to not hear from them at all while I throw another $130 at them for another launcher. Strike 3, the new machine arrives with a DOA battery pack.However, assuming I didn't have these failures and the issue with getting in contact with the company, the launcher itself is probably a 4 overall, when it was working it worked well. Engineering out a few of the issues like the charging, sensor switch, and potentially making it more incline to be out in the weather as it's an outdoor toy, probably increase it's cost, but I rather have a machine that is more durable for a bit more that I know will last than one that is cheaper and dies in 6 months. Especially on a machine that claims to have been first. If you order this product and end up with no issues and follow the instructions than you and your pet should very much enjoy the no slime covered joy of your dogs running around like idiots chasing balls around the yard.UPDATE: Tested new launcher, same issue, stuck in continuous fire. Opted to have, now my third one, sent out to me and send the other back via Kohls returns and see if third time really is the charm. If it doesn't work I'm going back to the Petsafe model, at least I got years out of it regardless of being a bit more fragile and a rat nest of small wires.

Good item. My dog loves it. The bands could be a little stronger, but overall it is a nice alternative to throwing the ball manually. I would buy again when this one gets old.

He is all ears when I pull back the band. Shoots too far for indoors and he hasnt mastered the concept of fetch for ME to retrieve balls in the back yard, but it signifies play time and the ball size is perfect

Design flaw in the injection molding design and assembly. The post the trigger release pivots on continues to break off. The post does not have enough meat to fasten it to the body, and the screw is too short to add any support. We are on our third gun for the same reason. I have repaired 2 of them by gluing the broken pivot boss back in place and drilling the cured boss out for a longer and larger diameter screw. The repairs have held up except for the last one, one of the rubber bands broke. The first one I did not realize the screw needed to be longer so it only lasted 3 weeks after the repair, I added the longer screw to the second repair. The new one I drilled out and put a longer screw in from the start, so lets see how long it lasts. It is a shame, the K-9 loves the toy, but at a continuing cost. Need to go back to the engineer and modify the molds and add the longer screw.

My puppy has so much fun chasing the ball & bringing it back.

The media could not be loaded. This is my dogs absolute favorite thing to play with. He will literally go for an hour at a time fetching one ball and bringing it back to drop it in the tray so it will launch again. He is a medium sized dog(around 60lbs) and he will get rather aggressive pawing at the machine because he’s to impatient to wait for the ball to roll to the bottom of the track. I’ve had a couple other launchers and would constantly have to stand them back upright, but the GoDogGo has a large enough base it isn’t an issue. One feature I would like to see on it would be a different launch pattern, or maybe random variable launch time. He knows when it’s going to go off and often walks in front of it too soon or just plain drops the ball and stands in the launch path. But if you have a high energy and impatient dog that’s more than 40 lbs then don’t waste your money on a cheaper machine and give this one a go. There might be more expensive options out there, but for the price this is a very sturdy and well built unit.