Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems, apparatuses, and methods for exercising and entertaining a pet. In one implementation, a pet exercise and entertainment device (100, 200) includes a launch funnel for launching projectiles for a pet to retrieve. The launch funnel has a feeder (210) and a chute (212). The feeder is configured to receive a projectile and transport the projectile to an intake end (216) of the chute. A sensor (220) is configured to sense the projectile in the intake end of the chute and to command one or more motors (222) to power up in response to sensing the projectile. An actuator (224) is configured to release the projectile from the intake end of the chute into the launch end (218) of the chute after a pre-determined time has elapsed. One or more wheels (226), rotated by the one or more motors, are configured to launch the projectile from the launch end of the chute.
