A perfect Christmas present for your pooch (Image: Amazon)

The viral Amazon gadget that plays fetch with your dog that pets 'love'

The viral dog ball launcher can be used as a training tool to teach dogs to recall back to their owner, or can just be a fun activity for your pooch.

by · Daily Record

Amazon slashed the price of a popular dog toy that doesn't require you to lift a finger to entertain your pooch or exercise them either.

The Pet Prime Automatic Dog Ball Launcher is an automatic gadget that launches a tennis ball into the air so your pet can fetch it, with a shooting range of between 10 to 30 feet.

Three tennis balls are included in this offer, and can be plugged in for home use or you can use batteries if you are planning to take it with you to the dog park.

The automatic dog ball launcher has been reduced in price on Amazon, down from £75.89 to £63.89 - a total saving of £12.

Shoppers have left plenty of satisfied reviews on this product, as it garners an average rating of 4.1 stars out of five.

One shopper noted that their little puppy "loved chasing the ball", and they even taught the pooch to put the ball back into the launcher so it could play fetch all day long.

They added: "Well made sturdy and compact also like you can use batteries and plug in."

Another said: "My border collie loves this - the anticipation on his face once he has loaded it - he loves this."

This dog toy means your pup can play fetch all day long (Image: Amazon)

And a third wrote: "I’ve been looking at buying an automatic ball launcher for months, was going to buy ifetch, but price put me off, even though reviews were good.

"Long story short, I thought I’d give this one a go as it’s half the price, dog loves it, as the ball gets ready to launch the “mechanism” does make a noise, my nervous little dog actually uses the noise as a “balls coming” cue.

"Yet to train her to place balls in it herself, but it’s early days. I would definitely recommend this if you have a dog who loves chasing balls. Do bear in mind this is small ball launcher so suitable small size dogs only."

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One customer did say that if the balls end up getting wet then they "don't go far" with the ball launcher, but they did note: "The small tennis balls don’t go far if they’re wet, but put them in the tumble dryer and they’re good again!"

You can check out this dog launcher toy on Amazon now.

There are other ball launcher toys on the market right now, such as the Grezea Automatic Dog Ball Launcher (£85.99) and the Man's Best Friend K9 Dog Ball Launcher (£24.95).

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