I finally bought a Da Bird cat toy. Its funny how my cat freaks out about it after I put it away. Meowing non stop for me to get it back out. But anyway, I have found that apparently my two dogs like playing with it too. All three of them (cat and two dogs) were sitting in a circle on the floor taking their turns at jumping for it and snapping at it. My dachsund especially. Sometimes I think she really does want to be a cat instead of a dog
She was whining because she wasn't fast enough to get to it. I wish I had a picture of it.