Abstract: An interactive dog tug apparatus for dispensing food items has a tug arm. Rotating the tug arm around a first axis of rotation from a resting position to a tugged position causes a jar assembly to rotate about a second axis from an upright position to an at least partially inverted position. This motion causes food items held by the jar assembly to move into a position for dispensing. Then rotation of the tug arm around the first axis from the tugged position back to the resting position causes the jar assembly to rotate back into the upright position. The motion of the jar assembly rotating from the at least partially inverted position to the upright position dispenses the food items that were moved in position for dispensing.